* ''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/TwoPointTwentyseven|GNOME release schedule]]
 * See the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OtherProjectSchedules|Schedules of other projects]]

'''[[http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/canonical.com/embed?src=canonical.com_blj1lu4jk3mt7ubh8jdcnpmp58%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=GMT|Google calendar of Karmic schedule]]'''<<BR>>
'''[[http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/canonical.com_blj1lu4jk3mt7ubh8jdcnpmp58%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics|Karmic schedule as iCal]]'''<<BR>>
'''[[http://people.ubuntu.com/~vorlon/UbuntuReleaseSchedule.ics|Ubuntu schedule as iCal]]'''

||<rowbgcolor="#cccccc"> '''Week''' || '''Date''' || '''Task''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes''' ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> April 2009 ||
|| 1 || April 30th || <!> Toolchain Uploaded ||<#CCFFCC> ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> May 2009 ||
|| 2 || May 7th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> || ||
|| 3 || May 14th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha1|Alpha 1]]''' ||
|| 4 || May 21st ||  ||<#CCFFCC> || ||
|| 5 || May 28th || <!> Declare Kernel Version at UDS  ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDSKarmic|'''Developer Summit''']] ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> June 2009 ||
|| 6 || June 4th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> || ||
|| 7 || June 11th || <!> Translations exported from LP ||<#CCFFCC> || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha2|Alpha 2]]''' <!> Specifications should be finalized this week in time for FeatureDefinitionFreeze  ||
|| 8 || June 18th ||  ||<#CCFFCC> /!\ '''FeatureDefinitionFreeze'''|| ||
|| 9 || June 25th || <!> Kernel/Userspace Sync Point, Remaining upstream merges completed ||<#CCFFCC> /!\ '''DebianImportFreeze''' || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> July 2009 ||
|| 10 || July 2nd || <!> Rebuild Test  ||<#CCFFCC>  ||   ||
|| 11 || July 9th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> ||  ||
|| 12 || July 16th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> ||  ||
|| 13 || July 23rd ||  ||<#FFFFCC> || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha3|Alpha 3]]''' ||
|| 14 || July 30th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> August 2009 ||
|| 15 || August 6th ||  ||<#FFFFCC> || {*} '''Developer Sprint''' ||
|| 16 || August 13th ||  ||<#FFEBBB> /!\ '''PartnerUploadDeadline''' || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha4|Alpha 4]]''' ||
|| 17 || August 20th ||  ||<#FFEBBB> ||  ||
|| 18 || August 27th || <!> Rebuild Test, Upgrade Testing begins  ||<#FFEBBB> /!\ '''FeatureFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkFirstDrop''' ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> September 2009 ||
|| 19 || September 3rd ||  ||<#FFCCCC> || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha5|Alpha 5]]''' ||
|| 20 || September 10th ||  ||<#FFCCCC>  /!\ '''UserInterfaceFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkSecondDrop''' || ||
|| 21 || September 17th ||  ||<#FFCCCC> || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha6|Alpha 6]]''' ||
|| 22 || September 24th || <!> Rebuild Test ||<#FFCCCC> /!\ '''BetaFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkDeadline''' ||  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> October 2009 ||
|| 23 || October 1st || <!> Kernel/Userspace Sync Point ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''BetaRelease''',  /!\ '''DocumentationStringFreeze''' || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta|Beta]]''' ||
|| 24 || October 8th ||  ||<#E47A7A> || ||
|| 25 || October 15th || <!> Rebuild Test, <!> Final translation export from LP  ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline''', /!\ '''KernelFreeze''', /!\ '''FinalFreeze''' ||  ||
|| 26 || October 22nd ||  ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''ReleaseCandidate''', /!\ '''LanguagePackTranslationDeadline''' || '''[[http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910overview|ReleaseCandidate]]''' ||
|| 27 || October 29th ||  ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''FinalRelease''' || {*} '''Ubuntu 9.10''' ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> November 2009 ||
|| 28 || November 5th ||  ||<#BB3333> || ||
|| 29 || November 12th ||  ||<#BB3333> || ||
|| 30 || November 19th ||  ||<#BB3333> || {*} '''[[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-L | Lucid Developer Summit]]''' ~-(Starts Monday 11/16)-~ ||
|| 31 || November 26th ||  ||<#BB3333> || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> December 2009 ||
|| 32 || December 3rd ||  ||<#BB3333> || ||


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