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.