GNOME 2.5.x is an unstable development series intended for testing and hacking purposes. Like the Linux kernel, GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development status, so this unstable 2.5.x series will eventually become the official 2.6 stable release. Here is the current module list.
See this page if you would like to get involved and help develop GNOME.
You can get in touch with the release team by mailing 'release-team at gnome.org'. We meet most weeks, and try to send minutes to desktop-devel-list so you can keep track of what we're up to.
Here is some more information about the release process.
If you don't mind the occasional bug, and are keen help out in the lead-up to the GNOME 2.6 stable release, here's how to get the good stuff:
This is the current schedule for the GNOME 2.4.x and 2.5 Developer Platform and Desktop. Like any software
schedule, particularly a volunteer driven schedule, it is subject to
modification and slippage, but the release team will do their best to
make sure it happens this way.
We also have a similar schedule for the Platform Bindings release set.
Time already passed can be found at the bottom of the page.
Important dates: Feature/Module/UI Freeze String Freeze
2.6.0 Release
| Week |
Starts
on |
Maintainer
Task |
R-T Task |
Big Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2004 |
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| 26 | Mar. 22nd |
2.6.0 tarballs due | March 24th: 2.6.0 release! Party! | |
| Week |
Starts
on |
Maintainer
Task |
R-T Task |
Big Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 |
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| 0 |
Sept.
8th |
2.4.0 tarballs due |
2.4.0 released |
Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight. |
| 1 |
Sept.
15th |
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| 2 |
Sept.
22nd |
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| 3 |
Sept.
29th |
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| October 2003 |
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| 4 |
Oct.
6th |
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| 5 |
Oct.
13th |
2.4.1 tarballs due | 2.4.1 release | First 2.4.x point release - translations, plus bug and performance fixes. |
| 6 |
Oct.
20th |
2.5.0 tarballs due |
2.5.0 release |
First 2.5.0 release- go wild.
Maintainers who wish to propose their modules for inclusion should
speak up now. :) |
| 7 |
Oct.
27th |
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| November 2003 |
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| 8 |
Nov.
3rd |
2.5.1 tarballs due |
2.5.1 release |
|
| 9 |
Nov.
10th |
2.4.2 tarballs due | 2.4.2 release | Second and potentially final
2.4.x point release - translations, plus bug and performance fixes. |
| 10 |
Nov.
17th |
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| 11 |
Nov.
24th |
2.5.2 tarballs due | 2.5.2 release | |
| December 2003 |
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| 12 |
Dec.
1st |
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| 13 |
Dec.
8th |
2.5.1 tarballs due | 2.5.1 release | API/ABI Freeze: developer APIs should be frozen at this point. Modules which seek to add API/ABI to the platform but which are not yet accepted should attempt to follow this freeze. |
| 14 |
Dec.
15th |
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| 15 |
Dec.
22nd |
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| 16 |
Dec.
29th |
2.5.2 tarballs due | 2.5.2 release | |
| January 2004 |
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| 17 |
Jan.
5th |
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| 18 |
Jan.
12th |
2.5.3 tarballs due | 2.5.3 release | Feature, Module, and UI Freeze: UI review period heats up. Changes to user interface may only be made in response to UI review bugs (HIG compliance, consistency, etc). Major UI revisions or changes must be done before this date. |
| 19 |
Jan.
19th |
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| 20 |
Jan.
26th |
2.5.4 tarballs due | 2.5.4 release | |
| February 2004 |
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| 21 |
Feb.
2nd |
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| 23 |
Feb.
9th |
String Freeze & Hard UI freeze: no string changes may be made without confirmation from the l10n team (gnome-i18n@) and notification to release team. No UI changes may be made at all without confirmation from release team. | ||
| 23 |
Feb.
16th |
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| 22 |
Feb.
23rd |
Beta 1 tarballs due | Beta 1 release | |
| March 2004 |
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| 21 |
Mar. 1st |
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| 24 |
Mar. 8th | Beta 2 tarballs due | Beta 2 release | Hard Code Freeze: no source code changes can be made without approval from the release-team. Translation and documentation can continue. |
| 25 | Mar. 15th |
Release Candidate tarballs due | Release Candidate release | |