GNOME 3.24 is to be released on March 22, 2017 — assuming development goes to plan between now and then, of course.
GNOME 3.24 will be the next major stable release and follows the release of GNOME 3.22 in September.
The date, un-exclusively announced on the GNOME developer mailing list by Andre Klapper, is in keeping with previous spring releases of the GNOME desktop.
Many GNOME apps are already sharing tentative plans for the GNOME 3.24 cycle, among them the developers behind GNOME Calendar, who recently outlining a stack of improvements they hope to implement.
GNOME 3.24 will be followed a couple of weeks later by a point release, GNOME 3.24.1.
GNOME 3.24 Release Schedule
The GNOME 3.24 development cycle kicks off with the launch of the first development milestone, GNOME 3.23.1, on October 26, 2016.
GNOME 3.23.2 is due to follow on November 23, GNOME 3.23.3 on December 14, and GNOME 3.23.4 on January 18, 2017.
- GNOME 3.23.1 – October 26, 2016
- GNOME 3.23.2 – November 23, 2016
- GNOME 3.23.3 – December 14, 2016
- GNOME 3.23.4 – January 18, 2017
Other release dates include:
- GNOME 3.23 Beta 1 – February 15, 2017
- GNOME 3.23 Beta 2 – March 1, 2017
- GNOME 3.23 RC – March 15, 2017
The final stable release date is tentatively pencilled in for:
- GNOME 3.24 Stable – March 22, 2017
This is to be followed by the first point release, GNOME 3.22.1, on October 12, 2016.