In addition to Ubuntu 6-months stable releases and the next version of ubuntu is 7.10 with Code Name “Gutsy Gibbon”.
Mark Shuttleworth about Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
On a personal note, the monkey on my back has been composite-by-default,which I had hoped would happen in Edgy, then Feisty. I'm nervous to predict it now for Gutsy, for fear of a third strike, but I'm told that great work is being done in the Compiz/Beryl community and upstream in X. There's a reasonable chance that Gutsy will deliver where those
others have not. I remain convinced that malleable, transparent and extra-dimensional GUI's are a real opportunity for the free software community to take a lead in the field of desktop innovation, and am keen to see the underlying technologies land in Ubuntu, but we have to balance that enthusiasm with the Technical Board's judgement of the stability and maturity of those fundamental layers.
Now you can make a note of ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) release dates in you calender
Important Dates
April 2007
April 26th - Toolchain Uploaded
May 2007
May 10th - Development Summit
May 31st - Specifications must be finalized
June 2007
June 7th - Tribe CD 1
June 21th - DebianImportFreeze ,Remaining upstream merges completed, Rebuild Test
June 28st - Tribe CD 2
July 2007
July 12th - Developer Sprint
July 19th - Tribe CD 3
August 2007
August 16th - FeatureFreeze,UpstreamVersionFreeze ,ArtworkDeadlineOne,UVF Universe
August 23rd - Tribe CD 5
August 30th - ArtworkDeadlineTwo,NewPackagesFreezeUniverse
September 2007
September 6th - Tribe CD 6
September 13th - StringFreeze
September 20th - BetaFreeze,FeistyArtworkFinalDeadline
September 27th - BetaRelease
October 2007
October 4th - NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline,KernelFreeze
October 11th - ReleaseCandidate,LanguagePackTranslationDeadline
October 18th - FinalRelease
Details about Each Release
Feature Freeze
The point at which we cease creating and modifying internal features and packages. This means we’re pretty much locked down for bugfixes only.
Exceptions requiring confirmation
Packages in or relating to high-priority ReleasenameFeatureGoals
Major/minor fixes, within reason
Exceptional circumstances
Upstream Version Freeze
The point at which we cease accepting new upstream versions of packages, whether they are sourced from Debian or not. Selected Debian releases of the same upstream versions may still be pulled in for bug-fixes, but this would be a manual process.
Exceptions requiring confirmation
Packages in or relating to FeatureGoals
Minor fixes, if the upstream change is a micro-increment (or equivalent)
Major fixes, particularly blockers, if the upstream change is a minor-increment (or equivalent)
Exceptional circumstances
String Freeze
A string freeze is initiated in the project when all the human readable portions of code are no longer allowed to change. This gives the translation teams a chance to complete their translations without having to redo changed text. It also allows documentation to mention the actual UI names and messages.
Beta Freeze
Anal-retentive, high-caution period until the Beta Release goes out. Release and relevant section team confirmed fixes only! Once the BetaRelease is shipped, we roll back to FeatureFreeze status.
Exceptions requiring confirmation
ReleaseCriticalBug
SecurityCriticalBug
Exceptional circumstances
Beta Release
The BetaRelease is a testing oriented pre-release, usually one month before the Final Release.
Non Language Pack Translation Deadline
Some translation data cannot currently be updated via the language pack mechanism. Because these items require more disruptive integration work, they are subject to an earlier deadline. Translations which fall into this category are:
The Ubuntu installer
Translations which don’t use gettext, including:
Firefox
debconf templates
desktop notifications via notification-daemon
Strings visible in the default desktop (live CDs don’t get language pack updates)
Default menu items
Panel strings
All menu entries in KDE applications, which does not support translation via language packs
Kernel Freeze
The kernel freeze is a deadline for kernel updates, since they require several lockstep actions which must be folded into the CD building process. As with other freeze dates, exceptional circumstances may justify exemptions to the freeze, at the exception of the release managers.
Release Candidate (RC)
The release candidate is a production-quality pre-release one week before the final release.
Language Pack Translation Deadline
Translation data using the Language Pack mechanism is due at this deadline.
See NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline for non Language Pack data.
Final Release
The final release is the finished product which is distributed with an official Ubuntu release number.
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