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DateReleaseDescription
July 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???
August 7th
NB <version>.1 voting candidate created and release vote commences.
August 15th - 31st

NetBeans 11.1 (in 2019)  
NetBeans 12.1 (in 2020)

NB <version>.1 released.
e.g., https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb111/nb111.html
August 21st


NB <version>.2 merge window opens.
October 15th

Feature freeze. Merge window closes.
Release branch <version>.2 created and beta build(s) made available.

November 7th
NB <version>.2 voting candidate created and release vote commences.
November 15th - 30th

NetBeans 11.2  (in 2019)
NetBeans 12.2 (in 2020)

NB <version>.2 released.
November 21st
NB <version>.3 merge window opens.
January 15th

Feature freeze. Merge window closes.
Release branch <version>.3 created and beta build(s) made available.

February 7th
NB <version>.3 voting candidate created and release vote commences.
February 15th - 30th

NetBeans 11.3  (in 2020)
NetBeans 12.3 (in 2021)

NB <version>.3 released.
(Start NetCAT with this release here? ??Answer: No, for 12.0. Reconsider for 13.0.)
February 21st

NB <version+1>.0 merge window opens.
(NB <version+1>.0 is consolidation of feature releases, as few new features as possible.)
NetCAT announced and signups begin.
NetCAT test spec review starts.

March 15th
Feature freeze. Merge window closes.
Release branch <version+1>.0 created and beta build(s) made available.
NetCAT test spec review starts.
March 21stWhen Beta 1 is available, NetCAT testing phase starts.
April 21st30th
NetCAT testing ends.
NetCAT community acceptance vote.
May 7th
NB <version+1>.0 voting candidate created and release vote commences.
May 15th - 31st

LTS

NetBeans 12.0  (in 2020)
NetBeans 13.0  (in 2021)

NB <version+1>.0 LTS released.
May 21st

NB <version+1>.1 merge window opens.

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