Release Schedule for v22.0

[PastaPastaPasta]

Here is a proposed release schedule for v22.0.0, the next major release of Dash Core.

Primary blockers

Misc minor tasks in general release process
https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3Abackport-candidate-22.0.x

2024-11-15

• Soft Feature freeze (no new ideas, any merged PRs should implement an open issue)
• Soft translation string freeze (no large or unnecessary string changes until release)
• Start RC cycle, tag and begin building v22.0.0-rc.1 soon
• Open Transifex translations for v22 (@UdjinM6)

2024-11-16

• Release v22.0.0-rc.1

2024-11-16

• Begin testing v22.0.0-rc.1 on testnet

2024-11-19

• Hard feature freeze (No new PRs except for release PRs and fixing breaking / non-QOL bugs)
• Translation string freeze (no more source language changes until release)
• Begin Release Process
• Split off v22.0.x branch from develop
• Start merging for v22.1.x on develop

2024-12-04

• Ensure that all chainparams are updated
• Tag and start building v22.0.0

2024-12-09

• Release v22.0.0 final

2024-12-24

• EHF (enhanced hard-fork) signal for withdrawals fork has been mined (block 2192864)

2025-01-07, 02:00 am UTC

• Expected activation date of fork withdrawals (block 2201472)
  This time is an estimation calculated by average block time.

NOTE: This schedule is just a plan, it is not authoritative, nor final. As development continues dates will change and will be updated here.

[PastaPastaPasta]

No major blockers at this point. I think we are on track-ish for releasing probably the 10th or 11th, but I'm gonna tell myself the 9th is still possible!