2009.0 Development

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

Contents 1 Initial wishlists 2 Technical specifications 3 Details of development releases 4 Development planning: 2009 planning and delivery

[edit] Initial wishlists

• 2009 wishlist
• 2008 Spring wishlist
• Previous 2008 wishlist

[edit] Technical specifications

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

• Full specifications (PDF)
• Specifications implementation progress (PDF)

Below are specific pages dedicated to some focused points on 2009 specs:

• Integration of KDE4 as default KDE environment in 2009

[edit] Details of development releases

• Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 1
• Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 2
• Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 1
• Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2
• Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 1
• Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 2

[edit] Development planning: 2009 planning and delivery

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

• Free : x86-32 and x86-64 DVDs, x86-32 CD, 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 Alpha 1	2008/06/25	Internal release done: lots of bugs fixes on X and KDE4 integration
Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 2	2008/07/10
Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 1	2008/07/29
Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2	2008/08/19
Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 1	2008/09/03
Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 2	2008/09/23
Mandriva Linux 2009 Official Internal Release	2008/10/02
Mandriva Linux 2009 Official Public Release	2008/10/09