Mantic Minotaur Release Schedule

Ubuntu Mantic Minotaur Release Schedule

Week Date (Thursday) 23.10 events
April 2023
1 April 27 Toolchain Uploaded
May 2023
2 May 04
3 May 11
4 May 18
5 May 25
June 2023
6 June 01
7 June 08
8 June 15
9 June 22
10 June 29 Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
July 2023
11 July 06
12 July 13
13 July 20
14 July 27
August 2023
15 August 03
16 August 10
17 August 17 Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze
18 August 24 Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
19 August 31
September 2023
20 September 07 User Interface Freeze
21 September 14 Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze
22 September 18 (Monday) Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze
September 21 Beta (mandatory)
23 September 28 Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline
October 2023
24 October 05 Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline
25 October 12 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
April 2023
1 April 27
May 2023
2 May 04
3 May 11
4 May 18 PHP 8.2
5 May 25
June 2023
6 June 01
7 June 08
8 June 15 binutils 2.41 snapshot
9 June 22
10 June 29
July 2023
11 July 06
12 July 13 GCC 13 as default
13 July 20
14 July 27
August 2023
15 August 03 glibc 2.38
16 August 10 GNOME 45 Beta
17 August 17 Go 1.20 as default
18 August 24
19 August 31
September 2023
20 September 07
21 September 14 LLVM 17 as default
22 September 21 GNOME 45.0
23 September 28
October 2023
24 October 05
25 October 12

Ubuntu Mantic Minotaur 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 August 17 2023 n/a n/a sil2100
UI Freeze September 07 2023 n/a n/a utkarsh
Doc String Freeze September 14 2023 n/a n/a utkarsh
23.10 Beta September 21 2023 sil2100 utkarsh utkarsh
Final Freeze October 05 2023 sil2100 utkarsh utkarsh
23.10 Release October 12 2023 sil2100 sil2100, bdmurray sil2100, bdmurray

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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