Ubuntu Questing Quokka Release Schedule
| Week | Date (Thursday) | 25.10 events |
|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | ||
| 1 | April 24 | Toolchain Uploaded |
| May 2025 | ||
| 2 | May 01 | |
| 3 | May 08 | |
| 4 | May 15 | |
| 5 | May 22 | |
| 6 | May 29 | Questing Snapshot 1 |
| June 2025 | ||
| 7 | June 05 | |
| 8 | June 12 | |
| 9 | June 19 | |
| 10 | June 26 | Questing Snapshot 2, Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| July 2025 | ||
| 11 | July 03 | |
| 12 | July 10 | |
| 13 | July 17 | |
| 14 | July 24 | |
| 15 | July 31 | Questing Snapshot 3 |
| August 2025 | ||
| 16 | August 07 | |
| 17 | August 14 | Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
| 18 | August 21 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 19 | August 28 | Questing Snapshot 4 |
| September 2025 | ||
| 20 | September 04 | User Interface Freeze |
| 21 | September 11 | Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze |
| 22 | September 15 (Monday) | Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze |
| ⠀ | September 18 | Questing Beta (mandatory) |
| 23 | September 25 | Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| October 2025 | ||
| 24 | October 02 | Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 25 | October 09 | Questing 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 2025 | ||
| 1 | April 24 | |
| May 2025 | ||
| 2 | May 01 | |
| 3 | May 08 | |
| 4 | May 15 | boost1.88 |
| 5 | May 22 | |
| 6 | May 29 | libxml2 2.14.x |
| June 2025 | ||
| 7 | June 05 | binutils 2.45, Chrony/NTS time-daemon (LP: #2111342) |
| 8 | June 12 | |
| 9 | June 19 | |
| 10 | June 26 | |
| July 2025 | ||
| 11 | July 03 | |
| 12 | July 10 | GCC 15 |
| 13 | July 17 | |
| 14 | July 24 | |
| 15 | July 31 | |
| August 2025 | ||
| 16 | August 07 | GNOME 49 Beta |
| 17 | August 14 | Raise ISA level for riscv64, archive rebuild (@xypron) |
| 18 | August 21 | |
| 19 | August 28 | |
| September 2025 | ||
| 20 | September 04 | |
| 21 | September 11 | |
| 22 | September 18 | GNOME 49.0 |
| 23 | September 25 | |
| October 2025 | ||
| 24 | October 02 | |
| 25 | October 09 |
Ubuntu Questing Quokka 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.
| Week | Date (Thursday) | 25.10 events |
|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | ||
| 1 | April 24 | Toolchain Uploaded |
| May 2025 | ||
| 2 | May 01 | |
| 3 | May 08 | |
| 4 | May 15 | |
| 5 | May 22 | |
| 6 | May 29 | Questing Snapshot 1 |
| June 2025 | ||
| 7 | June 05 | Chrony/NTS time-daemon (LP: #2111342) |
| 8 | June 12 | |
| 9 | June 19 | |
| 10 | June 26 | Questing Snapshot 2, Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| July 2025 | ||
| 11 | July 03 | |
| 12 | July 10 | |
| 13 | July 17 | |
| 14 | July 24 | |
| 15 | July 31 | Questing Snapshot 3 |
| August 2025 | ||
| 16 | August 07 | |
| 17 | August 14 | Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
| 18 | August 21 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 19 | August 28 | Questing Snapshot 4 |
| September 2025 | ||
| 20 | September 04 | User Interface Freeze |
| 21 | September 11 | Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze |
| 22 | September 15 (Monday) | Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze |
| ⠀ | September 18 | Questing Beta (mandatory) |
| 23 | September 25 | Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| October 2025 | ||
| 24 | October 02 | Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 25 | October 09 | Questing Final Release |
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.