Updates to the Moodle LMS Release Cadence

Updates to the Moodle LMS Release Cadence

by Marie Achour -
Number of replies: 2
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Hello Community Members,

Here at Moodle HQ, we strive to continuously improve our ways of working in order to make Moodle LMS, and our other product solutions, the best they can be for our users. 

In response to feedback from our Moodle Partners and many of our larger customers, today, we formally announce some minor changes to the Moodle LMS release cadence. 

These changes are being made to: 

  • Provide a large portion of our user base more time to prepare for upgrades to their solutions which are often managed during the summer break period in both the southern and northern hemispheres. 
  • Create a buffer allowing updates to our Mobile Application and Moodle Workplace solutions, which are updated within weeks of our latest Moodle LMS release, to be completed before the summer break period, meaning that all key Moodle solutions will be available for our users in time for their upgrades. 

Our revised release schedule will be as follows for the calendar years 2023 and 2024: 

Table containing release numbers and release dates


Please note that, as always, these are the target dates for releases. The dates may vary slightly due to unforeseen circumstances. 

To find out more about our release process, please visit the dedicated Developer documentation available here

We hope that you will find this information useful and look forward to your feedback. 

Regards, 

The Moodle Products Team


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In reply to Marie Achour

Re: Updates to the Moodle LMS Release Cadence

by Séverin Terrier -
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Thanks Marie for this new calendar.

I just think it should be clearly specified that minor versions (for existing supported Moodle) will also be out in april and october, the same dates, as indicated in the development calendar.

Séverin

In reply to Séverin Terrier

Re: Updates to the Moodle LMS Release Cadence

by Eric Merrill -
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Agreed. I had someone (who is a developer) contact me asking if there would still be minor releases when major versions were released. They felt this implied otherwise.