1 [[!meta title="Release schedule"]]
5 Tails has a time-based release schedule, aligned with Firefox ESR
6 (Extended Support Release) that are put out every 6 weeks:
8 * <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases>
9 * <https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar>
10 * <https://mail.mozilla.com/home/akeybl@mozilla.com/Release%20Management.html>
11 * <https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/>
13 The rationale was originally [written on
14 tails-dev](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2012-April/001132.html).
16 The idea is to put a major Tails release out every 12 weeks, plus
17 a point release in between. See the [[contribute/calendar]].
24 previous RC1 ESR sources
26 release freeze | | new ESR + Tails
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35 * *ESR sources* means the source code for the upcoming Firefox ESR is
36 available, but the ESR is not officially out yet: it has to go
37 through Mozilla's QA process first. Sources are generally available
38 on Friday night (US time).
39 * *ESR + Tails release* means Mozilla announces the new Firefox ESR,
40 and we release a new version of Tails (roughly) the same day.
41 This usually happens on Tuesday night (US time).
43 What if things go wrong?
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46 Postponing the final release causes problems for those who have
47 scheduled time for post-release user support, press work, etc..
49 Also, changing our mind (i.e. releasing a point-release instead of
50 a major one) => switching minor/major release schedule for the future
51 is probably not an option either.
53 So we need to have a pessimistic enough RC->final schedule to handle
56 Reverting the faulty feature branch is an option too.
58 Some day, a [[!tails_ticket 5926 desc="freezable APT repository"]]
59 will remove quite some of the potential for last minute breakage.
64 * When to run the test suite: RC1 and/or RC2?