<> '''THE DATES IN THE SCHEDULE WERE TAKEN FROM THE IntrepidReleaseSchedule''' * ''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/TwoPointTwentythree|GNOME release schedule]] * See the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OtherProjectSchedules|Schedules of other projects]] * There are a wide variety of areas to focus on to ensure quality in the Ubuntu distribution. The '''QA Focus''' indicates where our efforts should be focused in descending order. '''[[http://people.ubuntu.com/~vorlon/IntrepidReleaseSchedule.ics|Intrepid schedule as iCal]]''' '''[[http://people.ubuntu.com/~vorlon/UbuntuReleaseSchedule.ics|Ubuntu schedule as iCal]]''' || '''Week''' || '''Date''' || '''QA Focus''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes''' || ||<-5 #eeeeee> May 2008·|| || 1 || May 1st || ||<#CCFFCC> || Toolchain Uploaded || || 2 || May 8th || ||<#CCFFCC> || || || 3 || May 15th || ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} FOSSCamp || || 4 || May 22nd || ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} Developer Summit || || 5 || May 29th || SRU Verification ||<#CCFFCC> || || ||<-5 #eeeeee> June 2008 || || 6 || June 5th || SRU Verification, forwarding bugs ||<#CCFFCC> || Specifications must be finalized, Translations exported from LP || || 7 || June 12th || SRU Verification, forwarding bugs, solicit kernel testing ||<#CCFFCC> || '''Alpha 1''' (postponed) || || 8 || June 19th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, forwarding bugs, SRU Verification, solicit kernel testing ||<#CCFFCC> || || || 9 || June 26th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, SRU Verification, solicit kernel testing ||<#CCFFCC> /!\ '''DebianImportFreeze''' || Remaining upstream merges completed, Rebuild Test || ||<-5 #eeeeee> July 2008 || || 10 || July 3rd || Triage of Intrepid bugs, SRU Verification, 8.04.1 ISO testing ||<#FFFFCC> || Ubuntu 8.04.1 || || 11 || July 10th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, SRU Verification ||<#FFFFCC> || '''Alpha 2''' || || 12 || July 17th || Triage of Intrepid bugs ||<#FFFFCC> || {*} Developer Sprint || || 13 || July 24th || Triage of Intrepid bugs ||<#FFFFCC> || '''Alpha 3''' || || 14 || July 31st || Triage of Intrepid bugs ||<#FFFFCC> || || ||<-5 #eeeeee> August 2008 || || 15 || August 7th || Triage of Intrepid bugs ||<#FFEBBB> || || || 16 || August 14th || Triage of Intrepid bugs ||<#FFEBBB> || '''Alpha 4''' || || 17 || August 21st || Triage of Intrepid bugs ||<#FFEBBB> || || || 18 || August 28th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, creation of intrepid-qa bug lists ||<#FFEBBB> /!\ '''FeatureFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkDeadlineOne''' || Rebuild Test, Upgrade Testing begins || ||<-5 #eeeeee> September 2008 || || 19 || September 4th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, ISO testing, finalize intrepid-qa bug lists ||<#FFCCCC> || '''Alpha 5''' || || 20 || September 11th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, ISO testing ||<#FFCCCC> /!\ '''UserInterfaceFreeze''', /!\ '''ArtworkDeadlineTwo''' || || || 21 || September 18th || Test case review, ISO Testing ||<#FFCCCC> || '''Alpha 6''' || || 22 || September 25th || ISO Testing, finish string-fix bugs ||<#FFCCCC> /!\ '''BetaFreeze''', /!\ '''IntrepidArtworkFinalDeadline''' || Rebuild Test || ||<-5 #eeeeee> October 2008 || || 23 || October 2nd || ISO Testing, triage of Intrepid bugs, finalize kernel bug list ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''BetaRelease''', /!\ '''DocumentationStringFreeze''' || || || 24 || October 9th || Triage of Intrepid bugs, finalize kernel bug list ||<#E47A7A> || || || 25 || October 16th || ISO Testing, triage of Intrepid bugs, final kernel bug fixes ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline''', /!\ '''KernelFreeze''' || Rebuild Test Final translation export from LP || || 26 || October 23rd || ISO Testing ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''ReleaseCandidate''', /!\ '''LanguagePackTranslationDeadline''' || || || 27 || October 30th || ISO Testing ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''FinalRelease''' || Ubuntu 8.10 || ||<-5 #eeeeee> November 2008 || || 28 || November 6th || SRU Verification ||<#BB3333> || || || 29 || November 13th || SRU Verification ||<#BB3333> || || || 30 || November 20th || SRU Verification ||<#BB3333> || || || 31 || November 27th || ||<#BB3333> || || ||<-5 #eeeeee> December 2008 || || 32 || December 5th || ||<#BB3333> || || || 33 || December 11th || ||<#BB3333> || || == Focus explanation == * SRU (Stable Release Update) Verification - the process of installing packages from the -proposed repository for a release and testing to ensure that it fixes the SRU bug and has no regressions * Forwarding bugs - sending bug reports to upstream, developers of the software, bug trackers to ensure the bug has the greatest number of developers working on it * Solicit kernel testing - due to the large volume and possibility of regressions for kernel bugs not every bug may get fixed. Subsequently, we solicit testing of milestones for unfixed hardware specific kernel bugs. * intrepid-qa bug lists - these are created by the Canonical QA team for subteams (platform, desktop, server) of the distribution team * ISO testing - testing of the daily builds leading up to a milestone * Finish string-fix bugs - any outstanding string-fix bug reports should be fixed before the '''DocumentationStringFreeze''' * Test case review - review of the ISO test cases after User Interface freeze for upcoming ISO testing * Triage of Intrepid bugs - 'nuff said!