0.16 Release

Status

• 17 May: The release is generally available at revision 1336378
• 9 May: RC4, proposed final, is available at revision 1336378
• 23 April: RC3, proposed final, is available at revision 1327964
• 11 April: RC2 is available at revision 1324655
• 4 April: RC1 is available at revision 1309390
• 12 March: The beta distribution is cut at revision 1298344
• 8 March: We branched for release at trunk revision 1297794
• 22 February: Alpha is cut at trunk revision 1292524
• 3 November: Trunk is open for 0.16 development at revision 1197280

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Schedule

15 February

• Alpha
• Major feature integration ends; with approval, certain less disruptive features can be committed
• Trunk remains open for bug fixing
• The alpha release tests the release process after the introduction of major features

29 February, 2 weeks later

• Beta
• The release branch is created
• Trunk opens for development toward the next release
• Release branch commits require approval
• Release manager produces outstanding bug report and triages bugs

14 March, 2 weeks later

• RC1

21 March, 1 week later

• RC2

28 March, 1 week later

• RC3
• Targeted release date