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Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -04001Release Cycle
2=============
3
4The U-Boot projects attempts to maintain a fixed, predictable Release
5Cycle as follows:
6
7* We will have U-Boot releases at a fixed release interval of (approximately)
8 every 3 months.
9
10* Under normal conditions the release date will be the first Monday of the month.
11
12* Immediately following each release, there will be a "merge window" of
13 normally 21 days, i. e. if the release was on a Monday, then the merge window
14 will close on the Monday in the 3rd week after the release.
15
16 While this merge window is open, new features can be added to the U-Boot
17 source tree. This is further expanded on in the :doc:`process`.
18
19* After the merge window closes, no new features may be added to allow for a
20 release candidate phase which is intended to fix bugs and regressions.
21
22*Note:* While we try to adhere to the release schedule, we will
23not hesitate and take the liberty to delay a release if there are
24good reasons, for example if there are known bugs or other technical
25reasons. The code will be released when it is considered ready
26without caring too much about the announced deadline.
27
28*Note 2:* Even though we follow Linux ways in many respects, there are
29differences in the actual procedures, which are documented in the
30:doc:`process`.
31
32Version Numbers
33---------------
34
35Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases were
36changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning into a time stamp
37based numbering. Regular releases are now identified by names consisting of
38the calendar year and month of the release date. Additional fields are
39frequently used to denote the release candidates. They are also used on rare
40occasions to note a bug fix release on top of the previous stable release.
41
42Examples::
43
44 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
45 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Bug fix release 1 on top of the November 2009 release
46 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
47
48Current Status
49--------------
50
51* U-Boot v2022.07 was released on Mon 11 July 2022.
52
Tom Rini13c6e432022-08-22 18:54:48 -040053* The Merge Window for the next release (v2022.10) is **closed**.
Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -040054
55* Release "v2022.10" is scheduled for 03 Oct 2022.
56
57Future Releases
58---------------
59
60.. The following commented out dates are for when release candidates are
61 planned to be tagged.
62
Tom Rini9876ffe2022-07-25 20:31:12 -040063For the next scheduled release, release candidates were made on::
Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -040064
Tom Rini9876ffe2022-07-25 20:31:12 -040065* U-Boot v2022.10-rc1 was released on Mon 25 July 2022.
Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -040066
Tom Rini70a86c72022-08-08 20:35:53 -040067* U-Boot v2022.10-rc2 was released on Mon 08 August 2022.
Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -040068
Tom Rini13c6e432022-08-22 18:54:48 -040069* U-Boot v2022.10-rc3 was released on Mon 22 August 2022.
Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -040070
Tom Rini43a8d6a2022-09-05 20:32:56 -040071* U-Boot v2022.10-rc4 was released on Mon 05 September 2022.
Tom Rinia5e4cd62022-07-12 17:34:14 -040072
73.. * U-Boot v2022.10-rc5 was released on Mon 19 September 2022.
74
75Please note that the following dates are planned only and may be deviated from
76as needed.
77
78* "v2022.10": end of MW = Mon, Jul 25, 2022; release = Mon, Oct 03, 2022
79
80* "v2023.01": end of MW = Mon, Oct 24, 2022; release = Mon, Jan 09, 2023
81
82* "v2023.04": end of MW = Mon, Jan 30, 2022; release = Mon, Apr 03, 2023
83
84* "v2023.07": end of MW = Mon, Apr 24, 2023; release = Mon, Jul 03, 2023
85
86Previous Releases
87-----------------
88
89Note: these statistics are generated by our fork of `gitdm
90<https://source.denx.de/u-boot/gitdm>`_, which was originally created by
91Jonathan Corbet.
92
93* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.07` which was released on 11 July 2022.
Tom Rini3d4e0a12022-07-12 14:14:19 -040094
95* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.04` which was released on 04 April 2022.
96
97* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.01` which was released on 10 January 2022.
98
99* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.10` which was released on 04 October 2021.
100
101* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.07` which was released on 05 July 2021.
102
103* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.04` which was released on 05 April 2021.
104
105* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2021.01` which was released on 11 January 2021.
106
107* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.10` which was released on 05 October 2020.
108
109* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.07` which was released on 06 July 2020.
110
111* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.04` which was released on 13 April 2020.
112
113* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2020.01` which was released on 06 January 2020.
114
115* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.10` which was released on 07 October 2019.
116
117* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.07` which was released on 08 July 2019.
118
119* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.04` which was released on 08 April 2019.
120
121* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2019.01` which was released on 04 January 2019.
122
123* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.11` which was released on 15 November 2018.
124
125* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.09` which was released on 10 September 2018.
126
127* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.07` which was released on 19 July 2018.
128
129* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.05` which was released on 07 May 2018.
130
131* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.03` which was released on 13 March 2018.
132
133* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2018.01` which was released on 08 January 2018.
134
135* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.11` which was released on 13 November 2017.
136
137* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.09` which was released on 11 September 2017.
138
139* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.07` which was released on 10 July 2017.
140
141* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.05` which was released on 08 May 2017.
142
143* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.03` which was released on 13 March 2017.
144
145* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2017.01` which was released on 09 January 2017.
146
147* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.11` which was released on 14 November 2016.
148
149* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.09` which was released on 12 September 2016.
150
151* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.07` which was released on 11 July 2016.
152
153* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.05` which was released on 16 May 2016.
154
155* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.03` which was released on 14 March 2016.
156
157* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2016.01` which was released on 12 January 2016.
158
159* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.10` which was released on 19 October 2015.
160
161* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.07` which was released on 14 July 2015.
162
163* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.04` which was released on 13 April 2015.
164
165* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2015.01` which was released on 12 January 2015.
166
167* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.10` which was released on 14 October 2014.
168
169* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.07` which was released on 14 July 2014.
170
171* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.04` which was released on 14 April 2014.
172
173* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2014.01` which was released on 20 January 2014.
174
175* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.10` which was released on 16 October 2013.
176
177* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.07` which was released on 22 July 2013.
178
179* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.04` which was released on 19 April 2013.
180
181* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2013.01` which was released on 15 January 2013.
182
183* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2012.10` which was released on 15 October 2012.
184
185* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2012.07` which was released on 30 July 2012.
186
187* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2012.04` which was released on 21 April 2012.
188
189* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.12` which was released on 23 December 2011.
190
191* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.09` which was released on 29 September 2011.
192
193* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.06` which was released on 27 July 2011.
194
195* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2011.03` which was released on 31 March 2011.
196
197* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.12` which was released on 22 December 2010.
198
199* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.09` which was released on 28 September 2010.
200
201* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.06` which was released on 29 June 2010.
202
203* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2010.03` which was released on 31 March 2010.
204
205* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.11` which was released on 15 December 2009.
206
207* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.08` which was released on 31 August 2009.
208
209* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.06` which was released on 14 June 2009.
210
211* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.03` which was released on 21 March 2009.
212
213* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2009.01` which was released on 21 January 2009.
214
215* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2008.10` which was released on 18 October 2008.
216
217* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.4` which was released on 12 August 2008.
218
219* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.3` which was released on 19 May 2008.
220
221* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.1` which was released on 06 December 2007. (St Nicholas release).
222
223* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v1.3.0` which was released on 19 November 2007.