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| 2012-08-07 || [[ReleaseEngineering/FeatureFreezePolicy|Feature Freeze]]--Planning & Development Ends
| 2012-08-07 || [[ReleaseEngineering/FeatureFreezePolicy|Feature Freeze]]--Planning & Development Ends
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| 2012-07-07 || Branch Fedora 18 from Rawhide--[[Branch_Freeze_Policy| Branch Freeze]]
| 2012-08-07 || Branch Fedora 18 from Rawhide
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| 2012-08-14 || [[Branch_Freeze_Policy| Branch Freeze]]
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| 2012-08-14 || [[ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy|Software String Freeze]]
| 2012-08-14 || [[ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy|Software String Freeze]]
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| 2012-08-14 || [[Change_deadlines | Alpha Change Deadline]]
| 2012-08-14 || [[Change_deadlines | Alpha Change Deadline]]
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| 2012-08-28 || [[Fedora_18_Alpha_Release_Criteria|Alpha Release]]
| <strike>2012-08-28<br/>2012-09-04<br/>2012-09-11</strike><br/>2012-09-18 || [[Fedora_18_Alpha_Release_Criteria|Alpha Release]]
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| 2012-09-11 ||Software Translation Deadline
| <strike>2012-09-11<br/>2012-09-18<br/>2012-09-25</strike><br/>2012-10-02 ||Software Translation Deadline
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|rowspan="2"| 2012-09-18 || [[Change_deadlines |Beta Change Deadline]]
|rowspan="2"| <strike>2012-09-18<br/>2012-09-25<br/>2012-10-02</strike><br/><strike>2012-10-09</strike><br/><strike>2012-10-16</strike><br/>2012-11-13 (tentative) || [[Change_deadlines |Beta Change Deadline]]
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| Features 100% Complete
| <strike>Features 100% Complete (done)</strike><br/>
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| 2012-10-02 || [[Fedora_18_Beta_Release_Criteria|Beta Release]]
| <strike>2012-10-02<br/>2012-10-09<br/>2012-10-16</strike><br/><strike>2012-10-23</strike><br/><strike>2012-10-30</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-06</strike><br/>2012-11-27 || [[Fedora_18_Beta_Release_Criteria|Beta Release]]
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| 2012-10-22 || [[Change_deadlines | Final Change Deadline]]
| <strike>2012-10-22<br/>2012-10-29<br/>2012-11-05</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-12</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-19</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-26</strike><br/>2012-12-11 || [[Change_deadlines | Final Change Deadline]]
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| 2012-10-24 || Compose 'Final' RC
| <strike>2012-10-24<br/>2012-10-31<br/>2012-11-07</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-14</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-21</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-28</strike><br/>not used anymore || <strike>Compose 'Final' RC</strike><br/>
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| 2012-11-06 || [[Fedora_18_Final_Release_Criteria | Fedora 18 Final Release]]
| <strike>2012-11-06<br/>2012-11-13<br/>2012-11-20</strike><br/><strike>2012-11-27</strike><br/><strike>2012-12-04</strike><br/><strike>2012-12-11</strike><br/><strike>2013-01-08</strike><br/>2013-01-15 || [[Fedora_18_Final_Release_Criteria | Fedora 18 Final Release]]
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== Detailed Schedules ==
== Detailed Schedules ==
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18 All Detailed Schedules and iCal files]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-design-tasks.html Design]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-devel-tasks.html Development]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-docs-tasks.html Documentation]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-marketing-tasks.html Marketing]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-releng-tasks.html Release Engineering]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-quality-tasks.html Quality Assurance]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-trans-tasks.html Translation]
* [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-web-tasks.html Web Sites]


* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18 All Detailed Schedules and iCal files]
{{Admon/note |  | Schedule links are subject to change in a near future! }}
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-design-tasks.html Design]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-devel-tasks.html Development]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-17-docs-tasks.html Documentation]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-marketing-tasks.html Marketing]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-releng-tasks.html Release Engineering]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-quality-tasks.html Quality Assurance]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-trans-tasks.html Translation]
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-web-tasks.html Web Sites]


== Upstream Project Schedules ==
== Upstream Project Schedules ==


Links to other significant project schedules--useful for seeing see how Fedora aligns with them.
Links to other significant project schedules--useful for seeing see how Fedora aligns with them.
* Gnome 3.6 -- [http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointFive September 26, 2012]
* KDE 4.9 -- [http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.9_Release_Schedule August 01, 2012]
* LibreOffice 3.6 -- [http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan Week 31, July 30 - August 5, 2012]

Latest revision as of 22:34, 3 January 2013

Fedora 18 Schedule
This is the release schedule for Fedora 18. Other schedules are maintained for historical purposes on this page.

Key Features

Key Milestones

2012-05-29 Fedora 17 Release
Planning & Development Begins
2012-07-24 Feature Submission Deadline
2012-08-07 Feature Freeze--Planning & Development Ends
2012-08-07 Branch Fedora 18 from Rawhide
2012-08-14 Branch Freeze
2012-08-14 Software String Freeze
2012-08-14 Alpha Change Deadline
2012-08-28
2012-09-04
2012-09-11

2012-09-18
Alpha Release
2012-09-11
2012-09-18
2012-09-25

2012-10-02
Software Translation Deadline
2012-09-18
2012-09-25
2012-10-02

2012-10-09
2012-10-16
2012-11-13 (tentative)
Beta Change Deadline
Features 100% Complete (done)
2012-10-02
2012-10-09
2012-10-16

2012-10-23
2012-10-30
2012-11-06
2012-11-27
Beta Release
2012-10-22
2012-10-29
2012-11-05

2012-11-12
2012-11-19
2012-11-26
2012-12-11
Final Change Deadline
2012-10-24
2012-10-31
2012-11-07

2012-11-14
2012-11-21
2012-11-28
not used anymore
Compose 'Final' RC
2012-11-06
2012-11-13
2012-11-20

2012-11-27
2012-12-04
2012-12-11
2013-01-08
2013-01-15
Fedora 18 Final Release
Time of Release
Historically Test and General Availability releases happen at 10:00am Eastern US Time on a Tuesday, which is either 1500UTC or 1400UTC depending on daylight savings in the United States. See Releases/Schedule for more information about scheduling methodology and schedule milestone definitions
Targeted General Availability Date
Historically Fedora strives to release a new distribution every six months or so, on a Tuesday as close as possible to October 31st and May 1st of each year.

Detailed Schedules

Schedule links are subject to change in a near future!

Upstream Project Schedules

Links to other significant project schedules--useful for seeing see how Fedora aligns with them.