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This page describes the language pack release schedule for Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat". Language pack updates are placed in the regular update repositories according to a fixed schedule, provided they have been properly [[Translations/LanguagePackUpdatesQA|tested and signed of on]].

= Language pack testing and updates for Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" =

The table below describes the schedule for language pack testing and updating. All language pack release dates are an integer number of weeks apart, in order to create a predictable week pattern work flow. The week pattern is a follows:
 * Proposed language packs are placed in the proposed repository on Thursdays
 * The testing deadlines are on Wednesday
 * Tested language packs are released on Thursdays

The language pack release schedule is also available as an [[http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/jb2k4730cc7obp9fekgbju2tsc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics|iCal-feed]]. From the link an iCal file can be downloaded for import in various calendar programs (e.g. [[http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/usage-calendar-multiple.html.en|Evolution]] or [[http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37118|Google Calendar]]) or you can subscribe to it (e.g. with [[http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37100|Google Calendar]]) to stay updated if the schedule changes.

||<rowbgcolor="#cccccc"> '''Week''' || '''Date''' || '''Work Item Iteration''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes''' ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> April 2011 ||
|| 0 || October 10th    || || || {*} Release of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> December 2010 ||
|| +9 || December 10th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins || || '''First language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +10  || December 17th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| December 19th || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> March 2011 ||
|| +22 || March 10th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins || || '''Second language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +23 || March 16th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
||  March 17th || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> April 2011 ||
|| +29 || || || || {*} New version of Ubuntu released: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> June 2011 ||
|| +36 || June 23th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins || || '''Third language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +37 || July 1st: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| July 2nd || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> August 2011 ||
|| +43 || August 4th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins || || '''Fourth language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +44 || August 10th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| August 11th || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||