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• Release Coordinator: TBA - We still need volunteer(s) to act as Release Coordinator

Timeline and Proceeding

Release Timeline:

RELEASE TIMELINE IS NOT FINALIZED! Two Release Timelines have been proposed and are currently being decided upon by the Committers.

First a few definitions:

• "Beta" releases - These are a newly proposed idea for 1.8.0. Essentially a "Beta" release would be an early release of the software, even before all features are finalized. They give developers an opportunity for early feedback from the community or other developers around a new feature. Only features that are into Trunk at the time will be released into the Beta Release. After and between Beta releases, features may change.
• "Release Candidate" releases - These are initial releases after all features have been finalized. Features may not change, but bug fixes can be made.

• Proposed Release Timeline #1 - 9 months (same timeframe as 1.6.0 to 1.7.0)
  • May 13, 2011 : Beta 1
  • June 3, 2011 : Beta 2 (Note: OR11 is June 7-11)
  • July 22, 2011 : Feature Freeze
  • July 29, 2011
• August 13, 2010 : Milestone 1 - "Feature Decision Day"
• October 22, 2010 : Feature Freeze
• October 29, 2010
  • : Final Documentation "Due Date"?
  November
  • August 5,
  2010November
  • 2011 : Release Candidate 1
  
  • August 8-19
  , 2010 : 1.7 Testathon December 3, 2010
  • , 2011 : Testathon
  • September 2, 2011 : Release Candidate 2
  • September 5-14, 2011 : Final Testing / Bug Fixing
  • September 16, 2011 : Final Release

• Proposed Release Timeline #2 - 10 months (slightly longer timeframe, but if we moved to 12 months timeframe afterwards, then we'd just do a new release every October, before the holidays get started)
  • June 3, 2011 : Beta 1 (Note: OR11 is June 7-11)
  • July 8, 2011 : Beta 2
  • August 19, 2011 : Feature Freeze
  • August 26, 2011 : Final Documentation "Due Date"?
  • September 2, 2011 : Release Candidate 1
  • September 5-16, 2011 : Testathon
  • September 30, 2011 : Release Candidate 2
  December 6-15, 2010
  • October 3-12, 2011 : Final Testing / Bug Fixing
  December 17, 2010
  • October 14, 2011 : Final Release

Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure