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Schedule
Date | Description | release 11release 12 | release 13 | ||
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February 21st | NB <version+1>.0 merge window opens. | ||||
March 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. Release branch <version+1>.0 created and beta build(s) made available. When Beta 1 is available, NetCAT testing phase starts. | ||||
April 30th | NetCAT testing ends. NetCAT community acceptance vote. | ||||
May 7th | NB <version+1>.0 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | ||||
May 15th - 31st | NB <version+1>.0 LTS released. | LTS NetBeans 12.0 (in 2020) | LTS NetBeans 13.0 (in 2021) | ||
May 21st | NB <version+1>.1 merge window opens. | ||||
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 | NB <version>.1 released. e.g., https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb111/nb111.html | NetBeans 11.1 (in 2019) NetBeans 12.1 (in 2020) | NetBeans 13.1 (in 2021) | ||
August 21st | NB <version>.2 merge window opens. | ||||
October 15th | Branching for <version>.2 delivery branch created, version bump on masterFeature freeze. Merge window closes. | ||||
October 22nd | delivery → master branch merge, delivery → release branch merge publish beta2 | ||||
October 29th | delivery → master branch merge, delivery → release branch merge publish beta3 | ||||
November 7th | delivery → master branch merge, delivery → release branch merge NB <version>.2 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | NetBeans 11.2 (in 2019)NetBeans 12.2 (in 2020) | NetBeans 13.2 (in 2021) | ||
November 15th - 30th | NB <version>.2 released. | November 21st | NB <version>.3 merge window opens. | ||
January 15thFeature freeze. Merge window closes. | Release branch <version>.3 created and beta build(s) made available. Version bump on master | ||||
January 22nd | <release branch> → master merge publish beta2 | ||||
January 29th | <release branch> → master merge publish beta3 | ||||
February 7th | NB <version>.3 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | ||||
February 15th - 30th | NB <version>.3 released. (Start NetCAT with this release here? Answer: No, for 12.0. Reconsider for 13.0.)NetBeans 11.3 (in 2020) | NetBeans 12.3 (in 2021) | NetBeans 13.3 (in 2021) |
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