THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
In mid-2018 there was a decision to move towards a time-based, quarterly release schedule for Apache NetBeans releases. This schedule brings that into affect, starting from Apache NetBeans 11.1, and retrospectively designates Apache NetBeans 11.0 as an LTS release.
Schedule
| Date | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|
| June 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. Only fixes intended for next release to be merged into master. Release branch <version>.1 created and beta build(s) made available. NetCAT lite??? | |
| July 7th | NB <version>.1 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |
| July 15th - 31st | NetBeans 11.1 (in 2019) | NB <version>.1 released. |
| July 21st | NB <version>.2 merge window opens. | |
| September 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. | |
| October 7th | NB <version>.2 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |
| October 15th - 31st | NetBeans 11.2 (in 2019) | NB <version>.2 released. |
| October 21st | NB <version>.3 merge window opens. | |
| December 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. | |
| January 7th | NB <version>.3 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |
| January 15th - 31st | NetBeans 11.3 (in 2020) | NB <version>.3 released. (Start NetCAT with this release here???) |
| January 21st | NB <version+1>.0 merge window opens. NetCAT announced and signups begin. | |
| February 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. Release branch <version+1>.0 created and beta build(s) made available. NetCAT test spec review starts. | |
| February 21st | NetCAT testing phase starts. | |
| March 21st | NetCAT testing ends. NetCAT community acceptance vote. | |
| April 7th | NB <version+1>.0 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |
| April 15th - 30th | LTS NetBeans 12.0 (in 2020) | NB <version+1>.0 LTS released. |
| April 21st | NB <version+1>.1 merge window opens. GOTO 10 |
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