R 2.3.0 scheduled for April 24, Grand-Feature freeze is active

The release of version 2.3.0 has been scheduled for April 24, 2006.

The first alpha release should be available later today, once I have
reviewed the build scripts.

The detailed release schedule is as follows


March 27:

    Declare start of release process. The build process is assumed to
    be essentially in place at this time.

    There is a "grand feature" freeze (minor tweaks can be applied,
    but no wholesale restructuring or API changes). Notice that
    wrapping a package in a namespace is a grand feature, and so is
    meddling with the event loop.

    Package maintainers should start adapting to any changes in base.

    Start making R-2.3.0-alpha.tar.gz packages automatically available.

April 10:

    Feature freeze, simultaneously on base and recommended packages.
    It is assumed that all recommended packages pass their checks at
    this point. The API should not be touched.

    Start making R-2.3.0-beta.tar.gz packages automatically available.

    NEW:
    The R-2-3-patches SVN branch is created at this point.


April 17:

    Code freeze. Only critical and/or trivial bugs fixed from this
    time onwards. Configure/make should only be touched in
    emergencies. 

    NEW:
    Start making R-2.3.0-rc.tar.gz packages automatically available.

April 24:

    Release.

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