< GNU Health

Introduction to the GNU Health Release Process

GNU Health stable versions (those with even minor number, eg 1.2.3) .
Starting from version 3.0, stable versions are released approximately every 12 months (on a Sunday).

Stages of the Release Process

For each version, around two months before the actual release, GNU Health enters in a feature freeze stage, and a month before, Health enters in code freeze stage. At this moment, a Release candidate version is created; and the demo community server updated and the translator teams notified.

Upcoming Release Schedule

The next stable GNU Health HMIS node version will be 3.8.0. Estimate dates are the following, subject to changes.

EventExpected dateComments
Feature freezeOctober 11, 2020
Code freezeDecember 27th, 2020RC1
Release 3.8.0February 14, 2021Odontogram Report / Canvas . Offline documentation . Inclusion of WHO ICHI

Security fixes

The period of security fixes for a stable version is determined by the next two stable GNU Health releases. For instance, security fixes for series 2.4 will end when version 2.8.0 is released.

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