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= Release Schedule =

The scope is to release new GRASS GIS versions at a more regular schedule.

**THIS IS A DRAFT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION**

== Suggestions ==

=== Scenario 1 ===

||= **Release**       =||= **Planned date** =||=**Remarks**=||= **!GitHub milestone**                                =||= **Important external releases =||
|| [[milestone:7.8.3]] || May 2020   ||                    || [[https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/milestone/1|GH 7.8.3]] || May 2020:  GDAL 3.1.0           ||
|| [[milestone:7.6.2]] || May 2020   || last release, EOL  ||                                                         || June 2020: QGIS 3.14.0          ||
|| 7.8.4               || Sep 2020   ||                    ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| 7.10.0              || Nov 2020   || forked from master ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| 7.8.5               || Jan 2021   ||                    ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| 7.10.1              || Mar 2021   ||                    ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| 7.8.6               || May 2021   || last release, EOL  ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| 7.10.2              || Jul 2021   ||                    ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| 7.10.3              || Nov 2021   ||                    ||                                                         ||                                 ||
|| [[milestone:8.0.0]] || Dec 2021   || forked from master ||                                                         ||                                 ||

=== Alternative ideas here ===

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=== External release schedules ===

 * GDAL: https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/milestones
 * PROJ: https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date&state=open
 * QGIS: https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#release-schedule
 * OSGeoLive: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Release%20Schedule