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This page summarizes and describes the significant milestones in the Fedora development schedule for Fedora 13.
Feature process
For more general information about the feature policy, refer to Features/Policy.
For more general information about the feature policy, refer to Features/Policy.
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 |
| Branch Freeze | ||||
| Alpha Freeze | 2010-02-16 | Limit changes to prepare Alpha release |
To be included:
|
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:
|
File tag request with Release Engineering |
| Final Freeze | 2010-04-27 | Severely limit changes to prepare the Release Candidate (RC) and Final release. |
|
File tag request with Release Engineering |
| End of Life | June 2011 | Support for release ends | No new updates are issued | None |