Version numbers in the "release" section

[buhtz]

Hello,

as upstream maintainer I am always interested in your release schedule and freeze steps.

But for outsiders it is very hard to navigate in your forum, because you only use the “names” of your releases but not their version numbers. It would help a lot and lower the barriers if you could add the version number to your topics; e.g. in brackets behind the name.

I am not able to remember the names, and I am also not willing checking the Ubuntu Wikipedia article everytime I read one of that Ubuntu release names.

Best,

Christian Buhtz

https://buhtz.codeberg.page/

[rubi1200]

Not sure where you are looking but the release announcements always contain both:

Ubuntu 25.10 ("Questing Quokka") released

Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka”, is here. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs. Ubuntu 25.10 introduces GNOME 49 with media and power controls on the lock screen, HDR brightness settings, and enhanced accessibility fe…

Ubuntu 26.04 ("Resolute Raccoon") LTS released

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon”, is here. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, together with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs. This release brings a significant uplift in security, performance, and usability across desktop, server, and cloud environments. Ubuntu…

Or are you referring to something else?

[buhtz]

Thank you for the reply. Announcenments are to late for upstream projects like mine. I am interested in the release schedule before the release comes out. When released, it is to late.

Release

I am unable to find the “release schedule” for the upcoming releases.

[rubi1200]

I hope this is what you were looking for:

https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/schedule/

[guiverc]

As was stated in

New Ubuntu release notes

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) comes with a big change to the way we write and publish release notes. In short: Discourse is no longer used. We’re aligning release notes with the rest of the Ubuntu product documentation, making them better structured and more suited for collaboration. We’re working on increasing the overall documentation standard. You’ll find the release notes here: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/. Why our release notes weren’t great Up until now, we use…

@marek-suchanek

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) comes with a big change to the way we write and publish release notes.

In short:

Discourse is no longer used. We’re aligning release notes with the rest of the Ubuntu product documentation, making them better structured and more suited for collaboration. We’re working on increasing the overall documentation standard.

You’ll find the release notes here: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/

I suggest you read that article; it discusses issues with Discourse, and the intention to move away from Discourse (the post was published before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS released).

[buhtz]

Thank you for the links. The release notes are useless to me because the releases still happened. Existing releases are irrelevant for me as upstream. I am interested in your plans and schedule about future releases.

That is what I was looking for

https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.10/schedule/

And there is no version number in the subject.

[rubi1200]

You can give feedback on that page.

If you think this is important, then click on the button and give them your reasoning.

[guiverc]

@buhtz

And there is no version number in the subject.

Ubuntu stonking is the development release currently, it only switches to being Ubuntu 26.10 when it reaches RELEASE CANDIDATE, which is the process that Ubuntu has followed for as long as I’ve been involved (likely since 2004).

Schedules concentrate on the development cycle, before it gets the 2026-October (26.10) and a released product. That process is not new; but if you need it you’ll see it’s in the URL, just as in the tt (27.04) release following it; the TT or double-letter being used as is tradition until a word/animal is selected for that release.

[ian-weisser]

I think this topic might not be appropriate for the Site Feedback category. Site Feedback is for the Discourse site only, not for all Ubuntu.com sites.

How to improve upstream developers ability to find information across the wider Ubuntuverse is a real concern, and a valuable topic.

I think it’s more appropriate for the Project Discussion category, where fellow developers and documentation authors are more likely to see it.

Moving.