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Key Features

Schedule

Date Event Status Issues
2011-12-23 Fedora 16 Release
Planning & Development Begins
2012-01-24 Feature Submission Deadline
2012-02-07 Feature Freeze--Planning & Development Ends
2012-02-07 Branch Fedora 17 from Rawhide-- Branch Freeze
2012-03-13 Alpha Release Day to Day Slip repository issues with anaconda
2012-04-04 Alpha Release New projected date repository issues with anaconda
2012-05-09 Beta Release Slip 1 week to get ppc64p7 arch packages in place
2012-06-08 Fedora 17 Final Release Slip 1 week to reflect 1 week slip of primary