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List:       kde-release-team
Subject:    [RFC] Draft Roadmap for KDE 4.0
From:       Tom Albers <tomalbers () kde ! nl>
Date:       2007-03-03 21:54:47
Message-ID: 2474684.20cLX16fq0 () kde ! nl
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Hi all,

Sebas pointed out that we need to setup a roadmap to the KDE4 release. As I think \
setting deadlines will actual help to reach goals, I've taken the time to setup a \
draft roadmap to KDE4. 

I've no experience in release schedules nor do I know the state of kdelibs or any \
other kde4 module, but I feel a draft document makes discussing things much easier. \
So here comes a draft schedule, lets work on the points and dates and publish it \
after that on the current Techbase page.


kdelibs soft api freeze + alpha1 release		- 2 April
This is the the point where kdelibs api is frozen. That means that the classes and \
interfaces are not allowed to change anymore. That means the end of the famous bic \
Mondays.

If for one reason you feel the api should change, you need to post a kdelibs api \
exception request to kde-core-devel with the reason and the code. If there are no \
objections after a week, you can commit the changes, but all the kde main modules \
must compile and work as expected. 

kdelibs is also i18n frozen, exceptions can be asked on kde-i18n mailinglist. The \
release will not include translations.


feature freeze					- 2 may
After this date the kde main modules are frozen for new features. No new features are \
allowed, the focus is from now on on stabilizing the applications and fix all bugs. \
This is also the date that all the maintainers of the main kde modules need to \
indicate if they will follow this schedule or will divert and will not be released \
together with kde 4.0.


message freeze					- 2 June
After this date the main modules are frozen for new messages. Exceptions can be asked \
on kde-i18n mailinglist.


beta cycle starts					- 2 Juli
From this date on every month a beta version will be published, this will be repeated \
until most grave bugs are resolved. Translations are included from the second beta. \
kdelibs api is now frozen.


release candidate cycle starts, total release freeze.	- 2 September
A RC will be released. If there is no grave bug in that release, kde 4.0 will be \
released, else new release candidates will be released every month. When the first \
release candidate there is a total release freeze active. This means that you can fix \
serious bug reports but nothing else.

Before the first release candidate there will be a made of lists of languages which \
will be included in the KDE 4.0 release. This is based on the rules as usual.


KDE 4.0						- 2 October


Toma



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