Schedules/Applications/14.12 Release Schedule
All deadlines are due 23:59 UTC, but if you need a few more hours, notify someone from the release team.
Applications in 14.12 can be based on kdelibs4 or KDE Frameworks 5 at maintainers decission, basically we will release whatever is in master of the repository. Please make sure all your dependencies or people that depend on you are aware of your decision to not cause problems.
You can also add http://www.kde.org/releaseschedule.ics as remote calendar to korganizer so you always have the release schedule near you.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Message Freeze
All translated messages (GUI strings) are frozen on this date. Only previously untranslated strings or clear errors in strings can be fixed. No major new strings changes should be done. You cannot add new strings, if you really need one ask kde-i18n-doc for an exception. It is ok to remove strings.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 API Freeze
To allow the bindings people to have proper time to do their work in preparation to the final release, the API should now be fixed. Changing API is allowed, but commits have to be cc'ed to the kde-bindings mailinglist. This is including older APIs and newly introduced libraries/APIs.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Dependency Freeze
From this moment on it is not allowed to add new dependencies or bump dependencies versions. It is possible to get an exception for this. Post the patch to reviewboard and add the release-team as reviewer. We will check if the dependency is needed and is available on all platforms.
In other words: If you have a feature that requires a new dependency or a version of a dependency that is higher than currently checked for in the build system, you need to have committed this change before this date.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Feature Freeze
Trunk is frozen for all feature commits. Only bug fixes are allowed.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Artwork and Bindings Freeze
All artwork is frozen on this date. No new artwork should be added. Existing artwork can continue to be tweaked and fixed.
No new additions to the language bindings, except optional bindings as permitting by the kde-bindings team.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Beta 1 Tagging and Release
Beta is tagged. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released
Wednesday, November 12, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Beta 2 Tagging and Release
Beta is tagged. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released
Wednesday, November 19, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Documentation Freeze
No more changes to documentation or handbooks after this date. For typos, spelling and simple grammar changes you have to mail kde-i18n-doc for approval.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Beta 3 Tagging and Release
Beta is tagged. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released
Wednesday, November 26, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Release Candidate Tagging and Release
The release candidate is tagged from the branch. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released
Wednesday, December 10, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Final Tag
The branch is frozen for final release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014: KDE Applications 14.12 Release
Final release is released for general consumption.
Thursday, January 8, 2015: KDE Applications 14.12.1 tagging
Minor release is tagged and made available to the packagers.
Tuesday, January 13 2015: KDE Applications 14.12.1 release
Minor release is released to the public.
Thursday, January 29, 2015: KDE Applications 14.12.2 tagging
Minor release is tagged and made available to the packagers.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015: KDE Applications 14.12.2 release
Minor release is released to the public.
Thursday, February 26, 2015: KDE Applications 14.12.3 tagging
Minor release is tagged and made available to the packagers.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015: KDE Applications 14.12.3 release
Minor release is released to the public.