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Evergreen Release Schedule and End of Life Policy
Evergreen time-based releases occur every six months with each major release getting 15 months of support (12 for general bugs and 3 more for security).
Releases are planned for March and September since this works best for public libraries and at the same time gives academic/government institutions extra time to plan summer upgrades. This should also allow the community to expect a more predictable release cycle.
Below shows examples of how this schedule applies to the current Evergreen supported releases.
Release | General Release Date | End of Life (general bug fixes) | End of Life (security bug fixes) |
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2.9 | 2015-09-16 | 2016-09-16 | 2016-12-16 |
2.10 | 2016-03-17 | 2017-03-17 | 2017-06-17 |
2.11 | 2016-09-21 | 2017-09-21 | 2016-12-21 |
Point Release Schedule
The Evergreen developer community plans bug-fix point releases on the third Wednesday of every month. There may be exceptions to this schedule, for example, when a critical bug requires more immediacy in the next point release or when there aren't a sufficient number of bug fixes to warrant a new release.