[Koha-devel] 3.16 release calendar

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

I'm setting the following dates for the next steps in the Koha release
cycle.  Note that date for deadlines should be interpreted to mean
that they finish at 23:59 in my time zone, which is presently
UTC-08:00.

Wednesday, 23 April: alpha release -- I will clear the passed QA queue
and roll a tarball.

Monday, 28 April: feature freeze -- any new feature or enhancement bug
must have reached Passed QA by the end of that day to be considered
for inclusion.  Note that I may grant the new cataloging editor up to
two days of leeway on this deadline.

Wednesday, 30 April: beta release -- by the end of the day, I will
clear the Passed QA queue and roll a beta release.  A soft string
freeze will start upon release of the beta; at this point, translators
can be confident that there won't be major string changes.

Monday, 5 May: at the end of the day, a firm string freeze will
beginning.  I will not call it a hard freeze, as security bugs and
release blockers will trump string stability, but translators can
expect that there will be no unnecessary changes.

Monday, 19 May: I will cut the release candidate

Thursday: 22 May: General release.

Regards,

Galen
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