<commit_before>---
title: OVirt 3.6 Release Management
category: release
authors: bproffitt, danken, sandrobonazzola
wiki_category: Releases
wiki_title: OVirt 3.6 Release Management
wiki_revision_count: 64
wiki_last_updated: 2015-05-27
---

# OVirt 3.6 Release Management

## Key Milestones

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **2014-10-17**    | oVirt 3.5.0 GA Releases                                                            |
| **2014-10-22**    | Release criteria discussion start                                                  |
| <s>2014-11-12</s> 
 <s>2014-11-19</s>  
 **2014-11-26**     | Release criteria ready                                                             |
| **2015-04-22**    | Feature Review - Feature Submission Closed                                         |
| <s>2015-05-06</s> 
 <s>2015-05-12</s>  
 **2015-05-19**     | Alpha Release: [oVirt 3.6 Release Notes](oVirt 3.6 Release Notes)       |
| <s>2015-05-12</s> 
 <s>2015-05-19</s>  
 <s>2015-05-26</s>  
 <s>2015-05-27</s>  | <s>Alpha Release Test Day: [oVirt 3.6 Test Day](oVirt 3.6 Test Day)</s> |
| **2015-06-15**    | Feature freeze                                                                     |
| **2015-06-17**    | Second Alpha Release                                                               |
| **2015-07-15**    | Beta Release                                                                       |
| **2015-07-20**    | Beta Release Test Day                                                              |
| **2015-08-03**    | String Freeze                                                                      |
| **2015-08-19**    | Release Candidate                                                                  |
| **2015-08-24**    | Release Candidate Test Day                                                         |
| **2015-09-08**    | Release                                                                            |

**NOTE** this is a tentative planning according to [Release process](Release process)

## External Project Schedules

Links to other significant project schedules, useful for seeing how oVirt aligns with them.

*   Debian Jessie: [2015-04-25](https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/03/msg00016.html)
*   Fedora 23: [2015-10-27](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/23/Schedule)
*   Fedora 22: [2015-05-26](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule)
*   Fedora 20 End Of Life:[2015-06-26 (1 month after Fedora 22 release)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule)
*   Foreman 1.8.3: [2015-07-15](http://projects.theforeman.org/rb/releases/foreman)<commit_msg>Key Milestones<commit_after>---
title: OVirt 3.6 Release Management
category: release
authors: bproffitt, danken, sandrobonazzola
wiki_category: Releases
wiki_title: OVirt 3.6 Release Management
wiki_revision_count: 64
wiki_last_updated: 2015-05-27
---

# OVirt 3.6 Release Management

## Key Milestones

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **2014-10-17**    | oVirt 3.5.0 GA Releases                                                            |
| **2014-10-22**    | Release criteria discussion start                                                  |
| <s>2014-11-12</s> 
 <s>2014-11-19</s>  
 **2014-11-26**     | Release criteria ready                                                             |
| **2015-04-22**    | Feature Review - Feature Submission Closed                                         |
| <s>2015-05-06</s> 
 <s>2015-05-12</s>  
 **2015-05-19**     | Alpha Release: [oVirt 3.6 Release Notes](oVirt 3.6 Release Notes)       |
| <s>2015-05-12</s> 
 <s>2015-05-19</s>  
 <s>2015-05-26</s>  
 <s>2015-05-27</s>  | <s>Alpha Release Test Day: [oVirt 3.6 Test Day](oVirt 3.6 Test Day)</s> |
| **2015-06-15**    | Feature freeze                                                                     |
| <s>2015-05-17</s> 
 **2015-06-24**     | Second Alpha Release                                                               |
| **2015-07-15**    | Beta Release                                                                       |
| **2015-07-20**    | Beta Release Test Day                                                              |
| **2015-08-03**    | String Freeze                                                                      |
| **2015-08-19**    | Release Candidate                                                                  |
| **2015-08-24**    | Release Candidate Test Day                                                         |
| **2015-09-08**    | Release                                                                            |

**NOTE** this is a tentative planning according to [Release process](Release process)

## External Project Schedules

Links to other significant project schedules, useful for seeing how oVirt aligns with them.

*   Debian Jessie: [2015-04-25](https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/03/msg00016.html)
*   Fedora 23: [2015-10-27](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/23/Schedule)
*   Fedora 22: [2015-05-26](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule)
*   Fedora 20 End Of Life:[2015-06-26 (1 month after Fedora 22 release)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule)
*   Foreman 1.8.3: [2015-07-15](http://projects.theforeman.org/rb/releases/foreman)
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