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| Date | Milestone | What it means |
|---|---|---|
 Friday, January 19, 2024 | Deadline for feature pull requests | If you wish to contribute features to DSpace 8.0, you must submit a pull request by this date. |
| Friday, February 9 | Feature PR Review/Test Deadline | Initial reviews/testing of PRs should be completed by all assigned reviewers. |
| Friday, February 23 | Feature PR Merge Deadline (Feature Freeze) | DSpace 8.0 is considered feature-complete on this date. All Feature PRs should be merged. Only bug fixes will be pulled between this date and final release. |
| February 26March 3 - March 1529 | Major dependency updates | This is a period where the codebase will undergo major updates to support latest versions of Spring (supporting Jakarta EE) and Angular. |
| March 18-22April 1 - April 5 | Early documentation / bug fixes | Code cleanup prior to Release candidate. |
| By Friday, March 29April 5 | Release Candidate 1 tagged | A DSpace 8.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
| April 18-1219 | Testathon | Intensive public testing of the 8.0 Release Candidate is invited. The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved. |
| Friday, April 26May 3 | Deadline for bug-fix pull requests | Bug fixes should ideally be submitted by this date. |
| Friday, May 310 | Bug-Fix PR Merge Deadline (Code Freeze) | Ideally all bug fixes are merged by this date. Code is "frozen", with exceptions only made if major issues are discovered. |
| May 613-1017 | Final Cleanup / Documentation | This week is set aside for any final cleanup (or very late bug fixes) that need to be applied to the code. Also used to finalize Documentation, Release Notes, etc. |
| Monday, May 1320, 2024 | DSpace 8.0 is publicly released | DSpace 8.0 is released for download and general use. |
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