qubes-doc/releases/4.0/schedule.md

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Qubes R4.0 Release Schedule
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This schedule is based on [Version Scheme](/doc/version-scheme/#release-schedule).

|  Date       | Stage                                   |
| -----------:| --------------------------------------- |
| 31 Jul 2017 | 4.0-rc1 release                         |
| <strike>28 Aug 2017</strike><br/><strike>11 Sep 2017</strike><br/><strike>9 Oct 2017</strike><br/>18 Oct 2017 | current-testing freeze before 4.0-rc2   |
| <strike> 4 Sep 2017</strike><br/><strike>18 Sep 2017</strike><br/><strike>16 Oct 2017</strike><br/>23 Oct 2017 | 4.0-rc2 release                         |
| 6 Nov 2017 | decide whether 4.0-rc2 is the final 4.0 |
| 20 Nov 2017 | current-testing freeze before 4.0-rc3 |
| 27 Nov 2017 | 4.0-rc3 release |
| 11 Dec 2017 | decide whether 4.0-rc3 is the final 4.0 |
|  1 Jan 2018 | current-testing freeze before 4.0-rc4 |
| <strike>8 Jan 2018</strike><br/>31 Jan 2018 | 4.0-rc4 release |
| <strike>22 Jan 2018</strike><br/>TBD | decide whether 4.0-rc4 is the final 4.0 |