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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.