Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla Release Schedule
| Week | Date (Thursday) | 20.10 events |
|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | ||
| 1 | April 30 | Toolchain Uploaded |
| May 2020 | ||
| 2 | May 07 | |
| 3 | May 14 | |
| 4 | May 21 | |
| 5 | May 28 | |
| June 2020 | ||
| 6 | June 04 | |
| 7 | June 11 | |
| 8 | June 18 | |
| 9 | June 25 | |
| July 2020 | ||
| 10 | July 02 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 11 | July 09 | |
| 12 | July 16 | |
| 13 | July 23 | |
| 14 | July 30 | |
| August 2020 | ||
| 15 | August 06 | |
| 16 | August 13 | |
| 17 | August 20 | |
| 18 | August 27 | Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
| September 2020 | ||
| 19 | September 03 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 20 | September 10 | |
| 21 | September 17 | User Interface Freeze |
| 22 | September 24 | Documentation String Freeze |
| October 2020 | ||
| 23 | October 01 | Beta Freeze (Monday), Beta (mandatory) |
| 24 | October 08 | Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 25 | October 15 | Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 26 | October 22 | Final Release |
Planned and potentially disruptive archive-wide activities
If youâre planning a change that might have a disruptive effect on the archive - e.g. transitions or switches of important defaults (such as compiler versions) - list it here.
| Week | Date (Thursday) | Planned activity |
|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | ||
| 1 | April 30 | |
| May 2020 | ||
| 2 | May 07 | |
| 3 | May 14 | Qt 5.14.2 (+/- 1 week) |
| 4 | May 21 | |
| 5 | May 28 | KDE Plasma 5.19 Beta (+/- 1 week) |
| June 2020 | ||
| 6 | June 04 | |
| 7 | June 11 | |
| 8 | June 18 | |
| 9 | June 25 | |
| July 2020 | ||
| 10 | July 02 | |
| 11 | July 09 |
perl 5.32 as default (± 3 week), GNOME 3.37.3
|
| 12 | July 16 | |
| 13 | July 23 |
binutils 2.35 |
| 14 | July 30 | |
| August 2020 | ||
| 15 | August 06 |
gcc-10 as default |
| 16 | August 13 | GNOME 3.37.90 (beta) |
| 17 | August 20 | |
| 18 | August 27 |
glibc-2.32 (± 1 week), GNOME 3.37.91 (beta)
|
| September 2020 | ||
| 19 | September 03 | |
| 20 | September 10 | GNOME 3.37.92 (rc) |
| 21 | September 17 | GNOME 3.38.0 (stable) |
| 22 | September 24 |
LLVM 11 as default (± 1 week) |
| October 2020 | ||
| 23 | October 01 |
golang-1.15 as default (± 1 week) |
| 24 | October 08 | GNOME 3.38.1 (stable bugfix point release) |
| 25 | October 15 | |
| 26 | October 22 | |
| 1 | October 29 | python3.9 as supported (HH opening) |
Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla Release Task Signup Sheet
This signup sheet is to be used for planning release milestone tasks.
The Alpha and Beta 1 milestones have been replaced with Testing Weeks, which are organized ad hoc at this point.
| Milestone | Date | Image (Nusakan) Engineering | Checklist Tracking | Announcement Email |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Freeze | n/a | n/a | ||
| UI Freeze | n/a | n/a | ||
| Doc String Freeze | n/a | n/a | ||
| 20.10 Beta | October 01 | Ćukasz Zemczak | Ćukasz Zemczak | Ćukasz Zemczak |
| 20.10 Release | October 22 2020 |
When the archive is frozen, all members of the release team are expected to participate in bug fix reviews.
After Feature Freeze, all members of the release team are expected to participate in Feature Freeze Exception reviews in their particular area of expertise.
After Final Beta, all members of the release team are expected to participate in Bug fix reviews in their particular area of expertise.