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Detailed schedule for the 5.3 release. The page mentions weeks instead of exact dates, please read explanation on the overall release plan page.

5.3.0 release

include features from master

event	date
Alpha1	Week 42 , Oct 17, 2016 - Oct 23, 2016
Hard feature freezed & branched libreoffice-5-3	Week 47 , Nov 21, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016
Beta1	Week 47 , Nov 21, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016
Beta2	Week 49 , Dec 5, 2016 - Dec 11, 2016
Hard English string & UI freeze	Week 51 , Dec 19, 2016 - Dec 25, 2016
RC1	Week 51 , Dec 19, 2016 - Dec 25, 2016
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-0	Week 2 , Jan 9, 2017 - Jan 15, 2017
RC2	Week 2 , Jan 9, 2017 - Jan 15, 2017
RC3	Week 4 , Jan 23, 2017 - Jan 29, 2017
Release 5.3.0	Week 5 , Jan 30, 2017 - Feb 5, 2017

5.3.1 release

Only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

Event	Date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-1	Week 8 , Feb 20, 2017 - Feb 26, 2017
RC1	Week 8 , Feb 20, 2017 - Feb 26, 2017
RC2	Week 10 , Mar 6, 2017 - Mar 12, 2017
Release 5.3.1	Week 11 , Mar 13, 2017 - Mar 19, 2017

5.3.2 release

Only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

Event	Date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-2	Week 11 , Mar 13, 2017 - Mar 19, 2017
RC1	Week 11 , Mar 13, 2017 - Mar 19, 2017
RC2	Week 13 , Mar 27, 2017 - Apr 2, 2017
Release 5.3.2	Week 14 , Apr 3, 2017 - Apr 9, 2017

5.3.3 release

Only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

Event	Date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-3	Week 16 , Apr 17, 2017 - Apr 23, 2017
RC1	Week 16 , Apr 17, 2017 - Apr 23, 2017
RC2	Week 18 , May 1, 2017 - May 7, 2017
Release 5.3.3	Week 19 , May 8, 2017 - May 14, 2017

5.3.4 release

Only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

Event	Date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-4	Week 22 , May 29, 2017 - Jun 4, 2017
RC1	Week 22 , May 29, 2017 - Jun 4, 2017
RC2	Week 24 , Jun 12, 2017 - Jun 18, 2017
Release 5.3.4	Week 25 , Jun 19, 2017 - Jun 25, 2017

5.3.5 release

Only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

Event	Date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-5	Week 28 , Jul 10, 2017 - Jul 16, 2017
RC1	Week 28 , Jul 10, 2017 - Jul 16, 2017
RC2	Week 30 , Jul 24, 2017 - Jul 30, 2017
Release 5.3.5	Week 31 , Jul 31, 2017 - Aug 6, 2017

5.3.6 release

5.3.6 is an initially unscheduled release with shortened cycle (only a single RC), due to a wrongly placed tag that made some translations unavailable in 5.3.5

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

event	date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-6	Week 34 , Aug 21, 2017 - Aug 27, 2017
RC1	Week 34 , Aug 21, 2017 - Aug 27, 2017
Release 5.3.6	Week 35 , Aug 28, 2017 - Sep 3, 2017

5.3.7 release

only important bug fixes, and l10n improvements

event	date
Hard code freeze & branch libreoffice-5-3-7	Week 40 , Oct 2, 2017 - Oct 8, 2017
RC1	Week 40 , Oct 2, 2017 - Oct 8, 2017
RC2	Week 43 , Oct 23, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017
Release 5.3.7	Week 44 , Oct 30, 2017 - Nov 5, 2017

Notes: rc2 was initially scheduled for week 42

End of Life

no more bugfix releases will be created from the 5.3 code branch by TDF

event	date
End of Life	November 26, 2017