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dependencies versions. It is possible to get an exception for this. Post
the patch to reviewboard and add the release-team as reviewer. We will
check if the dependency is needed and is available on all platforms.

In other words: If you have a feature that requires a new dependency or a
version of a dependency that is higher than currently checked for in the
build system, you need to have committed this change before this date.

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Hard Feature Freeze
Trunk is frozen for all feature commits, even those listed in the planned
feature document. Only bug fixes are allowed.

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - Beta 1 Tagging
Trunk is frozen for beta release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those
fixing compilation errors, should be committed. The usual beta rules apply
as soon as the Beta tarballs have been generated.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - Beta 1 Release
The beta becomes available for general consumption.

Monday, November 29, 2010 - Documentatin Freeze
No more substantive changes to documentation or handbooks after this date.
Typos, spelling and simple grammar changes are permitted.

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Beta 2 Tagging
Trunk is frozen for beta release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those
fixing compilation errors, should be committed. The usual beta rules apply
as soon as the Beta tarballs have been generated.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - Beta 2 Release
The beta becomes available for general consumption.

Monday, December 20, 2010 - Tagging Freeze  for Release Candidate 1
During tagging freeze only compilation fixes for all platforms are allowed
to be committed. Everything else (even showstopper fixes) *have* to be run
through reviewboard, with the release-team and the affected maintainers as
reviewer. 

Monday, December 20, 2010 - Hard API Freeze
To allow the bindings people to have proper time to do there work in
preparation to the final release, the API is now frozen. No more changes to
APIs or header files (except docs) after this date, including older APIs
and newly introduced libraries/APIs.

Monday, December 20, 2010 - Hard Message Freeze
Up to now you were able to do typo changes, but you had to mail
kde-i18n-doc saying you made a typo fix change. From this moment on you
need an explicit ok beforehand from kde-i18n-doc for every single string
change.

Monday, December 20, 2010 - Artwork and Bindings Freeze
All artwork is frozen on this date. No new artwork should be added.
Existing artwork can continue to be tweaked and fixed.

No new additions to the language bindings, except optional bindings as
permitting by the kde-bindings team.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - Release Candidate 1 Tagging
Trunk is frozen for release candidate tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as
those fixing compilation errors, should be committed. 

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - Release Candidate 1 Release
The release candidate is tagged from the branch. Only urgent fixes, such
as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.As soon as the RC
has been confirmed to build it will be released immediately.

Monday, January 3, 2011 - Tagging Freeze  for Release Candidate 2
During tagging freeze only compilation fixes for all platforms are allowed
to be committed. Everything else (even showstopper fixes) *have* to be run
through reviewboard, with the release-team and the affected maintainers as
reviewer. 

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - Release Candidate 2 Tagging
Trunk is frozen for release candidate tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as
those fixing compilation errors, should be committed. 

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - Release Candidate 2 Release
The release candidate is tagged from the branch. Only urgent fixes, such
as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.As soon as the RC
has been confirmed to build it will be released immediately.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - Final Tag
The branch is frozen for final release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as
those fixing compilation errors, should be committed. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - Release
Final release is released for general consumption.

-- 
Tom Albers
KDE Developer