Archive:DocsProject/Schedule/7

Fedora 7 - Release Notes

Date	Event
	Test2
29 February 2007	Relnotes one-sheet update
29 February 2007	Test2 Release
	Test3
27 March 2007	Relnotes one-sheet update
27 March 2007	Test3 Release
	Test4
2 April 2007	Wiki relnotes frozen, snapshot of all Beats
3 April 2007	POT files sent to L10N for translation
14 April 2007	PO files due from L10N
16 April 2007	Test4 translation & development freeze
20 April 2007	Refer to FINAL below
21 April 2007	Refer to FINAL below
24 April 2007	Test4 Release
	FINAL
20 April 2007	Wiki relnotes frozen, commute diffs to CVS
21 April 2007	POT files sent to L10N for translation
16 May 2007	PO files due from L10N
17 May 2007	fedora-release-notes package RC to Fedora release engineering
30 May 2007	Final Wiki snapshot for Web-only relnotes errata
31 May 2007	Fedora 7 General Availability ??
31 May 2007	Publish Web-only relnotes with "tag LIVE"

We are allowing approximately 10 days for translation between POT dropoff and PO pickup, for the CVS modules involved. This will result in up-to-date content missing from the release notes. Here is how we address that:

• Early requests for relnotes
• Publicize this schedule, no surprises
• First and most prominent link at the top of the relnotes points the reader at the online version of the relnotes
• This online version will be updated the day of FC release
• Will be in CVS
• Will need translation ASAP
• This helps make the next trans cycle shorter
• Will be posted live in rolling releases

Fedora 7 - Guides, Tutorials, FAQs, etc.

Guides are any document in XML that is not the release notes. This covers FAQs, tutorials, and full guides.

Date	Event
	Test4
5 April 2007	Wiki freeze for Desktop User Guide , snapshot to XML in CVS
7 April 2007	CVS freeze for Guides
18 April 2007	PO files due from L10N
21 April 2007	Guides queued on docs.fedoraproject.org
22 April 2007	RC guides tagged "LIVE"
24 April 2007	Test4 release
	FINAL
7 May 2007	Bug fixes due for CVS Guides
22 May 2007	CVS freeze for Guides
30 May 2007	Final PO files due from L10N
30 May 2007	Guides queued on docs.fedoraproject.org
31 May 2007	Guides tagged "LIVE"
31 May 2007	Fedora 7 GA

For Fedora 7, we are working on the Desktop User Guide and the Installation Guide . We want to reach a milestone of a usable alpha/draft for test3, to give it a chance to be vetted by the community.