This page describes the language pack release schedule for
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). 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 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) =

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.

||||<rowstyle="background-color: #FFFFE0;"> '''Date''' || '''Action''' ||
|| || April 29, 2010    || Release of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E0E0FF;">'''First language pack update cycle (2 weeks)''' ||
||<rowspan=3> 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 ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E0E0FF;">'''Third language pack update cycle (6 weeks)''' ||
||<rowspan=3> 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 ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E0E0FF;">'''Fourth language pack update cycle (12 weeks)''' ||
||<rowspan=3> 2 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 ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E0E0FF;">'''Fifth language pack update cycle (22 weeks)''' ||
||<rowspan=3> 2 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 ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E47A7A;">'''New version of Ubuntu released (26 weeks)''' ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E0E0FF;">'''Sixth language pack update cycle (35 weeks)''' ||
||<rowspan=3> 2 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 ||
||||||||<style="text-align: left;background-color: #E0E0FF;">'''Sixth language pack update cycle ''(44 weeks)''''' ||
||<rowspan=3> 2 week cycle || Feb. 7, 2011: 1400 UTC || Proposed lang-pack-update placed in testing PPA, testing begins ||
|| Feb. 10, 2011: 1400 UTC || Testing deadline ||
|| Feb. 17, 2011 (10.04.02 release) || Tested lang-pack-updates are released ||