Ubuntu Oracular Oriole Release Schedule
| Week | Date (Thursday) | 24.10 events |
|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | ||
| 1 | April 25 | Toolchain Uploaded |
| May 2024 | ||
| 2 | May 02 | |
| 3 | May 09 | |
| 4 | May 16 | |
| 5 | May 23 | |
| 6 | May 30 | |
| June 2024 | ||
| 7 | June 06 | |
| 8 | June 13 | |
| 9 | June 20 | |
| 10 | June 27 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| July 2024 | ||
| 11 | July 04 | |
| 12 | July 11 | |
| 13 | July 18 | |
| 14 | July 25 | |
| August 2024 | ||
| 15 | August 01 | |
| 16 | August 08 | |
| 17 | August 15 | Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
| 18 | August 22 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 19 | August 29 | |
| September 2024 | ||
| 20 | September 05 | User Interface Freeze |
| 21 | September 12 | Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze |
| 22 | September 16 (Monday) | Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze |
| ⠀ | September 19 | Beta (mandatory) |
| 23 | September 26 | Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| October 2024 | ||
| 24 | October 03 | Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 25 | October 10 | 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 2024 | ||
| 1 | April 25 | |
| May 2024 | ||
| 2 | May 02 | Qt 6.6.2 |
| 3 | May 09 | |
| 4 | May 16 | KDE Frameworks 6 (60/71 source NEW packages accepted) |
| 5 | May 23 | |
| 6 | May 30 | |
| June 2024 | ||
| 7 | June 06 | |
| 8 | June 13 | |
| 9 | June 20 | binutils 2.43 |
| 10 | June 27 | |
| July 2024 | ||
| 11 | July 04 | GCC 14 as default |
| 12 | July 11 | Ruby 3.3 |
| 13 | July 18 | |
| 14 | July 25 | |
| August 2024 | ||
| 15 | August 01 | glibc 2.40 |
| 16 | August 08 | GNOME 47.beta, Go 1.23 as default |
| 17 | August 15 | LLVM 19 as default |
| 18 | August 22 | |
| 19 | August 29 | |
| September 2024 | ||
| 20 | September 05 | GNOME 47.rc |
| 21 | September 12 | |
| 22 | September 19 | GNOME 47 |
| 23 | September 26 | |
| October 2024 | ||
| 24 | October 03 | |
| 25 | October 10 |
Ubuntu O O 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 | n/a | n/a | utkarsh | |
| UI Freeze | n/a | n/a | utkarsh | |
| Doc String Freeze | n/a | n/a | utkarsh | |
| 24.10 Beta | utkarsh | utkarsh | ||
| Final Freeze | utkarsh | utkarsh | ||
| 24.10 Release | October 10 2024 | vorlon | utkarsh | utkarsh |
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.