6MonthlyCycle

Six Monthly Release Cycle Schedule

• Each release has 16 weeks before feature freeze.

• For each release, We've put feature freeze at a month before the release candidate. Only non-feature bug fixes will be committed after this. We might reevaluate this for 1.7 if it is excessive.

• We've scheduled 3 weeks of RC before the final, but will perhaps reevaluate that to two weeks for 1.7 onwards.

• The week before the release candidates is a UI freeze. This is a freeze to string changes and theme changes. String or UI fixes will need to be at least high importance.

Discussed briefly at the developer meeting on 2012-05-23 and in more length at the developer meeting on 2012-06-27.

Because we are adopting the 6 month release cycle, we have revised the support schedule for releases.

Monday to Monday			UK school breaks	NZ school breaks		Monday to monday			UK school breaks	NZ school breaks
January 2, 2012	January 8, 2012					December 31, 2012	January 6, 2013
January 9, 2012	January 15, 2012					January 7, 2013	January 13, 2013
January 16, 2012	January 22, 2012					January 14, 2013	January 20, 2013
January 23, 2012	January 29, 2012					January 21, 2013	January 27, 2013
January 30, 2012	February 5, 2012					January 28, 2013	February 3, 2013
February 6, 2012	February 12, 2012					February 4, 2013	February 10, 2013				Feature Freeze
February 13, 2012	February 19, 2012					February 11, 2013	February 17, 2013
February 20, 2012	February 26, 2012					February 18, 2013	February 24, 2013
February 27, 2012	March 4, 2012					February 25, 2013	March 3, 2013				UI freeze
March 5, 2012	March 11, 2012					March 4, 2013	March 10, 2013				Release candidate 1
March 12, 2012	March 18, 2012					March 11, 2013	March 17, 2013				Blocker fixes only
March 19, 2012	March 25, 2012					March 18, 2013	March 24, 2013				Blocker fixes only
March 26, 2012	April 1, 2012					March 25, 2013	March 31, 2013				Blocker fixes only
April 2, 2012	April 8, 2012					April 1, 2013	April 7, 2013				Mahara 1.7.0 release
April 9, 2012	April 15, 2012	ubuntu freeze			Mahara 1.5.0 release	April 8, 2013	April 14, 2013
April 16, 2012	April 22, 2012					April 15, 2013	April 21, 2013	Ubuntu ?????
April 23, 2012	April 29, 2012	ubuntu release				April 22, 2013	April 28, 2013	Ubuntu ?????
April 30, 2012	May 6, 2012					April 29, 2013	May 5, 2013
May 7, 2012	May 13, 2012					May 6, 2013	May 12, 2013
May 14, 2012	May 20, 2012					May 13, 2013	May 19, 2013
May 21, 2012	May 27, 2012					May 20, 2013	May 26, 2013
May 28, 2012	June 3, 2012					May 27, 2013	June 2, 2013
June 4, 2012	June 10, 2012					June 3, 2013	June 9, 2013
June 11, 2012	June 17, 2012					June 10, 2013	June 16, 2013
June 18, 2012	June 24, 2012					June 17, 2013	June 23, 2013
June 25, 2012	July 1, 2012					June 24, 2013	June 30, 2013
July 2, 2012	July 8, 2012					July 1, 2013	July 7, 2013
July 9, 2012	July 15, 2012					July 8, 2013	July 14, 2013
July 16, 2012	July 22, 2012					July 15, 2013	July 21, 2013
July 23, 2012	July 29, 2012					July 22, 2013	July 28, 2013
July 30, 2012	August 5, 2012					July 29, 2013	August 4, 2013				Feature Freeze
August 6, 2012	August 12, 2012				Feature Freeze	August 5, 2013	August 11, 2013
August 13, 2012	August 19, 2012					August 12, 2013	August 18, 2013
August 20, 2012	August 26, 2012					August 19, 2013	August 25, 2013				UI freeze
August 27, 2012	September 2, 2012				UI freeze	August 26, 2013	September 1, 2013				Release candidate 1
September 3, 2012	September 9, 2012				Release candidate 1	September 2, 2013	September 8, 2013				Blocker fixes only
September 10, 2012	September 16, 2012				Blocker fixes only	September 9, 2013	September 15, 2013				Blocker fixes only
September 17, 2012	September 23, 2012				Blocker fixes only	September 16, 2013	September 22, 2013				Blocker fixes only
September 24, 2012	September 30, 2012				Blocker fixes only	September 23, 2013	September 29, 2013				Mahara 1.8.0 release
October 1, 2012	October 7, 2012				Mahara 1.6.0 release	September 30, 2013	October 6, 2013
October 8, 2012	October 14, 2012	ubuntu freeze (11th)				October 7, 2013	October 13, 2013	Ubuntu ?????
October 15, 2012	October 21, 2012	ubuntu release (18th)				October 14, 2013	October 20, 2013	Ubuntu ?????
October 22, 2012	October 28, 2012					October 21, 2013	October 27, 2013
October 29, 2012	November 4, 2012					October 28, 2013	November 3, 2013
November 5, 2012	November 11, 2012					November 4, 2013	November 10, 2013
November 12, 2012	November 18, 2012					November 11, 2013	November 17, 2013
November 19, 2012	November 25, 2012					November 18, 2013	November 24, 2013
November 26, 2012	December 2, 2012					November 25, 2013	December 1, 2013
December 3, 2012	December 9, 2012					December 2, 2013	December 8, 2013
December 10, 2012	December 16, 2012					December 9, 2013	December 15, 2013
December 17, 2012	December 23, 2012					December 16, 2013	December 22, 2013
December 24, 2012	December 30, 2012					December 23, 2013	December 29, 2013