diff --git a/sources/news/20141118 Ubuntu 15.04 Gets Tentative Release Date of April 23, 2015.md b/sources/news/20141118 Ubuntu 15.04 Gets Tentative Release Date of April 23, 2015.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2fea27a4df --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/news/20141118 Ubuntu 15.04 Gets Tentative Release Date of April 23, 2015.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Ubuntu 15.04 Gets Tentative Release Date of April 23, 2015 +================================================================================ +![](http://i.imgur.com/FfX14E9.jpg) + +**Doing anything special on April 23 next year? You might well be — it’s the tentative release date being given for Ubuntu 15.04 ‘Vivid Vervet’.** + +The date, along with those of various other development milestones, is listed as part of a [draft release schedule][1] on the Ubuntu Wiki page for the ‘V’ update. As of writing all dates are subject to approval from the Ubuntu release team and are therefore **not final**. + +Ubuntu’s previous spring release, 14.04 LTS, went live on April 17, 2014. + +### Veracity Potential is Void ### + +![Dates not yet ready to be inked in](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/california-calendar.jpg) + +Dates not yet ready to be inked in + +Draft means just that, but having covered some 10 Ubuntu release over five years I do know that the proposed dates don’t tend to differ too wildly from those that go final (famous last words, I’m sure!). + +Even so, take the proposals with a pinch of optimism for now. I’ll be keeping both this page and the fancy-schmancy graphic updated as, if or when anything changes. + +### Key Ubuntu 15.04 Release Dates ### + +As with all releases post-13.04, Ubuntu proper only makes fleeting appearances in select milestone releases, specifically the ‘final beta’ and the ‘release candidate’ stages. + +Ubuntu’s family of flavours, which may include Ubuntu MATE this cycle, take full advantage of the testing opportunities at hand. + +- **Alpha 1** – December 18th (for flavours) +- **Alpha 2** – January 22nd (for flavours) +- *Feature Freeze* — February 19th +- **Beta 1** – August 28th (for flavours) +- *UI Freeze* — March 12th +- **Final Beta** – March 26th +- *Kernel Freeze* — April 9th +- **Release Candidate** – April 16th + +The final release of the Vivid Vervet in all its vivacious glory is pencilled in for release on: + +- **Ubuntu 15.04 Final** – April 23rd + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/11/ubuntu-15-04-release-schedule-date-vivid-vervet + +作者:[Joey-Elijah Sneddon][a] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创翻译,[Linux中国](http://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author +[1]:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule \ No newline at end of file