F17 Artwork/Schedule

This page contains the F17 Artwork release schedule. Items highlighted in bold are upcoming, items shown in italics have been finished already.

Key milestones from general release schedule

 * 2011-10-10 (Monday)&mdash;Release name announced. (Beefy Miracle)
 * 2012-02-07 (Tuesday)&mdash;Feature freeze, branching point
 * 2012-02-14 (Tuesday)&mdash;Alpha change deadline
 * 2012-02-28 (Tuesday)&mdash;Alpha release
 * 2012-03-20 (Tuesday)&mdash;Beta change deadline
 * 2012-04-03 (Tuesday)&mdash;Beta release
 * 2012-04-23 (Monday)&mdash;Final change deadline
 * 2012-05-08 (Tuesday)&mdash;Fedora 17 Final release.

Default Wallpaper

 * (Done) 2011-12-27 (Tuesday)&mdash;Sketches submission deadline.
 * Concepts are finalized in the next stage. Vote with work ;-)
 * (Done) 2012-01-17 (Tuesday)&mdash;Colorization submission deadline.
 * Winning concept selected and submitted for Alpha polishing.
 * (Done) 2012-01-31 (Tuesday)&mdash;Alpha wallpaper approved and submitted for packaging.
 * (Done) 2012-01-07 (Tuesday)&mdash;Alpha wallpaper imported and built into rawhide.
 * 2012-03-13 (Tuesday)&mdash;Beta wallpaper gets approved and submitted for packaging.
 * 2012-03-20 (Tuesday)&mdash;Wallpaper package gets updated to beta wallpaper and pushed to F17 stable.
 * 2012-04-17 (Tuesday)&mdash;Final wallpaper gets approved and submitted for packaging.
 * 2012-04-23 (Monday)&mdash;Wallpaper package gets updated to final wallpaper and pushed to F17 stable.

Release Banners

 * 2012-02-24 (Friday)&mdash;Alpha release banner deadline.
 * 2012-03-30 (Friday)&mdash;Beta release banner deadline.
 * 2012-04-03 (Tuesday)&mdash;Countdown banner deadline.
 * 2012-05-04 (Friday)&mdash;Final release banner deadline.

Other Marketing Material

 * 2012-03-27 (Tuesday)&mdash;CD/DVD sleeves deadline.
 * 2012-04-24 (Tuesday)&mdash;Release posters deadline.
 * 2012-05-04 (Friday)&mdash;Main web page banner deadline.