MaverickLanguagePackReleaseSchedule

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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 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 iCal-feed. From the link an iCal file can be downloaded for import in various calendar programs (e.g. Evolution or Google Calendar) or you can subscribe to it (e.g. with Google Calendar) to stay updated if the schedule changes.

Date

Action

10 Oct. 2010

Release of Ubuntu 10-10 "Maverick Meerkat"

First language pack update cycle (2 weeks)

1 week cycle

N/A

Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins

N/A

Testing deadline

N/A

Tested lang-pack-updates are released

Second language pack update cycle (6 weeks)

1 week cycle

N/A

Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins

N/A

Testing deadline

N/A

Tested lang-pack-updates are released

Third language pack update cycle (9 weeks moved)

1 week cycle

Dec. 10, 2010: 1400 UTC

Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins

Dec. 17, 2010: 1400 UTC

Testing deadline

Dec. 19, 2010

Tested lang-pack-updates are released

Fourth language pack update cycle (22 weeks)

1 week cycle

Mar. 10, 2011: 1400 UTC

Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins

Mar. 16, 2011: 1400 UTC

Testing deadline

Mar. 17, 2011

Tested lang-pack-updates are released

New version of Ubuntu released (26 weeks)

Fifth language pack update cycle (35 weeks)

1 week cycle

Jun 9, 2011: 1400 UTC

Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins

Jun 15, 2011: 1400 UTC

Testing deadline

Jun 16, 2011

Tested lang-pack-updates are released

Sixth language pack update cycle (43 weeks)

1 week cycle

Aug 4, 2011: 1400 UTC

Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins

Aug 10, 2011: 1400 UTC

Testing deadline

Aug 11, 2011

Tested lang-pack-updates are released