Schedule for and Status of the Xfce 4.20 Development Cycle

UPDATE 202402: See also the Wayland Roadmap page for important development details

Schedule

Read the Xfce Release Model to understand why this cycle is the way it is.

Dates Phase/Deadline Everyone's Tasks Release Team Tasks Maintainer Tasks
01.11.24 Xfce 4.20pre1 (Feature + String Freeze) Install + Test pre1 when available Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.20pre1 Make sure the latest development release is in good shape and uploaded. Please no new features or string changes.
01.12.24 Xfce 4.20pre2 (Code Freeze) Install + Test pre2 when available Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.20pre2 Please only bugfixes or release blockers
(15.12.24) Xfce 4.20pre3 (Final Freeze) Install + Test pre3 when available This is an optional release (release team decides whether we need or skip it in favor of the final release)
15.12.24 (~29.12.24 with pre3) Xfce 4.20 (Final Release) Celebrate Prepare release announcements, release Xfce 4.20, branch for stable release, merge ELS branches into master Make sure to upload a new release of own components before this deadline

Changes that Affect the Entire Xfce Core


Please don't take the issues listed on the milestone pages as obligatory. Keep in mind that they may or may not make it into the 4.20 release, depending on the time the individual developers have.

Sumup GitLab Milestone for 4.20

For quick access, open 4.20 issues by component:


Changes in Dependencies


Release TODO List