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 * In general, October releases follow a 25-week schedule, while April releases follow a 27-week schedule, to compensate for year-end holidays (non-LTS releases might break this cycle to wiggle things a bit).
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||<rowbgcolor="#cccccc"> '''Week''' || '''Date''' ~-(Thursday)-~ || '''17.10 Events''' ||
||<-4 #eeeeee> April 2017  ||
||<#CCFFCC> '''1'''  || April 20th        || <!> Toolchain Uploaded ||
||<#CCFFCC> '''2'''  || April 27th        ||     ||
||<-4 #eeeeee> May 2017 ||
||<#CCFFCC> '''3'''  || May 4th        ||     ||
||<#CCFFCC> '''4'''  || May 11th       ||     ||
||<#CCFFCC> '''5'''  || May 18th       ||     ||
||<#CCFFCC> '''6'''  || May 25th       ||  /!\ FeatureDefinitionFreeze  ||
||<-4 #eeeeee> June 2017 ||
||<#FFFFCC> '''7'''  || June 1st        ||     ||
||<#FFFFCC> '''8'''  || June 8th       ||     ||
||<#FFFFCC> '''9'''  || June 15th       ||    ||
||<#FFFFCC> '''10''' || June 22nd       ||     ||
||<#FFFFCC> '''11''' || June 29th       ||   Alpha 1 (for opt-in flavors)  ||
||<-4 #eeeeee> July 2017  ||
||<#FFEBBB> '''12''' || July 6th         ||     ||
||<#FFEBBB> '''13''' || July 13th        ||     ||
||<#FFEBBB> '''14''' || July 20th        ||  ||
||<#FFEBBB> '''15''' || July 27th        ||  Alpha 2 (for opt-in flavors)   ||
||<-4 #eeeeee> August 2017 ||
||<#FFCCCC> '''16''' || August 3rd        ||  ||
||<#FFCCCC> '''17''' || August 10th       ||     ||
||<#FFCCCC> '''18''' || August 17th       ||  ||
||<#FFCCCC> '''19''' || August 24th       || /!\ FeatureFreeze, /!\ Debian Import Freeze ||
||<#FFCCCC> '''20''' || August 31st       || /!\ Beta 1 Freeze (for opt-in flavors; Monday), Beta 1 (for opt-in flavors)  ||
||<-7 #eeeeee> September 2017 ||
||<#E47A7A> '''21''' || September 7th          ||  ||
||<#E47A7A> '''22''' || September 14th          || /!\ UserInterfaceFreeze ||
||<#E47A7A> '''23''' || September 21st          || /!\ DocumentationStringFreeze  ||
||<#E47A7A> '''24''' || September 28th          || /!\ Final Beta Freeze (Monday), /!\ Final Beta ||
||<-4 #eeeeee> October 2017 ||
||<#BB3333> '''25''' || October 5th  || /!\ KernelFreeze, /!\ NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline ||
||<#BB3333> '''26''' || October 12th  || /!\ FinalFreeze, /!\ ReleaseCandidate, /!\ LanguagePackTranslationDeadline ||
||<#BB3333> '''27''' || October 19th  || /!\ '''FinalRelease''', {*} '''Ubuntu 17.10''' ||

## Christmas Shutdown: Dec ?? 2016 - Jan ?? 2017
## Easter:  ?? ??, 2017

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{{{#!wiki comment/dotted
<infinity> (base)adconrad@nosferatu:~$ date -d 'october 12 27 weeks'
<infinity> Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 MDT 2018
<infinity> (base)adconrad@nosferatu:~$ date -d 'october 19 27 weeks'
<infinity> Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 MDT 2018
<infinity> So, if we do a 27wk schedule for 18.04, we release on the 26th.  Which is doable.
<infinity> Assuming a 27wk schedule for 17.10
<infinity> Then we'd go back to 25/27, ish.
<infinity> Except that Easter keeps breaking that every couple of years.
<infinity> Stupid 4-day weekend.
<infinity> The point of 25/27 is that we lose a ton of development time over the year-end break.
<infinity> So 25/27 makes up for that, to a degree.
<infinity> (base)adconrad@nosferatu:~$ date -d 'Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 MDT 2018 25 weeks'
<infinity> Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 MDT 2018
<infinity> Keeping that cadence would put us just past mid-October for 18.10.
<infinity> And then back to Apr25 for the next 04.  Which will break because Apr 21 easter.
<infinity> But that can be another 26 to compensate.
<infinity> Whee.
<infinity> So, I think what works here is "27wk Oct 19, 2017", "27wk Apr 26, 2018", "25wk Oct 18, 2018", "26wk Apr 18, 2019"
<infinity> And I refuse to plan further out than that.
}}