Release timetable

We have said that major releases will be on a 6 month schedule. Major releases may include new and updated packages, while minor releases will contain bug fixes and fixes for packaging problems.

Second major release: 2010.2.0.0

2010.2.0.0

Based on bug reports and polishing from the 2010.1.0.0 release (March 2010), we plan for 2010.2.0.0 in early April.

• GHC 6.12.2 release with improved Cabal on Windows: DD/04
• Release held up due to blocking bugs in 6.12.2. Waiting for 6.12.3
• Freeze for 2010.2.0.0: one week after 6.12.3 is out. June 1.
• Release candidates for 2010.2.0.0: June 7
• Release of 2010.2.0.0: June 14.

2010.1.0.0 beta

2010.2.x will include GHC 6.12:

• Determine decision model for packages
• Determine number of packages to add. 0.
• Upgrade package versions in darcs .cabal file: Mar 7
• Freeze for 2010.2.0.0: March 6
• Beta release candidate: March 20 http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/haskell-platform/snapshot/
• Release for 2010.1.0.0: March 21, 2010 (during ZuriHac)

First major release, 2009.2.x

Schedule for minor releases:

• 2009.2.0, Monday 4th May (actual release slipped by one day)
• Freeze for package changes for 2009.2.0.1: Monday 18th May
• 2009.2.0.1, Monday 1st June (4 weeks after .0)
• 2009.2.0.2 delayed for 6.10.4 (releasd: Jul 16)
• Freeze for package changes to 2009.2.0.2: Wednesday July 22
• 2009.2.0.2, Wednesday July 29 (8 weeks after .1, originally planned for July 13, delayed due to GHC 6.10.4)

This remains to be decided.