This page describes the language pack release schedule for
Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). 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 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) =

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 || April 28th    || || || {*} Release of Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> May 2011 ||
|| +2 || May 12th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in the -proposed repository, testing begins || || '''First language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +3  || May 18th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| May 19th || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> June 2011 ||
|| +6 || June 10th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in the -proposed repository, testing begins || || '''Second language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +7 || June 15th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| June 16th || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> July 2011 ||
|| +11 || July 14th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in the -proposed repository, testing begins || || '''Third language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +12 || July 20th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| July 21st || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> September 2011 ||
|| +21 || September 22nd: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in the -proposed repository, testing begins || || '''Fourth language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +22 || September 28th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
||September 29th || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> October 2011 ||
|| +26 || || || || {*} New version of Ubuntu released ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> December 2011 ||
|| +34 || December 22nd: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in the -proposed repository, testing begins || || '''Fifth language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> January 2012 ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +36 || January 4th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| January 5 || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||
||<-5 #eeeeee> February 2012 ||
|| +42 || '''MOVED''' March 19th: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in the -proposed repository, testing begins || || '''Sixth language pack update cycle'''  ||
||<style="text-align: left;" |2> +43 || March 26'th: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline || || ||
|| March 27 || Tested lang-pack-updates are released || || ||