Release schedule for 0.16.0 #11449

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   laanwj commented at 1:47 pm on October 4, 2017: member

   Here is a proposed release schedule for 0.16.0. Like for previous major releases I’ve added 6 months to the previous release schedule (#9961), as well as two extra for segwit wallet release 0.15.1.

   (removed proposed schedule, see below)

2. laanwj added the label Easy to implement on Oct 4, 2017
3. laanwj added this to the milestone 0.16.0 on Oct 4, 2017
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   instagibbs commented at 7:08 pm on October 5, 2017: member

   - Finalize and close translations for 0.14
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   laanwj commented at 7:35 pm on October 5, 2017: member

   • Finalize and close translations for 0.14

   That’s correct. Translations are maintained for the last two major releases, the ones before that are closed on transifex (and after that, merged into the appropriate branch one last time). So when 0.16 is released, this will be 0.14.

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   laanwj commented at 7:27 pm on January 11, 2018: member

   Because 0.16 is a special “theme” release (let’s not do this again) for segwit wallet, we’re going to try to do this release sooner if possible (when all blockers in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/milestone/30 have been addressed). The timeline here is the worst-case projection.
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   cncr04s commented at 8:30 am on January 19, 2018: none

   It’s been a while since the last major release. The community would benefit from reassurance that issues are being addressed, and will be released soon.
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   meshcollider commented at 9:13 am on January 19, 2018: contributor

   @cncr04s as you can see from the schedule, it has only really been a couple months, major releases are done every 6 months or so normally, so we’re far ahead of schedule not behind
9. 
   laanwj commented at 9:23 am on January 19, 2018: member

   The community would benefit from reassurance that issues are being addressed, and will be released soon.

   A lot of development is continuously happening, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commits/master

   IF you want to speed up the release, then help testing or review for the existing PRs (see the milestone link above). Posting impatient messages here will do nothing.

10. 
    laanwj commented at 1:41 pm on January 30, 2018: member

    The 0.16 branch was split off, and 0.16.0rc1 has just been tagged.
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    RossClelland commented at 3:29 pm on January 31, 2018: none

    Hello, daft question but you’re original post mentioned the branch and rc1 tag happening in April but the post above suggests it’s already complete. Does this mean the timeline has moved forward or have I missed something? Thanks.
12. 
    instagibbs commented at 3:31 pm on January 31, 2018: member

    @RossClelland the normal time-based release is being side-stepped for feature release(Segwit full support).
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    laanwj commented at 7:50 am on February 1, 2018: member

    Right, what @instagibbs says. To clarify I’ve removed the schedule.
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    RossClelland commented at 8:16 am on February 1, 2018: none

    Thanks both
15. 
    mmortal03 commented at 3:18 pm on February 26, 2018: none

    @laanwj someone should close this, right?
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    laanwj commented at 3:26 pm on February 26, 2018: member

    Right, thanks, the release was tagged 2018-02-22 and binaries uploaded today. Closing.
17. laanwj closed this on Feb 26, 2018

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