Fwd: [RFC] KDE 4.0 Release Roadmap

[Alexander Dymo]

Hey!
I don't know if everybody follow k-c-d discussions, but here is the KDE 4.0
release plan which was recently proposed. The thread on k-c-d suggests
that this plan will be approved with minor modifications.

Unfortunately, I think that release plan means that KDevelop 4.0 will not be
released with KDE 4.0. We've just started active development and I don't
think we can have a feature freeze any time soon.

What do you think about our release plans? Do you have any roadmap
in your mind?
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KDE 4.0 Roadmap
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Milestone: Subsystem Freeze
Date: 1 April 2007
Goals:
 * From this date forward, no major KDE subsystem can be committed to kdelibs.
 * The location of all classes are fixed within kdelibs
 * Trunk is expected to contain KDE4 code only now. This effectively means
   that all scripts processing translations for KDE3 in trunk will cease.
 * Extragear applications that want to release based on KDE3 are expected
   to move to /branches/stable and work from there.
 * The buildsystem requirements are fixed; i.e, must not require a
   version of cmake greater than 2.4.5.

Milestone: Alpha Release + kdelibs soft API Freeze
Date: 1 May 2007
Goals:
 * Qt 4.3 is required from here until release.
 * The kdelibs API is frozen. This means that the classes and interfaces are
   not allowed to change, except with permission of the core developers.
 * To make an API change, post a kdelibs API exception request to the
   kde-core-devel mailinglist with an explanation and the code. If there
   are no objections after a week, the change can be committed.
   NOTE: all affected modules must continue to compile and work as expected.


Milestone: Feature Freeze
Date: 1 June 2007
Goals:
 * The KDE main modules are frozen for new features.
 * No new features are allowed, the focus is on stabilizing the applications
   and fixing all bugs.
 * The main module maintainers must indicate if they will follow the release
   schedule or will divert and not be released together with KDE 4.0.


Milestone: Beta Cycle, Full kdelibs API Freeze
Start: 25 June 2007  End: 24 September 2007  Duration: 3 months (estimated)
Goals:
 * From this date forward, a Beta Version will be published every month
   until most grave bugs are resolved.
 * The kdelibs API is now frozen solid.
 * Translations are included starting with the second Beta, thus beginning
   a string freeze. Exceptions can be requested on the kde-i18n mailinglist.


Milestone: Release Candidate Cycle
Start: 25 September 2007  End: 22 October 2007  Duration: 4 weeks (estimated)
Goals:
 * From this date forward, a Release Candidate will be released every
   two weeks until *all* grave bugs are resolved.
 * After the first Release Candidate there is a total release freeze.
   This means only regressions (breakage caused due to the KDE4 port)
   or grave bugs can be fixed, but nothing else.
 * With the first Release Candidate, a list of languages which will be
   included with the KDE 4.0 release will be made available, based on the
   usual rules.


Milestone: KDE 4.0 Released
Date: 23 October 2007
Goals:
 * This date is based on an estimated 3 Beta's and 2 Release Candidates.