Lunar Lobster Release Schedule

Ubuntu Lunar Lobster Release Schedule

Week Date (Thursday) 23.04 events
October 2022
1 October 27 Toolchain Uploaded
November 2022
2 November 03
3 November 10
4 November 17
5 November 24
December 2022
6 December 01
7 December 08
8 December 15
9 December 22
10 December 29 Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
January 2023
11 January 05
12 January 12
13 January 19
14 January 26
February 2023
15 February 02
16 February 09
17 February 16
18 February 23 Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze
March 2023
19 March 02 Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
20 March 09
21 March 16 User Interface Freeze
22 March 23 Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze
23 March 27 (Monday) Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze
March 30 Beta (mandatory)
April 2023
24 April 06 Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline
25 April 13 Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline
26 April 20 Final Release

Planned and potentially disruptive archive-wide activities

If you’re 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
October 2022
1 October 27
November 2022
2 November 03 Python 3.11 as supported
3 November 10
4 November 17
5 November 24 OpenLDAP 2.6 transition
December 2022
6 December 01 binutils 2.40
7 December 08
8 December 15
9 December 22
10 December 29
January 2023
11 January 05 Python 3.11 as default
12 January 12
13 January 19 Ruby 3.1
14 January 26 golang 1.20
February 2023
15 February 02 glibc 2.37 upload
16 February 09
17 February 16 GCC 13 as option, GNOME 44 Beta
18 February 23
March 2023
19 March 02
20 March 09
21 March 16 LLVM 16
22 March 23 GNOME 44.0
23 March 30
April 2023
24 April 06
25 April 13
26 April 20

Ubuntu Lunar Lobster 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 February 23 2023 n/a n/a utkarsh
UI Freeze March 16 2023 n/a n/a paride
Doc String Freeze March 23 2023 n/a n/a utkarsh
23.04 Beta March 30 2023 Graham (EMEA) Graham
Final Freeze April 13 2023 Utkarsh (EMEA) Utkarsh
23.04 Release April 20 2023 sil2100 (EMEA)

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.

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