Release schedule for 26.0 #27758

issue fanquake opened this issue on May 25, 2023

fanquake commented at 2:47 PM on May 25, 2023: member
Here is a proposed release schedule for v26.0, the next major release of Bitcoin Core. I've aimed for a release roughly 6 months after the planned release of v25.0 (#26549).

2023-09-01 :heavy_check_mark:
- Open Transifex translations for 26.0
- Soft translation string freeze (no large or non-critical string changes until release)
- Finalize and close translations for 24.0
2023-10-08 :heavy_check_mark:
- Feature freeze (bug fixes only until release)
- Translation string freeze (no more source language changes until release)
2023-10-24 :heavy_check_mark:
- Anything needed before branch-off, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-process.md
- Split off 26.x branch from master
- Start RC cycle, tag and release 26.0rc1
- Start merging for 27.x on master branch
2023-12-04 :heavy_check_mark:
- Release 26.0 (aim)
If any specific dates are a problem for you, please leave a comment.
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hebasto commented at 7:12 AM on September 1, 2023: member
2023-09-01 🚧

Open Transifex translations for 26.0
See: #28383.
fanquake referenced this in commit 6f03c45f6b on Sep 2, 2023
hebasto commented at 6:44 PM on September 2, 2023: member
2023-09-01 🚧

Open Transifex translations for 26.0

Soft translation string freeze (no large or non-critical string changes until release)

Finalize and close translations for 24.0
Done.

See the announcement on the Transifex: https://app.transifex.com/bitcoin/communication/d:162e2c23-831d-463c-b4c7-0c3f1006774c/?q=project%3Abitcoin
achow101 commented at 3:00 PM on September 28, 2023: member

Discussed during the meeting today that we should push feature freeze back a week, so new date should be 2023-10-07.
hebasto commented at 3:02 PM on September 28, 2023: member

Discussed during the meeting today that we should push feature freeze back a week, so new date should be 2023-10-07.

And the following dates should be changed accordingly, right?
achow101 commented at 3:03 PM on September 28, 2023: member

And the following dates should be changed accordingly, right?

Yes, already done.
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hebasto commented at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2023: member
2023-10-08 🚧

Translation string freeze (no more source language changes until release)
See https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui/pull/767.
hebasto referenced this in commit c976657a1b on Oct 9, 2023
fanquake commented at 10:52 AM on November 1, 2023: member

v26.0rc1 was basically dead on arrival due to an issue with the macos codesigned binary. This has been fixed, and a number of other bugfixes were also backported. v26.0rc2 has now been tagged.
maaku commented at 12:45 AM on November 23, 2023: contributor

It is now 2023-11-23. Should the release schedule be updated?
fanquake commented at 11:07 AM on November 23, 2023: member

Should the release schedule be updated?

Yes. An rc3 was just tagged, so it will need to be pushed back a week or two.
fanquake commented at 10:47 AM on December 4, 2023: member

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v26.0 has now been tagged.
fanquake commented at 1:28 PM on December 4, 2023: member

I've closed the 26.0 milestone. Will close this issue once Guix builds are done, and binaries are available on bitcoincore.org.
fanquake commented at 10:41 AM on December 8, 2023: member

Closing this now, will open a new timeline for 27.0.
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