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openSUSE Leap 15.4 roadmap of deadlines and snapshots
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Version:                0.2
Date:                   2021-08-04

Product:                openSUSE Leap 15.4

Leap Release Manager:   Lubos Kocman
Editors:                Lubos Kocman

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Wed, July 2, 2021       Start of Development phase

o openSUSE Leap and Backports OBS projects are set up.
o openSUSE Leap 15.4 is Alpha.
o SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:GA is being synced to OBS
o Release checklist for Leap 15.4 is in progress-o-o

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Wed, July 8, 2021       Engineering Interlock
o Shortly after Interlock for SUSE Linux Enteprise

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Wed, Feb 02, 2022       Late Feature Request Cutoff for SLE
o Every feature with a code delivery for SUSE Linux Enterprise after this date requires an ECO and may be targeted post FCS date. Does not apply for Leap code-drops.
o After this date only P1 bugfixes, important security fixes and pre-agreed important P2 fixes are accepted in SUSE Linux Enterprise. This does not apply for Leap code-drops.

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Wed, Feb 16, 2022       Checkin Deadline for Beta

o Deadline is at 15:00 UTC
o Deadline for any package removals from Leap.
o Deadline corresponds with SLE 15 SP4 Public Beta code submission deadline

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Wed, March 2, 2022       Beta build is done

o openSUSE Leap 15.4 is Beta
o Maintenance team starts working on maintenance setup 


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Fri, April 20, 2022       Checkin Deadline for RC

o Deadline is at 15:00 UTC
o Corresponds with SLE 15 SP4 Public RC code submission deadline
o Only important bugfixes should be accepted after this point

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Wed, April 27, 2022       RC build is done

o RC build is done
o Maintenance setup is done
o Leap Code freeze.
o Backports project freeze ahead of Leap

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Fri, May 14, 2022       Deadline for Documentation and Translations

o All translations were pulled this has to happen prior GM

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Wed, May 11, 2022       Gold Master code submission deadline

o Gold Master followed by a public release the next week on Wednesday

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Fri, May 27, 2022       Gold Master build is done

o Gold Master followed by a public release in two weeks on Wednesday

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Wed, Jun 8, 2022       Public Availability of the Release

o openSUSE Leap 15.4 will be released to the public at 12:00 UTC

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Wed, Jun 8, 2022       Release retrospective survey is open

o Release retro on survey.opensuse.org is open right after GA

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Wed, Jun 22, 2022     Collect feedback from the retrospective

o Share feedback of the retrospective with community.

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Wed, Oct 5th, 2022       Quarterly Update 1

o Respin of installation images, if we identify a reason to respin (can be skipped)

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Wed, Jan 18th, 2023       Quarterly Update 2

o Respin of installation images, if we identify a reason to respin (can be skipped)

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Wed, May 3rd, 2023       Quarterly Update 3

o  Respin of installation images, if we identify a reason to respin (can be skipped)

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