Ubuntu Questing Quokka Release Schedule

Week

Date (Thursday)

25.10 events

April 2025

1

April 24

Toolchain Uploaded

May 2025

2

May 01

3

May 08

4

May 15

5

May 22

6

May 29

Questing Snapshot 1

June 2025

7

June 05

8

June 12

9

June 19

10

June 26

Questing Snapshot 2

July 2025

11

July 03

12

July 10

13

July 17

14

July 24

15

July 31

Questing Snapshot 3

August 2025

16

August 04

Debian Import Freeze

17

August 14

Feature Freeze

18

August 21

19

August 28

Questing Snapshot 4

September 2025

20

September 04

User Interface Freeze

21

September 11

Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze

22

September 15 (Monday)

Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze, ISO Testing Week (mandatory)

September 18

Questing Beta (mandatory)

23

September 25

Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline

October 2025

24

October 02

Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline

25

October 09

Questing Final Release

Planned and potentially disruptive archive-wide activities

If you’re planning a change that might have a disruptive effect on the archive - e.g. transitions or switches of important defaults (such as compiler versions) - list it here.

Week

Date (Thursday)

Planned activity

April 2025

1

April 24

May 2025

2

May 01

3

May 08

4

May 15

boost1.88

5

May 22

6

May 29

libxml2 2.14.x

June 2025

7

June 05

binutils 2.45, Chrony/NTS time-daemon (LP: #2111342)

8

June 12

openssl 3.5.0 (LP: #2110006)

9

June 19

10

June 26

July 2025

11

July 03

12

July 10

GCC 15

13

July 17

14

July 24

15

July 31

August 2025

16

August 07

GNOME 49 Beta

17

August 14

Raise ISA level for riscv64, archive rebuild (@xypron)

18

August 21

19

August 28

September 2025

20

September 04

21

September 11

22

September 18

GNOME 49.0

23

September 25

October 2025

24

October 02

25

October 09

Ubuntu Questing Quokka Release Task Signup Sheet

This signup sheet is to be used for planning release milestone tasks.

Week

Date (Thursday)

25.10 events

April 2025

1

April 24

Toolchain Uploaded

May 2025

2

May 01

3

May 08

4

May 15

5

May 22

6

May 29

Questing Snapshot 1

June 2025

7

June 05

8

June 12

9

June 19

10

June 26

Questing Snapshot 2

July 2025

11

July 03

12

July 10

13

July 17

14

July 24

15

July 31

Questing Snapshot 3

August 2025

16

August 04

Debian Import Freeze

17

August 14

Feature Freeze

18

August 21

19

August 28

Questing Snapshot 4

September 2025

20

September 04

User Interface Freeze

21

September 11

Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze

22

September 15 (Monday)

Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze, ISO Testing Week (mandatory)

September 18

Questing Beta (mandatory)

23

September 25

Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline

October 2025

24

October 02

Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline

25

October 09

Questing Final Release

When the archive is frozen, all members of the release team are expected to participate in bug fix reviews.

After Feature Freeze, all members of the Release Team are expected to participate in Feature Freeze Exception reviews in their particular area of expertise.

After Final Beta, all members of the Release Team are expected to participate in bug fix reviews in their particular area of expertise.