| Release Cycle |
| ============= |
| |
| The U-Boot projects attempts to maintain a fixed, predictable Release |
| Cycle as follows: |
| |
| * We will have U-Boot releases at a fixed release interval of (approximately) |
| every 3 months. |
| |
| * Under normal conditions the release date will be the first Monday of the month. |
| |
| * Immediately following each release, there will be a "merge window" of |
| normally 21 days, i. e. if the release was on a Monday, then the merge window |
| will close on the Monday in the 3rd week after the release. |
| |
| While this merge window is open, new features can be added to the U-Boot |
| source tree. This is further expanded on in the :doc:`process`. |
| |
| * After the merge window closes, no new features may be added to allow for a |
| release candidate phase which is intended to fix bugs and regressions. |
| |
| *Note:* While we try to adhere to the release schedule, we will |
| not hesitate and take the liberty to delay a release if there are |
| good reasons, for example if there are known bugs or other technical |
| reasons. The code will be released when it is considered ready |
| without caring too much about the announced deadline. |
| |
| *Note 2:* Even though we follow Linux ways in many respects, there are |
| differences in the actual procedures, which are documented in the |
| :doc:`process`. |
| |
| Version Numbers |
| --------------- |
| |
| Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases were |
| changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning into a time stamp |
| based numbering. Regular releases are now identified by names consisting of |
| the calendar year and month of the release date. Additional fields are |
| frequently used to denote the release candidates. They are also used on rare |
| occasions to note a bug fix release on top of the previous stable release. |
| |
| Examples:: |
| |
| U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009 |
| U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Bug fix release 1 on top of the November 2009 release |
| U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release |
| |
| Current Status |
| -------------- |
| |
| * U-Boot v2024.01 was released on Mon 08 January 2024. |
| |
| * The Merge Window for the next release (v2024.04) is **closed**. |
| |
| * The next branch is now **closed**. |
| |
| * Release "v2024.04" is scheduled for 02 April 2024. |
| |
| Future Releases |
| --------------- |
| |
| .. The following commented out dates are for when release candidates are |
| planned to be tagged. |
| |
| For the next scheduled release, release candidates were made on:: |
| |
| * U-Boot v2024.04-rc1 was released on Mon 29 January 2024. |
| |
| * U-Boot v2024.04-rc2 was released on Tue 13 February 2024. |
| |
| * U-Boot v2024.04-rc3 was released on Mon 26 February 2024. |
| |
| * U-Boot v2024.04-rc4 was released on Mon 11 March 2024. |
| |
| * U-Boot v2024.04-rc5 was released on Mon 25 March 2024. |
| |
| Please note that the following dates are planned only and may be deviated from |
| as needed. |
| |
| * "v2024.04": end of MW = Mon, Jan 29, 2024; release = Tue, Apr 02, 2024 |
| |
| * "v2024.07": end of MW = Mon, Apr 22, 2024; release = Mon, Jul 01, 2024 |
| |
| * "v2024.10": end of MW = Mon, Jul 22, 2024; release = Mon, Oct 07, 2024 |
| |
| * "v2025.01": end of MW = Mon, Oct 21, 2024; release = Mon, Jan 06, 2025 |
| |
| Previous Releases |
| ----------------- |
| |
| Note: these statistics are generated by our fork of `gitdm |
| <https://source.denx.de/u-boot/gitdm>`_, which was originally created by |
| Jonathan Corbet. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2024.01` which was released on 08 January 2024. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2023.10` which was released on 02 October 2023. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2023.07` which was released on 10 July 2023. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2023.04` which was released on 03 April 2023. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2023.01` which was released on 09 January 2023. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.10` which was released on 03 October 2022. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.07` which was released on 11 July 2022. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.04` which was released on 04 April 2022. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.01` which was released on 10 January 2022. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.10` which was released on 04 October 2021. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.07` which was released on 05 July 2021. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.04` which was released on 05 April 2021. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.01` which was released on 11 January 2021. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.10` which was released on 05 October 2020. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.07` which was released on 06 July 2020. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.04` which was released on 13 April 2020. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.01` which was released on 06 January 2020. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.10` which was released on 07 October 2019. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.07` which was released on 08 July 2019. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.04` which was released on 08 April 2019. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.01` which was released on 04 January 2019. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.11` which was released on 15 November 2018. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.09` which was released on 10 September 2018. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.07` which was released on 19 July 2018. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.05` which was released on 07 May 2018. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.03` which was released on 13 March 2018. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.01` which was released on 08 January 2018. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.11` which was released on 13 November 2017. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.09` which was released on 11 September 2017. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.07` which was released on 10 July 2017. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.05` which was released on 08 May 2017. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.03` which was released on 13 March 2017. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.01` which was released on 09 January 2017. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.11` which was released on 14 November 2016. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.09` which was released on 12 September 2016. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.07` which was released on 11 July 2016. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.05` which was released on 16 May 2016. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.03` which was released on 14 March 2016. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.01` which was released on 12 January 2016. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.10` which was released on 19 October 2015. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.07` which was released on 14 July 2015. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.04` which was released on 13 April 2015. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.01` which was released on 12 January 2015. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.10` which was released on 14 October 2014. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.07` which was released on 14 July 2014. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.04` which was released on 14 April 2014. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.01` which was released on 20 January 2014. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.10` which was released on 16 October 2013. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.07` which was released on 22 July 2013. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.04` which was released on 19 April 2013. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.01` which was released on 15 January 2013. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2012.10` which was released on 15 October 2012. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2012.07` which was released on 30 July 2012. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2012.04` which was released on 21 April 2012. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.12` which was released on 23 December 2011. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.09` which was released on 29 September 2011. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.06` which was released on 27 July 2011. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.03` which was released on 31 March 2011. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.12` which was released on 22 December 2010. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.09` which was released on 28 September 2010. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.06` which was released on 29 June 2010. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.03` which was released on 31 March 2010. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.11` which was released on 15 December 2009. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.08` which was released on 31 August 2009. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.06` which was released on 14 June 2009. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.03` which was released on 21 March 2009. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.01` which was released on 21 January 2009. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2008.10` which was released on 18 October 2008. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.4` which was released on 12 August 2008. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.3` which was released on 19 May 2008. |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.1` which was released on 06 December 2007. (St Nicholas release). |
| |
| * :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.0` which was released on 19 November 2007. |