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Comment: Updated release timelines with new Feature Freeze, etc.

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Your contributions are welcome now! Code and documentation need not be finished, so long as it is working and we can all see what it is for. Time is set aside for fixing, polishing, and integration. We have some general Code Contribution Guidelines available, but you are also welcome to ask questions on the dspace-devel mailing list.

Release Timeline

Please note that the dates below are estimates of when particular activities may occur. As there are many factors involved in a major release, these are subject to change.

DateMilestone

What it means

November 12Deadline for feature pull requestsIf you wish to contribute features to DSpace 6.0, you must submit a pull request by this date.
November 18Weekly developers' meeting devoted to review of feature pull requests for 6.0The entire hour's meeting will be used to discuss proposed features submitted by the deadline.
November 25Weekly developers' meeting devoted to review of feature pull requests for 6.0The entire hour's meeting will be used to discuss proposed features submitted by the deadline.
December 11

January 8, 2016 (tentative)

Feature freezeDSpace 6.0 is considered feature-complete on this date.  Only bugfixes will be pulled between this date and final release.
December 15January 21Release Candidate 1 taggedA DSpace 6.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing.

January

4-15, 2016

25-February 5

Testathon Intensive public testing of the 6.0 Release Candidate is invited.  The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved.
January 20, 2016February 10Release Candidate 2 taggedAn updated DSpace 6.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing.
February/March 2016DSpace 6.0 is publicly releasedDSpace 6.0 is released for download and general use.

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