This page is intended put some structure around the various aspects of release management, and use this as a page for gathering information, processes, etc.   

= Active Release Status =


 * Long Term Support Release Schedule
  * overview: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseSchedule/LTStoLTS

Links to help track current activity of a release:

 * http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/report
 * http://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ogasawara/weatherreport.html
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseManifestOverview

Brainstorming on better metrics to track releases quality:
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseFutureMetrics

= Release Processes =

These are the check lists necessary to set up the infrastructure for a release, manage it through the life cycle, get it burned to ISOs, and track after release to look for ways to improve. 

=== New Release Kickoff ===

Review and update key information about a release in:
 * http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam

Work through:
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewReleaseCycleProcess

Make necessary additions to:
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseSchedule

Update templates and propose initial schedule for release+2 (for advanced planning of activites/etc.)

=== Tracking and Management ===

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlphaProcess
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetaProcess
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases

=== Archive Freeze Management ===

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetaFreeze
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess

=== Publishing ===

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MilestoneProcess
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BetaReleaseProcess
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseProcess
   * TODO: Merge in ReleaseCandidateProcess, ReleaseChecklist
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PointReleaseProcess
   * TODO: Merge in ReleaseChecklist
   * TODO: Update with 12.04.1 planning from UDS-Q
   * [[LTS|LTS]] (Long Term Support)

 * Publishing mechanics:
   * http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/

 * Other teams to interlock with:
   * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEC/Images/Publishing
   * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/ReleaseProcess
   * ReleaseValidationProcess
   * [[Kernel/Handbook/ReleaseManagement|Kernel Release Manager tasks]]

=== Post Release Feedback  ===

 * TO DO: add in WIKI page of things to check at UDS.

=== Stable Release Updates ===

 * TO DO: look at revamping this part based on 12.04.1
 
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableRelease/UpdateProcedures
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

=== Security Updates ===

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures (handled by the Ubuntu Security team)

=== End of Life ===

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EndOfLifeProcess
 * look into special pre-announce 2 months before for LTS
 * example for LTS announce: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-July/000123.html

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= Communication =

These are the mechanisms we use to communicate with each other and manage the release and its quality. 

 * [[http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/fridge/|Ubuntu Fridge Calendar]]
 * https://lists.ubuntu.com/
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScribesTeam/MootBot
 * [[RCBugTargetting|Targeting of Release-Critical Bugs]]
 * WorkItemsHowto

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= Documentation =

Updates to the documentation to accompany the release should follow the following.

Only [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-doc|ubuntu-doc-committers]] can commit to the main code. 

Contributors can/should only push to the personal branches and propose a merge, or simply create a bundle and submit to the list for committers to review and accept/merge to the main.

See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation

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= Translations =

Translations are amalgamated and handled by [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-langpack/+members#active|ubuntu-langpack team]].

Process documentation is contained in langpack-o-matic.  see: 
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-langpack/langpack-o-matic/main/view/head:/doc/operator-guide.txt

= Misc =

Last, but not least:
 
  * Every new Release is a beginning of a new era. So some wish to celebrate this, to support the Distribution of their choice by [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseParty|Release-Parties]].

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