This documents related to 2020-03, the Eclipse Foundation's multi-project Simultaneous Release of March 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
2020-03 M1	Friday, January 17, 2020	01/10 to 01/17	Opt-in deadline (new projects only) Create your release record (for new releases) CQ Submission deadline (new third-party content)	3 weeks from 2019-12 GA
2020-03 M2	Friday, February 7, 2020	01/31 to 02/07		3 weeks from M1
2020-03 M3	Friday, February 28, 2020	02/21 to 02/28	IP Log submission deadline	3 weeks from M2
2020-03 RC1	Friday, March 6, 2020	02/28 to 03/06	No new features and APIs after this date! Release Review materials due New and Noteworthy entries due	1 week from M3
2020-03 RC2	Friday, March 13, 2020	03/06 to 03/13		1 week from RC1
Quiet period	03/13 to 03/17		No builds during "quiet period". It is assumed all code is done by the end of RC2.
2020-03 GA	Wednesday, March 18, 2020		Release reviews conclude on this date	5 days from RC2