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=Fedora 15 Release Notes Schedule=
=Fedora 16 Release Notes Schedule=


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|<center> Feb 14 </center>|| Validate beat writers || Note to Docs list followed by email to F14 beat writers ||  
|<center> Aug 1 </center>|| Validate beat writers || Note to Docs list followed by email to F15 beat writers ||  
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|<center> Feb 11 </center>|| Notify Dev Alpha RNs || Send note to dev list that Alpha RNs coming and feature pages or beats should reflect updates || Give developers a chance to comment on their updates, even if not included in major features (Moved up by McD to allow time for writing one page)
|<center> Aug 2 </center>|| Notify Dev Alpha RNs || Send note to dev list that Alpha RNs coming and feature pages or beats should reflect updates || Give developers a chance to comment on their updates, even if not included in major features.


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|<center> Feb 21 </center>|| Recruit Beat Writers || Recruit new writers for any orphaned beats || Plan is to post requests to dev list, blog.  Then email potential candidates for specific beats discovered by mining review requests. Some beats may be tame enough, or have no features, so they may be left vacant.
|<center> Aug 8 </center>|| Recruit Beat Writers || Recruit new writers for any orphaned beats || Plan is to post requests to dev list, blog.  Then email potential candidates for specific beats discovered by mining review requests. Some beats may be tame enough, or have no features, so they may be left vacant.


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|<center> Feb 20 </center>|| Comb feature pages alpha RNs || Go through feature pages merging highlights into beats || Ultimately select the few features to highlight in the one-page of alpha (Moved up by McD to allow time for writing one page)
|<center> Aug 4 </center>|| Comb feature pages alpha RNs || Go through feature pages merging highlights into beats || Ultimately select the few features to highlight in the one-page of alpha


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|<center> Feb 25 </center>|| Alpha one-page || Create single page release notes for alpha ||   
|<center> Aug 12 </center>|| Alpha one-page || Create single page release notes for alpha ||   
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|<center> Mar 16 </center>|| Write unclaimed beats || || Perhaps a beta release notes party?
|<center> Aug 24 </center>|| Write unclaimed beats || || Perhaps a beta release notes party?
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|<center> Mar 16 </center>|| Remind L10N Beta POTs || ||
|<center> Aug 24 </center>|| Remind L10N Beta POTs || ||
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|<center> Mar 17 </center>|| Remind dev wiki freeze || Wiki freeze for beta is Sep 6. Remind Dev the window is closing || Invariably, some developer or another is disappointed that nothing about his app made in into the release notes and the wiki froze by surprise.
|<center> Aug 25 </center>|| Remind dev wiki freeze || Wiki freeze for beta is Sep 6. Remind Dev the window is closing || Invariably, some developer or another is disappointed that nothing about his app made in into the release notes and the wiki froze by surprise.
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|<center> Mar 23 </center>|| Start nightly POTs || ||  
|<center> Aug 30 </center>|| Port wiki to Publican || || This will probably be mostly scripted. Later conversions will be mostly manual, but this first conversion generally benefits from the automation.
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|<center> Mar 22 </center>|| Port wiki to Publican || || This will probably be mostly scripted. Later conversions will be mostly manual, but this first conversion generally benefits from the automation.
|<center> Aug 31 </center>|| Start nightly POTs || ||  
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|<center> Mar 30 </center>|| f-r-n.rpm to updates-candidate || || Needed some time before docs.fp.o so ready for beta compose
|<center> Sep 7 </center>|| f-r-n.rpm to updates-candidate || || Needed some time before docs.fp.o so ready for beta compose
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|<center> Apr 11 </center>|| Beta RNs to docs.fp.o || ||
|<center> Sep 19 </center>|| Beta RNs to docs.fp.o || ||
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|<center> Apr 11 </center>|| Remind dev wiki freeze || ||  
|<center> Sep 19 </center>|| Remind dev wiki freeze || ||  
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|<center> Apr 20 </center>|| Remind L10N no more POTs || On Apr 25, last POTs will go to L10N so no more source updates ||
|<center> Sep 28 </center>|| Remind L10N no more POTs || On Oct 3, last POTs will go to L10N so no more source updates ||
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|<center> Apr 25 </center>|| Wiki updates to Publican || ||
|<center> Oct 3 </center>|| Wiki updates to Publican || ||
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|<center> Apr 25 </center>|| GA final POTs || ||
|<center> Oct 3 </center>|| GA final POTs || ||
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|<center> Apr 25 </center>|| Build GA htmls until May 2 || || Most likely this is a continuation. Drafts should have been being build automatically on a regular basis
|<center> Oct 4 </center>|| Build GA htmls until Oct 10 || || Most likely this is a continuation. Drafts should have been being build automatically on a regular basis
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|<center> Apr 28 </center>|| Remind L10N trans deadline || || Apr 25 we will begin building the release RPM so any translations not ready by then will not make it to GA
|<center> Oct 6 </center>|| Remind L10N trans deadline || || Oct 10 we will begin building the release RPM so any translations not ready by then will not make it to GA
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|<center> May 4 </center>|| f-r-n.rpm || ||
|<center> Oct 12 </center>|| f-r-n.rpm || ||
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|<center> May 5 </center>|| Update redirect || make d.fp.o/release-notes point to en-US/Fedora/15/html/Release_Notes/index.html. || ssh bastion, puppet01, cd puppet/modules/fedora-docs/files, git pull, emacs redirects.conf, commit, push
|<center> Oct 25 </center>|| Update redirect || make d.fp.o/release-notes point to en-US/Fedora/16/html/Release_Notes/index.html. || ssh bastion, puppet01, cd puppet/modules/fedora-docs/files, git pull, emacs redirects.conf, commit, push
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|<center> May 17 </center>|| GA Announcement || ||
|<center> Oct 17 </center>|| GA Announcement || ||
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|<center> May 16 </center>|| 0-Day RNs to docs.fp.o || Get any changes that did not make it to GA on the the website ||
|<center> Oct 24 </center>|| 0-Day RNs to docs.fp.o || Get any changes that did not make it to GA on the the website ||
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|<center> May 16 </center>|| 0-day RNs updated RPM || ||
|<center> Oct 31 </center>|| 0-day RNs updated RPM || ||
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|<center> May 17 </center>|| Tech notes to docs.fp.o || ||
|<center> Oct 24 </center>|| Tech notes to docs.fp.o || ||
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|<center> May 23 </center>|| Updated RNs to updates-candidate || ||
|<center> Oct 25 </center>|| Updated RNs to updates-candidate || ||
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== Calendar ==


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Fedora 16 Release Notes Schedule

Due Item Desc Comment
Aug 1
Validate beat writers Note to Docs list followed by email to F15 beat writers
Aug 2
Notify Dev Alpha RNs Send note to dev list that Alpha RNs coming and feature pages or beats should reflect updates Give developers a chance to comment on their updates, even if not included in major features.
Aug 8
Recruit Beat Writers Recruit new writers for any orphaned beats Plan is to post requests to dev list, blog. Then email potential candidates for specific beats discovered by mining review requests. Some beats may be tame enough, or have no features, so they may be left vacant.
Aug 4
Comb feature pages alpha RNs Go through feature pages merging highlights into beats Ultimately select the few features to highlight in the one-page of alpha
Aug 12
Alpha one-page Create single page release notes for alpha
Aug 24
Write unclaimed beats Perhaps a beta release notes party?
Aug 24
Remind L10N Beta POTs
Aug 25
Remind dev wiki freeze Wiki freeze for beta is Sep 6. Remind Dev the window is closing Invariably, some developer or another is disappointed that nothing about his app made in into the release notes and the wiki froze by surprise.
Aug 30
Port wiki to Publican This will probably be mostly scripted. Later conversions will be mostly manual, but this first conversion generally benefits from the automation.
Aug 31
Start nightly POTs
Sep 7
f-r-n.rpm to updates-candidate Needed some time before docs.fp.o so ready for beta compose
Sep 19
Beta RNs to docs.fp.o
Sep 19
Remind dev wiki freeze
Sep 28
Remind L10N no more POTs On Oct 3, last POTs will go to L10N so no more source updates
Oct 3
Wiki updates to Publican
Oct 3
GA final POTs
Oct 4
Build GA htmls until Oct 10 Most likely this is a continuation. Drafts should have been being build automatically on a regular basis
Oct 6
Remind L10N trans deadline Oct 10 we will begin building the release RPM so any translations not ready by then will not make it to GA
Oct 12
f-r-n.rpm
Oct 25
Update redirect make d.fp.o/release-notes point to en-US/Fedora/16/html/Release_Notes/index.html. ssh bastion, puppet01, cd puppet/modules/fedora-docs/files, git pull, emacs redirects.conf, commit, push
Oct 17
GA Announcement
Oct 24
0-Day RNs to docs.fp.o Get any changes that did not make it to GA on the the website
Oct 31
0-day RNs updated RPM
Oct 24
Tech notes to docs.fp.o
Oct 25
Updated RNs to updates-candidate

Calendar

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