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Main Release Status Page

Important notes

All dates and features sets on Future releases are subject to change

Link to all Release notes

Naming scheme

The first number in the release is its year. For example, "8.2.0" is the second significant release in 2008, and "8.1.1" is an update to the first release in 2008.

9.1.0 - Future

Status

Gathering requirements and setting priorities at 9.1.0

Maintainer

Not chosen yet

Primary objective

tbd

Schedule

tbd

should be first half CY 09 and possibly as early as December 2008.

8.2.1 - Future

Status

Nascent

Maintainer

Not chosen yet

Primary objective

tbd

Schedule

tbd

8.2.0 - Future

Development Details

See: 8.2.0

Join the test effort!

Draft release notes

See Release notes/8.2.0

Status

Target Release Date before the end of September. This is not the final release date and subject to change.

Now trying to pick first Release Candidate. May require approval for all check ins very soon. Gregorio 14:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

July 29 Critical Bugs status:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-July/017388.html

Maintainer

Michael Stone

Primary objective

Time based release. Intended to include all the available features which are ready in time.

See working development page above for latest feature set, open blocking bugs and development process and status details.

Schedule

Target schedule:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/8.2.0#Schedule

8.1.3 - Future

Status: To be released (candidate build is out)

Primary Maintainer: Sayamindu

Release notes: ?

ECO: OLPC_SW-ECO_7

Primary objectives:

  • Fix handling of Compose characters for Amharic

Lead Customer: Ethiopia

Build Name and URL: ?

Schedule: Tentative release on 9/30/2008

8.1.2

Status: Released

Primary Maintainer: Michael

Release notes: not final yet, see Release notes/8.1.2

ECO: OLPC_SW-ECO_6

Primary objectives:

  • Include help activity
  • more details tbd

Lead Customer: Peru

Build Name and URL: 711

Schedule: Released 8/19/2008

8.1.1

Status: Released

Primary Maintainer: Michael

Release notes: 8.1.1

ECO: OLPC_SW-ECO_5

Primary objectives:

  • More accurate Amharic and Kreyól keyboard maps for Ethiopia and Haiti.
  • Updated wireless drivers and firmware.
  • Support for USB ethernet adapters.
  • Several UI and library bug fixes.

Lead Customer: Ethiopia and Haiti

Build Name and URL: 708

Schedule: Released 8/8/08

8.1.0

(This was previously known as "Update.1")

Status: Released

Primary Maintainer: Michael

Release notes: Release notes/8.1.0

ECO Link: N/A release was done pre-ECO process.

Primary objective:

Lead Customer: Peru and Mexico

Build Name and URL: 703

Schedule: Created March 30, 2008; documentation posted May 2008.

XS Releases

See XS Release Notes.

XS v164

Status: ?

Primary Maintainer: Martin

Release notes: ?

ECO Link: ?

Primary objective: ?

Lead Customer: ?

Build Name and URL: ?

Schedule: ?


XS v163

Status: ?

Primary Maintainer: Martin

Release notes: ?

ECO Link: ?

Primary objective: ?

Lead Customer: ?

Build Name and URL: ?

Schedule: ?

Release summary information

Future releases

Query releases whose status is not "released". All dates and other information is tentative and subject to change! Click the release for more information. {{#ask: Status::!released

 |mainlabel=Release
 |?Status
 |?Target date
 |?Primary maintainer
 |?Is part of=ECO
 |?Lead customer
 |?Has objective=Primary objectives
 |default=No releases with status "not released" found?!

}}

Notes on individual releases

8.2.0 - Future

Join the test effort!

8.2.0 status

Target Release Date: before the end of September. This is not the final release date and subject to change.

Now trying to pick first Release Candidate. May require approval for all check ins very soon. Gregorio 14:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

July 29 Critical Bugs status:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-July/017388.html

See working development page 8.2.0 for latest feature set, open blocking bugs and development process and status details.

Target schedule: at 8.2.0#Schedule

Past releases

Query releases whose status is "released". {{#ask: Status::released

 |mainlabel=Release
 |?Release date
 |?Is part of=ECO
 |?Build number
 |?Firmware
 |?Lead customer
 |?Has objective=Primary objectives
 |sort=Release date
 |order=descending
 |default=No releases with status=released found?!

}}

What release am I running?

Follow How to check the OS and firmware versions to determine what build of the system software you have on your XO, then refer to this table: {{#ask: Build number::!999

 | mainlabel=-
 | ?Build number
 | ?=Release
 | ?Also called
 | sort=Build number
 | order=desc
 | default=No releases with a build number that's not 999 (which indicates "unknown")

}} If your build number is not in this table and is:

Timeline

This draggable query should show releases with a Property:Release date and/or Property:Target date. (Some future releases have neither so don't show up.) All dates and features sets on Future releases are subject to change {{#ask:

 |?Release date
 |?Target date
 |?Status
 |format=eventline

}}