GNU Health/Release Process

Introduction to the GNU Health Release Process edit

GNU Health stable versions (those with even minor number, eg 1.2.3) .
Starting from version 3.0, stable versions are released approximately every 12 months, but it also depends on the number of new features. It's released on a Sunday.

Stages of the Release Process edit

For each version, around two months before the actual release, GNU Health enters in a feature freeze stage, and a month before, Health enters in code freeze stage. At this moment, a Release candidate version is created; and the demo community server updated and the translator teams notified.

Upcoming Release Schedule edit

The next stable GNU Health HMIS node version will be 4.4.0. Estimate dates are the following, subject to changes.

Event Expected date Comments
Feature freeze August 31th, 2023
Code freeze Oct 31th, 2023 Beta1
Release 4.4.0 November 26, 2023

Security fixes edit

The period of security fixes for a stable version is determined by the next two stable GNU Health releases. For instance, security fixes for series 2.4 will end when version 2.8.0 is released.