#22608 2.29.0 release management Issue created by cburroughs 2.28.0 will be the next 'major', following 2.28 on 2025-09-08 • 2.28 branched on 2025-07-02; 6 weeks after that is 2025-08-13 • 6 weeks after 2025-09-08 is 2025-10-20 • Bug Triage! • Prepare Release Notes • Blog Post • Additional RCs as needed; nudge testing in productive testing; various applications of human judgement under conditions of uncertainty. • Actually do the release! • Update Example Repos • Update schema store (https://www.pantsbuild.org/prerelease/docs/contributions/releases/release-process#step-5-publish-a-schema-in-json-schema-store) • Ensure there's a "2.30.0 release management issue" like this one, for the next release pantsbuild/pants