KDE Software Compilation 4
Release schedule

KDE Software Compilation 4

Section Title: Release schedule
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Date	Event

4.0

2 April 2007	Subsystem Freeze From this date forward, no new KDE subsystem or major changes can be committed to kdelibs.

1 May 2007	kdelibs soft API Freeze The kdelibs API is "soft-frozen", meaning that changes can be made with the consent of the core developers.

11 May 2007	Alpha 1

1 June 2007	trunk/KDE is module frozen Trunk is frozen for new or resurrected applications.

4 July 2007	Alpha 2 Initially due to be called Beta 1, it was decided to retain the alpha designation because this release wasn’t judged to be beta quality.

24 July 2007	Core Library API Freeze

2 August 2007	Beta 1

6 September 2007	Beta 2 Trunk is frozen for feature commits.

18 October 2007	Beta 3

24 October 2007	KDE 4 Release Freeze Source and binary compatibility until KDE 5, hard freeze Platform & soft freeze Desktop.

30 October 2007	Beta 4

20 November 2007	Release candidate 1

KDE Development Platform released

11 December 2007	Release candidate 2 Only regressions or serious bugs can be fixed.

11 January 2008	KDE 4.0 released

4 June 2008	4.0.5 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.0.1 to 4.0.4.

4.1

29 April 2008	Alpha 1

19 May 2008	Feature Freeze

27 May 2008	Beta 1

24 June 2008	Beta 2

15 July 2008	Release candidate 1

29 July 2008	KDE 4.1 released

13 January 2009	4.1.4 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.1.1 to 4.1.3.

4.2

17 November 2008	Feature Freeze

26 November 2008	Beta 1

18 December 2008	Beta 2

13 January 2009	Release candidate 1

27 January 2009	KDE 4.2 released

2 June 2009	4.2.4 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.2.1 to 4.2.3.

4.3

4 May 2009	Feature Freeze

12 May 2009	Beta 1

9 June 2009	Beta 2

30 June 2009	Release candidate 1

9 July 2009	Release candidate 2

22 July 2009	Release candidate 3

4 August 2009	KDE 4.3 released

26 January 2010	4.3.5 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.3.1 to 4.3.4.

4.4

25 November 2009	Feature Freeze

4 December 2009	Beta 1

21 December 2009	Beta 2

8 January 2010	Release candidate 1

25 January 2010	Release candidate 2

1 February 2010	Release candidate 3

9 February 2010	KDE SC 4.4 released

30 June 2010	4.4.5 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.4.1 to 4.4.4.

4.5

11 May 2010	Feature Freeze

26 May 2010	Beta 1

9 June 2010	Beta 2

27 June 2010	Release candidate 1

8 July 2010	Release candidate 2

26 July 2010	Release candidate 3

10 August 2010	KDE SC 4.5 released

7 January 2011	4.5.5 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.5.1 to 4.5.4.

4.6

11 November 2010	Feature Freeze

24 November 2010	Beta 1

8 December 2010	Beta 2

23 December 2010	Release candidate 1

5 January 2011	Release candidate 2

26 January 2011	KDE SC 4.6 released

5 July 2011	4.6.5 Maintenance release. Preceded by 4.6.1 to 4.6.4.

4.7

12 May 2011	Feature Freeze

25 May 2011	Beta 1

8 June 2011	Beta 2

22 June 2011	Release candidate 1

6 July 2011	Release candidate 2

27 July 2011	KDE SC 4.7 released

6 December 2011	4.7.4 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.7.1 to 4.7.3.

4.8

10 November 2011	Feature Freeze

23 November 2011	Beta 1

7 December 2011	Beta 2

21 December 2011	Release candidate 1

4 January 2012	Release candidate 2

25 January 2012	KDE SC 4.8 released

6 August 2012	4.8.5 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.8.1 to 4.8.4.

4.9

3 May 2012	Feature Freeze

30 May 2012	Beta 1

13 June 2012	Beta 2

27 June 2012	Release candidate 1

11 July 2012	Release candidate 2

1 August 2012	KDE SC 4.9 released

2 January 2013	4.9.5 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.9.1 to 4.9.4.

4.10

25 October 2012	Feature Freeze

21 November 2012	Beta 1

5 December 2012	Beta 2

19 December 2012	Release candidate 1

4 January 2013	Release candidate 2

18 January 2013	Release candidate 3

6 February 2013	KDE SC 4.10 released

2 July 2013	4.10.5 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.10.1 to 4.10.4.

4.11

22 May 2013	Feature Freeze

12 June 2013	Beta 1

26 June 2013	Beta 2

10 July 2013	Release candidate 1

24 July 2013	Release candidate 2

14 August 2013	KDE SC 4.11 released

7 January 2014	4.11.5 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.11.1 to 4.11.4.

4.12

30 October 2013	Feature Freeze

6 November 2013	Beta 1

13 November 2013	Beta 2

20 November 2013	Beta 3

27 November 2013	Release candidate

18 December 2013	KDE SC 4.12 released

29 April 2014	4.12.5 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.12.1 to 4.12.4.

4.13

26 February 2014	Feature Freeze

5 March 2014	Beta 1

12 March 2014	Beta 2

19 March 2014	Beta 3

26 March 2014	Release candidate

16 April 2014	KDE SC 4.13 released

15 July 2014	4.13.3 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.13.1 and 4.13.2.

4.14

2 June 2014	Feature Freeze

9 July 2014	Beta 1

16 July 2014	Beta 2

23 July 2014	Beta 3

30 July 2014	Release candidate

20 August 2014	KDE SC 4.14 released

11 November 2014	4.14.3 Maintenance Release. Preceded by 4.14.1 and 4.14.2.

Feature Freeze - From herein, no new features are allowed. All future dates are provisional.

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