Ubuntu Plucky Puffin Release Schedule
| Week | Date (Thursday) | 25.04 events |
|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | ||
| 1 | October 17 | Toolchain Uploaded |
| 2 | October 24 | Build with -O3 on amd64 |
| 3 | October 31 | |
| November 2024 | ||
| 4 | November 07 | |
| 5 | November 14 | |
| 6 | November 21 | |
| 7 | November 28 | |
| December 2024 | ||
| 8 | December 05 | |
| 9 | December 12 | |
| 10 | December 19 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 11 | December 26 | |
| January 2025 | ||
| 12 | January 02 | |
| 13 | January 09 | |
| 14 | January 16 | |
| 15 | January 23 | |
| 16 | January 30 | |
| February 2025 | ||
| 17 | February 06 | |
| 18 | February 13 | |
| 19 | February 20 | Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
| 20 | February 27 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| March 2025 | ||
| 21 | March 06 | |
| 22 | March 13 | User Interface Freeze |
| 23 | March 20 | Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze |
| 24 | March 24 (Monday) | Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze |
| ⠀ | March 27 | Beta (mandatory) |
| April 2025 | ||
| 25 | April 03 | Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 26 | April 10 | Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 27 | April 17 | 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 2024 | ||
| 1 | October 17 | |
| 2 | October 24 | Python 3.13 as supported |
| 3 | October 31 | |
| November 2024 | ||
| 4 | November 07 | |
| 5 | November 14 | |
| 6 | November 21 | |
| 7 | November 28 | binutils 2.44 |
| December 2024 | ||
| 8 | December 05 | |
| 9 | December 12 | |
| 10 | December 19 | |
| 11 | December 26 | |
| January 2025 | ||
| 12 | January 02 | |
| 13 | January 09 | Python 3.13 as default |
| 14 | January 16 | |
| 15 | January 23 | |
| 16 | January 30 | Qt 6.8.2 (tentative) |
| February 2025 | ||
| 17 | February 06 | GNOME 48 Beta |
| 18 | February 13 | LLVM 20 as default, Go 1.24 as default |
| 19 | February 20 | |
| 20 | February 27 | |
| March 2025 | ||
| 21 | March 06 | |
| 22 | March 13 | Qt 6.8.3 (18th, tentative) |
| 23 | March 20 | GNOME 48.0 |
| 24 | March 27 | |
| April 2025 | ||
| 25 | April 03 | |
| 26 | April 10 | |
| 27 | April 17 |
Ubuntu Plucky Puffin 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 | |
| 25.04 Beta | utkarsh | |||
| Final Freeze | ||||
| 25.04 Release | April 17 2025 | utkarsh | 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.