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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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<h1>Introduction</h1>
<p>This is the release schedule for &os; &local.rel;. For
more information about the release engineering process, please
see the <a href="&base;/releng/index.html">Release
Engineering</a> section of the web site.</p>
<p>General discussions about the pending release and known issues
should be sent to the public <a
href="mailto:FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-stable</a>
mailing list.</p>
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<p><a
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&beta.local.where;
&beta2.local.where;
<h1>Schedule</h1>
<table class="tblbasic">
<tr class="heading">
<td>Action</td>
<td>Expected</td>
<td>Actual</td>
<td>Description</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Initial release schedule announcement</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>3 January 2020</td>
<td>Release Engineers send announcement email to developers
with a rough schedule.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Release schedule reminder</td>
<td>24 July 2020</td>
<td>17 July 2020</td>
<td>Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to
developers with updated schedule.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Code slush begins</td>
<td>28 August 2020</td>
<td>28 August 2020</td>
<td>Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the
&local.branch.stable; branch will not require explicit
approval, however new features should be avoided.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&local.branch.releng; branch</td>
<td>11 September 2020</td>
<td>11 September 2020</td>
<td>&local.branch.releng; branch created; future release
engineering proceeds on this branch.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>BETA1 builds begin</td>
<td>11 September 2020</td>
<td>11 September 2020</td>
<td>First beta test snapshot.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>BETA2 builds begin</td>
<td>18 September 2020</td>
<td>18 September 2020</td>
<td>Second beta test snapshot.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>BETA3 builds begin</td>
<td>25 September 2020</td>
<td>25 September 2020</td>
<td>Third beta test snapshot.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RC1 builds begin</td>
<td>2 October 2020</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>First release candidate.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RC2 builds begin</td>
<td>9 October 2020</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>Second release candidate.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RC3 builds begin *</td>
<td>16 October 2020</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>Third release candidate.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RELEASE builds begin</td>
<td>23 October 2020</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>&local.rel;-RELEASE builds begin.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RELEASE announcement</td>
<td>27 October 2020</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>&local.rel;-RELEASE press release.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Turn over to the secteam</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>&local.branch.releng; branch is handed over to the
&os; Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after
the announcement.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>"*" indicates "as-needed" items.</p>
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<h1>Status / TODO</h1>
<a href="&base;/releases/&local.rel;R/todo.html">&os; Release
Engineering TODO Page</a>
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<h1>Additional Information</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="&base;/releng/index.html">&os; Release
Engineering website</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
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