Hier ist der Zeitplan für den 3.1er Release von Debian:

31 July 2004
~215 RC bugs
Last uploads of base packages to unstable; end of the “normal”
development cycle

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2 August 2004
~215 RC bugs
Hard freeze of base+standard

(…)

3 August 2004
~300 RC bugs
Debian-installer RC1 released

(…)

8 August 2004
~200 RC bugs
testing-proposed-updates, testing-security working for all
architectures
Official security support for sarge begins

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13 August 2004
185 RC bugs
Last call for low-urgency uploads

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24 August
100 RC bugs
d-i TC2 if needed
Freeze time!

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12 September
0 RC bugs

(…)

15 September
Release

And as far as the release itself goes, this looks like a good target to
shoot for.

Das ist schon verflucht bald… Das ungekürzte Posting von der dev Liste findet sich hier.

(via: OSNews)