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Background

This page describes the significant milestones in the Fedora development schedule for Fedora 13.

Definitions

Name Date Definition Restrictions Exceptions
Feature Submission Deadline 2010-01-26 Final date that new features can be submitted to the release New features must be submitted to next release Request exception from FESCo
Spins Submission Deadline 2010-01-26 Final date that new spins can be submitted for the release New spins must be submitted for the next release Request exception from the Spins SIG
Feature Freeze 2010-02-09 Feature development is complete or in a significantly complete state so that the feature can be adequately tested Bug fixes and polish only; significant development should be complete Request exception from FESCo
Spins Freeze 2010-02-09 No more Spins can be accepted for the release New spins must be submitted for the next release Request exception from the Spins SIG
Branch From Rawhide 2010-02-09 Branch release under development from rawhide Once branched, changes to release under development and rawhide must be checked into both places Not Applicable
Alpha Freeze 2010-02-16 Limit changes to prepare Alpha release

To be included:

  • Critical Path Packages--bug must block F13Alpha
  • All other packages need tag request
File tag request with Release Engineering
Software String Freeze 2010-02-16 No more changes to software strings so that translation can complete No new strings added Request exception from L10N
Beta Freeze 2010-03-23 Limit changes to prepare Beta release

To be included:

  • Critical Path Packages--bug must block F13Beta
  • All other packages need tag request
File tag request with Release Engineering
Final Freeze 2010-04-27 Severely limit changes to prepare the Release Candidate (RC) and Final release.
  • Bug must block F13Blocker
  • All other changes released as Updates
File tag request with Release Engineering
End of Life June 2011 Support for release ends No new new updates are issued None