Here is my proposal for the release plan. If people have any concerns with the plan, then please raise them now.
Code freeze and testing starts on Sunday 2005-06-12 at 14:00 UTC [1]. During "code freeze" we cannot add any new functionality, just bug fixes and documentation tweaks [4]. We create the release candidates for both Windows and UNIX on this day and start the vote. Don't bother voting until towards the end of the week, because we might need a new release candidate. If any changes have been made during the week [4] then we create another set of release candidates on Friday 2005-06-17 at 22:00 UTC [2] to give people time to verify the signatures and checksums and to do final tests. Between now and the release date there must no changes to SVN. If any are absolutely necessary, then we delay the release date and do another set of release candidates. Actual release date is Sunday 2005-06-19 at 14:00 UTC [3] then wait for the mirrors to receive it before sending the announcements. [1] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?day=13&month=06&year=2005&p1=48&p2=176&p3=240&p4=224&p5=213 [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?day=18&month=06&year=2005&p1=48&p2=176&p3=240&p4=224&p5=213 [3] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?day=20&month=06&year=2005&p1=48&p2=176&p3=240&p4=224&p5=213 [4] If committers make changes to SVN during code-freeze, then they must be made to both trunk and branch. --David
