This documents related to 2023-12, the Eclipse Foundation's multi-project Simultaneous Release of December 2023.

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
2023-12 M1	Friday, October 06, 2023	09/29 to 10/06	Opt-in deadline (new projects only) Create your release record (for new releases)	2 weeks from 2023-09 GA
2023-12 M2	Friday, October 27, 2023	10/20 to 10/27		3 weeks from M1
2023-12 M3	Friday, November 17, 2023	11/10 to 11/17	IP Log submission deadline	3 weeks from M2
2023-12 RC1	Friday, November 24, 2023	11/17 to 11/24	No new features and APIs after this date! Release Review materials due New and Noteworthy entries due	1 week from M3
2023-12 RC2	Friday, December 1, 2023	11/24 to 12/01		1 week from RC1
Quiet period	12/01 to 12/05		No builds during "quiet period". It is assumed all code is done by the end of RC2.
2023-12 GA	Wednesday, December 06, 2023		Release reviews conclude on this date	5 days from RC2