<> '''THE DATES IN THE SCHEDULE TAKEN FROM THE HardyReleaseSchedule.''' * ''Please do not edit'' * Freezes normally happen at the start of the given date, UTC time. So last minute changes need to happen the day before. * Some background information and Q&A about the Ubuntu release process can be found on TimeBasedReleases * See the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Hardy/KernelSchedule|kernel schedule spec too]] * See the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OtherProjectSchedules|schedules of other projects]] * Until approximately Alpha 1 the focus of bug triaging should be on SRU bugs for Gutsy * From Alpha 1 forward the focus of bug triaging should be on Hardy || '''Week''' || '''Date''' || '''QA Focus''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes''' || ||<-5 #eeeeee> October 2007 || || 1 || October 25th || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#CCFFCC> || Toolchain Uploaded || ||<-5 #eeeeee> November 2007 || || 2 || November 1st || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} Development Summit || || 3 || November 8th || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#CCFFCC> || {*} Canonical All``Hands || || 4 || November 15th || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#CCFFCC> || || || 5 || November 22nd || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#CCFFCC> || Specifications must be finalized, Translations exported from LP || || 6 || November 29th || Start notifying '''Won't Fix''' kernel bugs of testing with Live CD ||<#CCFFCC> || '''Alpha 1''' || ||<-5 #eeeeee> December 2007 || || 7 || December 6th || Notify '''Won't Fix''' kernel bugs of testing with Live CD ||<#CCFFCC> || || || 8 || December 13th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#CCFFCC> /!\ '''DebianImportFreeze''' || Remaining upstream merges completed, Rebuild Test || || 9 || December 20th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFFFCC> || '''Alpha 2'''|| || 10 || December 27th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFFFCC> || Christmas Break || ||<-5 #eeeeee> January 2008 || || 11 || January 3rd || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFFFCC> || || || 12 || January 10th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFFFCC> || '''Alpha 3''' || || 13 || January 17th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFFFCC> || || || 14 || January 24th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFEBBB> || {*} Developer Sprint || || 15 || January 31st || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFEBBB> || '''Alpha 4''' || ||<-5 #eeeeee> Feburary 2008 || || 16 || February 7th || Triaging of Hardy bugs and milestoning ||<#FFEBBB> || || || 17 || February 14th || Drafting list of showstopper bug reports ||<#FFEBBB> /!\ '''FeatureFreeze''' || Rebuild Test, Upgrade Testing begins || || 18 || February 21st || Finalize list of showstopper bugs - ensure each bug is assigned, ISO testing ||<#FFCCCC> || '''Alpha 5''' || || 19 || February 28th || Maintain list of showstopper bugs ||<#FFCCCC> /!\ '''UserInterfaceFreeze''' || || ||<-5 #eeeeee> March 2008 || || 20 || March 6th || Maintain list of showstopper bugs, ISO Testing ||<#FFCCCC> || '''Alpha 6''' || || 21 || March 13th || Maintain list of showstopper bugs, ISO Testing ||<#FFCCCC> /!\ '''BetaFreeze''' || Rebuild Test || || 22 || March 20th || Maintain list of showstopper bugs, identify final list of kernel fixes ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''BetaRelease''', /!\ '''DocumentationStringFreeze''' || || || 23 || March 27th || Maintain list of showstopper bugs ||<#FFCCCC> || || ||<-5 #eeeeee> April 2008 || || 24 || April 3rd || Maintain list of showstopper bugs, identify final list of kernel fixes || || || || 25 || April 10th || ISO Testing ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline''', /!\ '''KernelFreeze''' || Rebuild Test || || 26 || April 17th || ISO Testing ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''ReleaseCandidate''', /!\ '''LanguagePackTranslationDeadline''' || || || 27 || April 24th || ISO Testing ||<#E47A7A> /!\ '''FinalRelease''' || Ubuntu 8.04 LTS || ||<-5 #eeeeee> May 2008 || || 28 || May 1st || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#BB3333> || || || 29 || May 8th || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#BB3333> || || || 30 || May 15th || Identification and verification of SRU bugs ||<#BB3333> || || || 31 || May 22nd || Identification and verification of SRU bugs || || {*} Developer Summit (tentative) || || || 32 || May 29th || || || || ||<-5 #eeeeee> June 2008 || || 33 || June 5th || || || /!\ Ubuntu 8.04.1 (tentative) || ##|| 33 || June 12th || || || || ##|| 33 || June 19th || || || || ##|| 33 || June 26th || || || ||