Re: time-base release schedule?

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Ryan Tandy wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 09:52:37AM -0400, David Magda wrote:
> > Given that most users of OpenLDAP "consume" it via their
> > distribution-of-choice's package, this would (IMHO) increase the chances
> > of more recent versions of OpenLDAP being used (especially in Debian and
> > Ubuntu, but also Fedora). Recent Debian releases occur in Q2, and Ubuntu
> > does April/October (LTSes are April), while Fedora (roughly) does
> > May/November.
>
> In the case of Debian and Ubuntu at least, what's relevant is the freeze date, 
> not the actual release. For Debian 9 (Stretch) that was 2017-02-05, for Debian 
> 10 (Buster) it is planned for 2019-03-12. For Ubuntu the relevant date is the 
> "Debian Import Freeze" on their release calendar.

Sounds like we'd be looking at a release date in January then. Maybe a bit 
awkward, first thing after the new year holiday.

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