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| Date | Description | release 11 | release 12 | release 13 |
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| February 21st | NB <version+1>.0 merge window opens. | |||
| March 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. Release branch <version+1>.0 created and beta build(s) made available. When Beta 1 is available, NetCAT testing phase starts. | |||
| April 30th | NetCAT testing ends. NetCAT community acceptance vote. | |||
| May 7th | NB <version+1>.0 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |||
| May 15th - 31st | NB <version+1>.0 LTS released. | LTS NetBeans 12.0 (in 2020) | LTS NetBeans 13.0 (in 2021) | |
| May 21st | NB <version+1>.1 merge window opens. | |||
| July 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. Only fixes intended for next release to be merged into master. Release branch <version>.1 created and beta build(s) made available. NetCAT lite??? | |||
| August 7th | NB <version>.1 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |||
| August 15th - 31st | NB <version>.1 released. e.g., https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb111/nb111.html | NetBeans 11.1 (in 2019) | NetBeans 12.1 (in 2020) | NetBeans 13.1 (in 2021) |
| August 21st | NB <version>.2 merge window opens. | |||
| October 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. | |||
| November 7th | NB <version>.2 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | NetBeans 11.2 (in 2019) | NetBeans 12.2 (in 20192020) | NetBeans 13.2 (in 2021) |
| November 15th - 30th | NB <version>.2 released. | |||
| November 21st | NB <version>.3 merge window opens. | |||
| January 15th | Feature freeze. Merge window closes. | |||
| February 7th | NB <version>.3 voting candidate created and release vote commences. | |||
| February 15th - 30th | NB <version>.3 released. (Start NetCAT with this release here? Answer: No, for 12.0. Reconsider for 13.0.) | NetBeans 11.3 (in 2020) | NetBeans 12.3 (in 2021) | NetBeans 13.3 (in 2021) |
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