Re: What is the release schedule of coreutils?

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

On 2019-03-13 7:24 a.m., Alexander Shopov wrote:
> What is the schedule for the next releases of coreutils package?

There s no planned release schedule. As is common in the free-software
world, it will be released "when it's ready".

Looking at past released:

  $ grep stable NEWS
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.31 (2019-03-10) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.30 (2018-07-01) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.29 (2017-12-27) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.28 (2017-09-01) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.27 (2017-03-08) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.26 (2016-11-30) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.25 (2016-01-20) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.24 (2015-07-03) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.23 (2014-07-18) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.22 (2013-12-13) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.21 (2013-02-14) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.20 (2012-10-23) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.19 (2012-08-20) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.18 (2012-08-12) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.17 (2012-05-10) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.16 (2012-03-26) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.15 (2012-01-06) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.14 (2011-10-12) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.13 (2011-09-08) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.12 (2011-04-26) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.11 (2011-04-13) [stable]
  * Noteworthy changes in release 8.10 (2011-02-04) [stable]
  ...

It is reasonable to assume there will be at least one new release
every year, and sometimes more if there are critical bugfixes or
major changes.

> I am Alexander Shopov - currently updating the Bulgarian translation
> of coreutils.

Thank you for contributing, much appreciated.

> I managed to submit my latest version via the Translation Project but
> I am far from finished and I am currently working on getting to 100%.
> How much time do I have until next release and the one after that?

The most recent version (8.31) was released just 3 days ago,
so there are certainly several more months before the next one
(barring any critical bugs).

When a new release is materializing, we send an announcement email
to several mailing lists to notify everyone:
   address@hidden
   address@hidden
   address@hidden
e.g.:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2019-03/msg00005.html

If you subscribe to any of these lists, you will know in
advance when a new release is coming.


Hope this helps,
 - assaf