This documents related to 2021-03, the Eclipse Foundation's multi-project Simultaneous Release of March 2021.

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
2021-03 M1	Friday, January 15, 2021	01/08 to 01/15	Opt-in deadline (new projects only) Create your release record (for new releases) CQ Submission deadline (new third-party content)	3 weeks from 2020-12 GA
2021-03 M2	Friday, February 5, 2021	01/29 to 02/05		3 weeks from M1
2021-03 M3	Friday, February 26, 2021	02/19 to 02/26	IP Log submission deadline	3 weeks from M2
2021-03 RC1	Friday, March 5, 2021	02/26 to 03/05	No new features and APIs after this date! Release Review materials due New and Noteworthy entries due	1 week from M3
2021-03 RC2	Friday, March 12, 2021	03/05 to 03/12		1 week from RC1
Quiet period	03/12 to 03/16		No builds during "quiet period". It is assumed all code is done by the end of RC2.
2021-03 GA	Wednesday, March 17 2021		Release reviews conclude on this date	5 days from RC2