2009.1 Development

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This page contains the development plans and release schedule for the next release of Mandriva Linux, Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring.

Contents

Initial wishlists

Technical specifications

The specifications are stored in SVN to allow better management: Specifications in svn

Details of development releases

You can read the Errata page here; it contains information on known problems with Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them.

In plus, you can also read the Release Notes page here; it contains information about Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring new features and major changes, changes to supported hardware and drivers and other technical information for experienced users.

Development planning: 2009.1 planning and delivery

Antoine Ginies will be the release engineer for all Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring editions. The following editions are planned for each pre-release:

  • Free : x86-32 and x86-64 DVDs, x86-32 CD (replaced by additional One editions), dual x86-32 / x86-64 Mini CD - 100% free / open source software
  • One : KDE and GNOME x86-32 CDs, including proprietary drivers

Here is the final schedule for the pre-releases and final release:

Release Planned date Real date
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 Alpha 1 17/12/2008 23/12/2008
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 Alpha 2 16/01/2009 19/01/2009
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 Beta (margaux) 09/02/2009 13/02/2009
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 RC 1 (pomerol) 06/03/2009 10/03/2009
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 RC 2 (estephe) 03/04/2009 06/04/2009
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 Official Internal Release 22/04/2009 24/04/2009
Mandriva Linux 2009.1 Official Public Release 29/04/2009 29/04/2009
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