This documents related to 2020-09, the Eclipse Foundation's multi-project Simultaneous Release of September 2020.

Common information

Simultaneous Release Plan - Information that stays the same for each release, like requirements for participation, communication channels, etc.

Release schedule

Release	Date	Span	Due dates	Notes
2020-09 M1	Friday, July 17, 2020	07/10 to 07/17	Opt-in deadline (new projects only) Create your release record (for new releases) CQ Submission deadline (new third-party content)	3 weeks from 2020-06 GA
2020-09 M2	Friday, August 7, 2020	07/31 to 08/07		3 weeks from M1
2020-09 M3	Friday, August 28, 2020	08/21 to 08/28	IP Log submission deadline	3 weeks from M2
2020-09 RC1	Friday, September 4, 2020	08/28 to 09/04	No new features and APIs after this date! Release Review materials due New and Noteworthy entries due	1 week from M3
2020-09 RC2	Friday, September 11, 2020	09/04 to 09/11		1 week from RC1
Quiet period	09/11 to 09/15		No builds during "quiet period". It is assumed all code is done by the end of RC2.
2020-09 GA	Wednesday, September 16 2020		Release reviews conclude on this date	5 days from RC2