Re: [yocto-status] Yocto Project release dates for May 2026 to April 2027

Hi Paul,
This is great.  Having 12 months of clarity greatly helps in planning the
AGL schedule since we usually put our schedules together 12 months in
advance. I have traditionally used guessed dates in planning and kept track
of which are guesses and which are provided by the project.

I think a quarterly review might be beneficial so you can adjust any dates
accordingly if things have slipped.  Having the complete picture of  the
upcoming year by early November would be a big help in my planning.

Regards,
Walt



Walt Miner
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM Paul Barker via lists.yoctoproject.org
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm happy to propose the following Yocto Project release dates, covering
> the period of May 2026 to April 2027.
>
> In order to make planning easier for downstream users, we're setting
> these dates for a full year instead of just 6 months. The increased
> horizon, and the focus on getting ready to build 6.0 M3 does mean that
> there's been a little delay getting the dates out, but this should
> hopefully put people in a good place to plan now.
>
> We will review these again in 6 months time to see if any adjustments
> are needed to the 2027 dates. I'd also like to get dates in the calendar
> up to Nov 2027 some time in October this year.
>
>
> Notes
> =====
>
> - All dates are **week commencing**, the exact day the release is
>   published depends on TSC availability to approve releases and time
>   taken to upload release artifacts.
>
> - Releases will be built 10-14 days before the target release date to
>   give time for QA and review.
>
> - We aim for 6-7 weeks between releases in each series, occasionally
>   there will be an 8 week gap due to things like Christmas/New Year
>   vacations.
>
> - We aim for 4 weeks between .0 and .1 releases to allow us to get any
>   necessary fixes out for the new series.
>
>
> Feedback
> ========
>
> Please review these and let me know if you have any feedback before the
> next weekly tech call on Tues 7th April.
>
> I'd especially like to know:
>   **Is 12 months of dates beneficial to you, vs just having 6 months?**
>
> It does take more coordination to plan with a longer horizon.
>
>
> 5.0 "scarthgap" series
> ======================
>
> 5.0.18  : w/c 2026-05-25
> 5.0.19  : w/c 2026-07-13
> 5.0.20  : w/c 2026-08-31
> 5.0.21  : w/c 2026-10-19
> 5.0.22  : w/c 2026-12-14
> 5.0.23  : w/c 2027-01-25
> 5.0.24  : w/c 2027-03-08
> 5.0.25  : w/c 2027-04-19
>
>
> 6.0 "wrynose" series
> ====================
>
> 6.0.0   : w/c 2026-05-04
> 6.0.1   : w/c 2026-06-01
> 6.0.2   : w/c 2026-07-06
> 6.0.3   : w/c 2026-08-24
> 6.0.4   : w/c 2026-10-12
> 6.0.5   : w/c 2026-12-07
> 6.0.6   : w/c 2027-01-18
> 6.0.7   : w/c 2027-03-01
> 6.0.8   : w/c 2027-04-12
>
>
> 6.1 series
> ==========
>
> 6.1 M1  : w/c 2026-06-22
> 6.1 M2  : w/c 2026-08-03
> 6.1 M3  : w/c 2026-09-14
> 6.1.0   : w/c 2026-11-02
> 6.1.1   : w/c 2026-11-30
> 6.1.2   : w/c 2027-01-04
> 6.1.3   : w/c 2027-02-22
> 6.1.4   : w/c 2027-04-05
>
>
> 6.2 series
> ==========
>
> 6.2 M1  : w/c 2026-12-21
> 6.2 M2  : w/c 2027-02-01
> 6.2 M3  : w/c 2027-03-15
> 6.2.0   : w/c 2027-05-03
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Paul Barker
>
>
>
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