Release Schedule for 29.0 #31029

1. 
   glozow commented at 6:14 pm on October 3, 2024: member

   Here is a proposed release schedule for v29.0, the next major release of Bitcoin Core. The dates are set to target a release in early April.

   2025-02-06 :construction:

   • Open Transifex translations for v29.0
   • Soft translation string freeze (no large or non-critical string changes until release)
   • Finalize and close translations for v27.0

   2025-02-20 :construction:

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

   2025-03-06 :construction: :

   • Anything needed before branch-off, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-process.md
   • Split off 29.x branch from master
   • Start RC cycle, tag and release v29.0rc1
   • Start merging for 30.x on master branch

   2025-04-03 :construction:

   • Tag v29.0 (aim).

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

2. glozow added this to the milestone 29.0 on Oct 3, 2024
3. glozow pinned this on Oct 4, 2024

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