Release schedule for 27.0 #29028

1. 
   fanquake commented at 10:47 am on December 8, 2023: member

   Here is a proposed release schedule for v27.0, the next major release of Bitcoin Core. Dates roughly chosen as discussed in the most recent IRC meeting.

   2024-02-01 :heavy_check_mark:

   • Open Transifex translations for v27.0
   • Soft translation string freeze (no large or non-critical string changes until release)
   • Finalize and close translations for v25.0

   2024-02-12 :heavy_check_mark:

   • Feature freeze (bug fixes only until release)
   • Translation string freeze (no more source language changes until release)

   2024-03-04 :heavy_check_mark:

   • Anything needed before branch-off, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-process.md
   • Split off 27.x branch from master
   • Start RC cycle, tag and release v27.0rc1
   • Start merging for 28.x on master branch

   2024-04-02 :construction:

   • Release v27.0 (aim).
   • Not the 1st, because we aren’t going to release on “April Fools Day”.

   If any specific dates are a problem for you, please leave a comment.

2. fanquake added this to the milestone 27.0 on Dec 8, 2023
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   hebasto commented at 4:07 pm on February 8, 2024: member

   2024-02-01 🚧

   • Open Transifex translations for v27.0

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

   • Finalize and close translations for v25.0

   Done.

   See the announcement on the Transifex: https://app.transifex.com/bitcoin/communication/d:a5d3f4a9-8278-4435-8a19-dacfa304cc07/

7. hebasto referenced this in commit baed5edeb6 on Feb 13, 2024
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   fanquake commented at 3:06 pm on March 6, 2024: member

   27.x has now been branched off (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/27.x), and there is a PR open for v27.0rc1 (#29580).
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   fanquake commented at 10:07 am on March 12, 2024: member

   27.0rc1 binaries are now available for testing: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-27.0/test.rc1/.
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11. 
    fanquake commented at 8:32 am on April 16, 2024: member

    v27.0 has now been tagged: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v27.0.
12. fanquake closed this on Apr 16, 2024

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15. 
    fanquake commented at 10:59 am on April 21, 2024: member

    @levantah thanks, however we’ll refrain from linking to sources other than our own website.
16. 
    levantah commented at 3:42 pm on April 22, 2024: none

    Thank you @fanquake , @bitcoin please delete the previous comment and this one the same way. And Thanks.
17. 
    achow101 commented at 9:58 pm on April 22, 2024: member

    @levantah Contributions are certainly welcome and desired, you can take a look at any of the open issues, particularly ones tagged as “Good first issue”. However, as Bitcoin Core is security software, we only want to link to our own official sources for releases. While we appreciate the gesture you did by hosting a mirror of the release, it is still something we cannot point people to, and for the safety of our users, the comment is removed. While I don’t doubt that you are only trying to help, what you linked to was on an unknown website, hosted on unknown infrastructure, run by an unknown person.

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27.0