The Document Foundation ha pubblicato il piano di rilascio di LibreOffice 4.0.0 e successive release di manutenzione. LibreOffice 4.0.0 sarà la quinta major release nel giro di due anni e porterà con se numerose migliorie sotto il cofano. La lista completa delle novità di LibreOffice 4.0 le potete trovare all'indirizzo https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0
Come potete leggere la versione stabile di LibreOffice 4.0.0 sarà rilasciata fra il 4 e il 10 febbraio 2013. Seguiranno ben 6 release minori di manutenzione che ci accompagneranno sino ad ottobre.
Ma vediamo il piano completo

4.0.0 release

include features from master
eventdate
Alpha1Week 47, Nov 19 - Nov 25 , 2012
Hard feature freezed & branched libreoffice-4-0Week 49, Dec 3 - Dec 9, 2012
Beta1Week 49, Dec 3 - Dec 9, 2012
Beta2Week 51, Dec 17 - Dec 23, 2012
Hard English string & UI freezeWeek 2, Jan 7 - Jan 13, 2013
RC1Week 2, Jan 7 - Jan 13, 2013
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-0Week 4, Jan 21 - Jan 27, 2013
RC2Week 4, Jan 21 - Jan 27, 2013
RC3Week 5, Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2013
Release 4.0.0Week 6, Feb 4 - Feb 10, 2013

4.0.1 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements
eventdate
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-1Week 8, Feb 18 - Feb 24, 2013
RC1Week 8, Feb 18 - Feb 24, 2013
RC2Week 9, Feb 25 - Mar 3, 2013
Release 4.0.1Week 10, Mar 4 - Mar 10, 2013

4.0.2 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements
eventdate
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-2Week 11, Mar 11 - Mar 17, 2013
RC1Week 11, Mar 11 - Mar 17, 2013
RC2Week 13, Mar 25 - Mar 31, 2013
Release 4.0.2Week 14, Apr 1 - Apr 7, 2013

4.0.3 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements
eventdate
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-3Week 16, Apr 15 - Apr 21, 2013
RC1Week 16, Apr 15 - Apr 21, 2013
RC2Week 18, Apr 29 - May 5, 2013
Release 4.0.3Week 19, May 6 - May 12, 2013

4.0.4 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements
eventdate
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-4Week 22, May 27 - Jun 2, 2013
RC1Week 22, May 27 - Jun 2, 2013
RC2Week 24, Jun 10 - Jun 16, 2013
Release 4.0.4Week 25, Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2013

4.0.5 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements
eventdate
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-5Week 28, Jul 8 - Jul 14, 2013
RC1Week 28, Jul 8 - Jul 14, 2013
RC2Week 30, Jul 22 - Jul 28, 2013
Release 4.0.5Week 31, Jul 29 - Aug 4, 2013

4.0.6 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements
eventdate
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-4-0-6Week 40, Sep 30 - Oct 6, 2013
RC1Week 40, Sep 30 - Oct 6, 2013
RC2Week 42, Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2013
Release 4.0.6Week 43, Oct 21 - Oct 27, 2013