Release schedule

• Version 6.1 (Trinidad) - release candidate available. Final release scheduled for 09-Aug-2010.
• Version 6.0 (Sonoma) - released 14-Apr-2010.
• Version 5.3 (Reykjavik) - released 28-Sep-2009.
• Version 5.2 (Quebec) - released 25-May-2009.
• Version 5.1 (Panama) - released 09-Feb-2009.
• Version 5.0 - released 15-Sep-2008.
• Version 4.3 (Nairobi) - released 14-Apr-2008.
• Version 4.2 (Memphis) - released 04-Feb-2008.
• Version 4.1 (Lima) - released 12-Nov-2007.
• Version 4.0 (Key Largo) - released 03-Sep-2007.
• Version 3.3 (Japan) - released 16-Apr-2007.
• Version 3.2 (Iowa) - released 05-Feb-2007.
• Version 3.1 (Honolulu) - released 13-Nov-2006.
• Version 3.0 (Grenada) - released 04-Sep-2006.
• Version 2.3 (Firenze) - released 21-May-2006.
• Version 2.2 (El Paso) - released 27-Feb-2006.
• Version 2.1 (Dakota) - released 12-Dec-2005.
• Version 2.0 - released 04-Oct-2005.
• Version 1.1 - released 15-Jul-2005.
• Version 1.0 - released 30-May-2005.
• Project created on 14-Apr-2005.

Release cycle

The numbers below are in weeks for minor releases.

• 0 - release candidate of version X-1
• 0 - start development of version X
• 2 - release of version X-1
• 3 - last minor fix of version X-1
• 6 - freezing API of major new features in version X
• 8 - feature freeze for new features in version X
• 10 - feature freeze for user-requested features in version X
• 10 - release candidate of version X
• 10 - start development of version X+1
• 12 - release of version X
• 13 - last minor fix of version X

Each minor version usually takes twelve weeks of development with releases every ten weeks.