Roadmap/11.0

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openSUSE 11.0 is the next community release that incorporates new features from both the community and internal development. It will be done for the x86, x86-64 and ppc platforms.

Major areas of interest:

• improved 1 CD install (no longer network bound)
• UMTS support
• enhance software update stack
• slim down installation
• "cool" look for installation
• KDE: Use KDE4 instead of KDE3 as default
• GNOME 2.22

 The most important dates of the schedule are:
 * Jan 17 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1 release
 * Feb 07 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2 release
 * Mar 18 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3 release
 * Apr 17 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1 release
 * May 02 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2 release
 * May 15 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 release
 * May 29 openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1
 * Jun 12 openSUSE 11.0 Goldmaster (internal)
 * Jun 19 openSUSE 11.0 Public release

Thu, Jan 17 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1 release

• Milestone: get new installer look out

Thu, Feb 07 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2 release

• Milestone: KDE strategy is in place (KDE4.0, KDE 4.1 or 3.5) - If it turns out to be a no-go, it has to be corrected till component freeze

Tue, Mar 18 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3 release

• Note: this week it's earlier due to other products blocking
• Milestone: No more features in state "Evaluation" in FATE.
• Milestone: Toolchain is feature frozen (unless gcc 4.3 still not ready)

Tue, Apr 1 First translation round

• Milestone: All packages submitted latest POT file into SVN

Mon, Apr 7 Component freeze for beta1, crypto freeze

• Milestone: We have settled for a KDE branch to go for
• Milestone: Feature and version freeze for the base system
• Milestone: Kernel and install works on most targeted machines.
• Milestone: Packages containing cryptographic routines are frozen (ECR)
• Preliminary Authoring Deadline for localized doc files (ADL loc prelim)

Thu, Apr 17 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1 release

• Milestone: installation workflow is feature frozen
• Proofreading of all software starts so that we have a new baseline.
• Milestone: Feature and version freeze for the complete distribution (exception: patchlevel update of leaf packages until Beta1+)
• Milestone: First localized build
• Milestone: Complete string freeze
• Milestone: All features are coding and function complete.
• Milestone: Kernel and install works on all targeted machines.
• Milestone: Last round of software translation starts - "hard text freeze"
• Milestone: Documentation deadline ("authoring deadline") for localized manuals, proofing starts, first source drop (locdrop) to Localization for volume estimates
• Milestone: all new desktop applications, incl. KDE 4 apps, to ship with the product are integrated

Mon, Apr 21 Main translation round

• Milestone: All packages submitted latest POT file into SVN
• 12:00 CEST: Developers to check in the POTs for the 2nd cycle of software translation

Thu, Apr 24 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1+ release

• Milestone: Patchlevel update of leaf packages finished.

Fri, May 02 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2 release

• Note: May 1st is public holiday in most of europe
• Milestone: Fully localized build
• Milestone: Localization testing starts
• Milestone: Only major/critical/blocker bugfixes allowed.
• Milestone: Drop of (EN) screen shots to Localization
• Milestone: Preliminary drop of all manuals for novell.com/documentation web site (beta) to rballard

Thu, May 15 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 release

Thu, May 22 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3+ release (internal)

• Milestone: Only blocker bugfixes allowed.

Thu, May 29 openSUSE 11.0 RC1 release

• Milestone: All blocker bugs resolved.
• Milestone: Last fixes for localization found during testing incorporated.
• Milestone: Drop of Release Notes to Localization

Thu, Jun 5 openSUSE 11.0 GMC release (internal)

• Note: Depending on the number of blocker bugs that appear _after_ RC1 release, this might be public too
• Milestone: Drop of Release Notes to Localization

Thu, Jun 12 openSUSE 11.0 GM release (internal)

• Only showstopper and security bugfixes get integrated.
• Milestone: Final drop of all manuals for novell.com/documentation (and ESD for download.novell.com) to rballard

Thu, Jun 19 openSUSE 11.0 public release

• Release on the ftp server
• all documentation available on novell.com/documentation Web site

Fri, Jun 20 openSUSE 11.0 post proof reading starts

• Proofreading of all software that was not completely proof-read during the normal openSUSE 11.0 cycle so that we have a new baseline.