Fedora 13 Important Release Milestones

This page summarizes and describes the significant milestones in the Fedora development schedule for Fedora 13.

Feature process
For more general information about the feature policy, refer to Features/Policy.

Definitions

Name	Date	Definition	Restrictions	Exceptions
Feature Submission Deadline	2010-01-26	Final date that new features can be submitted to the release	New features must be submitted to next release	Request exception from FESCo
Spins Submission Deadline	2010-01-26	Final date that new spins can be submitted for the release	New spins must be submitted for the next release	Request exception from the Spins SIG
Feature Freeze	2010-02-09	Feature development is complete or in a significantly complete state so that the feature can be adequately tested	Bug fixes and polish only; significant development should be complete	Request exception from FESCo
Spins Freeze	2010-02-09	No more Spins can be accepted for the release	New spins must be submitted for the next release	Request exception from the Spins SIG
branch from rawhide	2010-02-09	branch release under development from rawhide	once branched, changes to release under development and rawhide must be checked into both places	not applicable
Branch Freeze
Alpha Freeze	2010-02-16	Limit changes to prepare Alpha release	To be included: Critical Path Packages--bug must block F13Alpha All other packages need tag request	File tag request with Release Engineering
Software String Freeze	2010-02-16	No more changes to software strings so that translation can complete	No new strings added	Request exception from L10N
Beta Freeze	2010-03-23	Limit changes to prepare Beta release	To be included: Critical Path Packages--bug must block F13Beta All other packages need tag request	File tag request with Release Engineering
Final Freeze	2010-04-27	Severely limit changes to prepare the Release Candidate (RC) and Final release.	Bug must block F13Blocker All other changes released as Updates	File tag request with Release Engineering
End of Life	June 2011	Support for release ends	No new updates are issued	None