* ''Please do not edit''
 * Freezes normally happen at the start of the given date, UTC time.  So last minute changes need to happen the day before.
 * Some background information and Q&A about the Ubuntu release process can be found on TimeBasedReleases
 * Compare with [[http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentyone|GNOME release schedule]]
 * See the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OtherProjectSchedules|Schedules of other projects]]
 * There are also more detailed release schedules available for the [[http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/50d02kfdekgcjdcpc970hh83f0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics|kernel team]] and the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/HardySchedule|QA team]].


'''[[http://people.ubuntu.com/~vorlon/HardyReleaseSchedule.ics|Hardy schedule as iCal]]'''
'''[[http://people.ubuntu.com/~vorlon/UbuntuReleaseSchedule.ics|Ubuntu schedule as iCal]]'''

||<rowbgcolor="#cccccc"> '''Week''' || '''Date''' || '''Task''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes''' ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> October 2007 ||
|| 1 || October 25th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> || <!> Toolchain Uploaded ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> November 2007 ||
|| 2 || November 1st || ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} Development Summit ||
|| 3 || November 8th || ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} Canonical All``Hands ||
|| 4 || November 15th || ||<#CCFFCC> ||  ||
|| 5 || November 22nd || ||<#CCFFCC> || <!> Specifications must be finalized, Translations exported from LP ||
|| 6 || November 29th || ||<#CCFFCC> || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha1|Alpha 1]]''' ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> December 2007 ||
|| 7 || December 6th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> ||  ||
|| 8 || December 13th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> /!\ '''DebianImportFreeze''' || <!> Remaining upstream merges completed, Rebuild Test ||
|| 9 || December 20th ||  ||<#FFFFCC>  || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha2|Alpha 2]]'''||
|| 10 || December 27th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> || Christmas Break ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> January 2008 ||
|| 11 || January 3rd ||  ||<#FFFFCC> ||  ||
|| 12 || January 10th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha3|Alpha 3]]''' ||
|| 13 || January 17th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> ||  ||
|| 14 || January 24th ||  ||<#FFEBBB> || {*} Developer Sprint ||
|| 15 || January 31st ||  ||<#FFEBBB> || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha4|Alpha 4]]''' ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> Feburary 2008 ||
|| 16 || February 7th ||  ||<#FFEBBB> ||  ||
|| 17 || February 14th ||  ||<#FFEBBB> /!\ '''FeatureFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkDeadlineOne''' || <!> Rebuild Test, Upgrade Testing begins ||
|| 18 || February 21st ||  ||<#FFCCCC> || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha5|Alpha 5]]''' ||
|| 19 || February 28th ||  ||<#FFCCCC>  /!\ '''UserInterfaceFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkDeadlineTwo''' ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> March 2008 ||
|| 20 || March 6th ||  ||<#FFCCCC> || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha6|Alpha 6]]''' ||
|| 21 || March 13th ||  ||<#FFCCCC> /!\ '''BetaFreeze''', /!\ '''HardyArtworkFinalDeadline''' || <!> Rebuild Test ||
|| 22 || March 20th ||  ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''BetaRelease''',  /!\ '''DocumentationStringFreeze''' || '''[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Beta|Beta]]''' ||
|| 23 || March 27th ||  ||<#E47A7A> ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> April 2008 ||
|| 24 || April 3rd || ||<#E47A7A> || ||
|| 25 || April 10th ||  ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline''', /!\ '''KernelFreeze''', /!\ '''[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-April/000418.html|FinalFreeze]]''' || <!> Rebuild Test ||
|| 26 || April 17th || ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''ReleaseCandidate''', /!\ '''LanguagePackTranslationDeadline''' ||  ||
|| 27 || April 24th || ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''FinalRelease''' || Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> May 2008 ||
|| 28 || May 1st || ||<#BB3333> || hardware enablement targets installed and on-line ||
|| 29 || May 8th || ||<#BB3333> ||  ||
|| 30 || May 15th || ||<#BB3333> ||  ||
|| 31 || May 22nd || || || {*} Developer Summit ||
|| 32 || May 29th || || || bug nomination deadline; deadline for initial uploads to hardy-proposed ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> June 2008 ||
|| 33 || June 5th || || || ||
|| 34 || June 12th || || ||  ||
|| 35 || June 19th || || ||  ||
|| 36 || June 26th || || ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> July 2008 ||
|| 37 || July 3rd || || || /!\ Ubuntu 8.04.1 ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> ... ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> January 2009 ||
||    || January 22nd || || || /!\ Ubuntu 8.04.2 ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> ... ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> July 2009 ||
||    || July 16th || || || /!\ Ubuntu 8.04.3 ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> ... ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> January 2010 ||
||    || January 28 || || || /!\ Ubuntu 8.04.4 ||

Point releases will cease once Ubuntu 10.04 is released.