KDE 2.2 Release Plan

The following is the outline for our KDE 2.2 release schedule.
The 2.2 release, unlike the 2.1.1 release, will come with new functionality and improvements in many areas of KDE.

We aim for the following improvements among others:

Better printing framework
IMAP support in kmail

All dates given here are subject to revision, but we will try our best to stick to them if possible.

Waldo Bastian is acting as release coordinator for the 2.2 releases

KOffice 1.1 will be released independent from KDE 2.2. The KOffice 1.1 release schedule can be found here.

KDE 2.2 final

Monday July 16

The HEAD branch goes into deep-freeze. All commits should be posted for review _BEFORE_ commiting.

Sunday July 29

Last day for translations, documentation, icons and critical bugfixes commits.

Monday July 30

The HEAD branch of CVS is tagged KDE_2_2_RELEASE and the day is spent testing the release a final time.

Tuesday July 31

The tarballs are made and released to the packagers.

The rest of the week is spent testing the tarballs, packaging and writing the announcement and changelog.

Friday August 3

The source and binary packages are uploaded to ftp.kde.org to give some time for the mirrors to get them.

Monday August 6

Announce KDE 2.2.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which packages are included?

The current list of packages that will be in the 2.2 release is:

kdelibs kdebase kdenetwork kdegraphics kdeadmin kdemultimedia kdegames kdeutils kdetoys kdepim kdesdk kdebindings kdevelop kdoc New package: kdeaddons New package: kdeartwork

Last update: 7 May 2001