6.3 Release Parties Schedule and hosts

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This post aims to prepare a calendar with the expected start time for each release party and who is involved for the upcoming 6.3 milestones.
Things can change at the last minute, as we saw happening with BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1, so expect some flexibility around it. The release team will do their best to respect the calendar and communicate any change promptly.
If you can fill any of those roles, please add your name in the comments, with the date and role, so I can finalize the calendar.

It’s ok also to have two people with the same access level for each party. This will allow us to help each other if the party takes longer than expected.

Thank you all for the team effort!

Monday, July 3, 2023, at 16:00 UTC	Milestone	Host	Committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component.	Security	Mission Control	Marcomms
Monday, July 3, 2023 at 16:00 UTC	Beta 3	@priethor	@davidbaumwald	@davidbaumwald	@davidbaumwald	@dansoschin (backup @meher)
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 16:00 UTC	Beta 4	@francina	@sergeybiryukov, backup @davidbaumwald	@sergeybiryukov, backup @davidbaumwald	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@meher (backup @dansoschin)
Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 16:00 UTC	Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1	@priethor	@davidbaumwald	@davidbaumwald	@davidbaumwald	@dansoschin (back up @meher)
Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 16:00 UTC	Release Candidate 2	@priethor	@audrasjb	@davidbaumwald	@davidbaumwald and @audrasjb (mentee)	@meher
Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at 16:00 UTC	Release Candidate 3	@flixos90	@sergeybiryukov, backup @davidbaumwald	@sergeybiryukov, backup @davidbaumwald	@sergeybiryukov, backup @davidbaumwald	@meher (backup @dansoschin and @jpantani)
Monday, August 7, 2023, at 16:00 UTC	Dry Run	@priethor (backup @francina)	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@dansoschin, @jpantani, @meher
Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at 17:00 UTC*	General Release	@francina and @priethor	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@davidbaumwald, backup @sergeybiryukov	@dansoschin, @jpantani, @meher

General release is scheduled 1 hour later than the Dry Run to allow for 24 hours freeze.

#6-3, #release

Dan Soschin 2:26 am on July 1, 2023

Marketing Contacts for Release Parties
BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 3 – Dan Soschin (back up Meher)
RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 – Dan Soschin (back up Meher)
RC 2 – Jonathan Pantani (back up Dan & Meher)
RC 3 – Meher Bala (back up Dan & Jonathan)
Dry Run – Dan, Jonathan, Meher
Release – Dan, Jonathan, Meher
- Francesca Marano 6:10 pm on July 1, 2023
  
  Thanks @dansoschin! Who is going to fill in for BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 4?
  - Dan Soschin 9:29 pm on July 1, 2023
    
    Let’s do this:
    BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 3 – Meher (back up is Dan)
    Beta 4 – Dan (back up is Meher)
Sergey Biryukov 10:19 am on July 1, 2023
I can be available for committing, running security tests, or handling mission control on:
- Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 16:00 UTC (BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 4)
- Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at 16:00 UTC (RC3)
- Monday, August 7, 2023, at 16:00 UTC (Dry Run)
- Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at 16:00 UTC (General Release)
- Francesca Marano 6:13 pm on July 1, 2023
  
  Thanks @sergeybiryukov
David Baumwald 8:51 pm on July 10, 2023

Sorry I am late. It appears I didn’t post my comment.

I’m available for all the dates going forward. Ozz of course has access to do all the MC things as well.

I’d love if we could get back to getting more folks involved in at least the commit part. I think committers on the squad should be offered the chance to commit during the release parties, if it’s something they’re comfortable with. Of course, Security and MC are a different story, but the version bumps should be something we offer to other Committers on the squad.
- Sergey Biryukov 10:40 am on July 11, 2023
  
  I’d love if we could get back to getting more folks involved in at least the commit part.
  
  Same here, was thinking about that too 🙂

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