pmaports/docs/releases.md
Oliver Smith c52e7b1556
docs: add release documentation
Move and update release documentation from these wiki pages to pmaports
docs:
* https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Releases
* https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Creating_a_release_branch#Timeline

Signed-off-by: Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/8486>
2026-05-05 12:48:41 +00:00

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Releases

postmarketOS can be installed from either edge, or from a stable release. New stable releases are created every six months in June and December (one month after Alpine's releases).

edge is a rolling release where all packages are kept at their newest version. This offers faster access to software at the expense of less user testing. In practice, issues on edge are relatively uncommon, and are documented in the edge blog when found.

stable releases are a snapshot of edge, in which updates to packages only contain bug fixes (with few exceptions). This means new features usually won't appear, but you will get a more a more tried and tested, solid experience.

Active and Planned

Release Announcement EOL Title Branch pmaports Branch aports Milestone
edge - - Edge main master -
v25.12 2025-12-23 2026-07-31 The One Where The Saga Continues v25.12 3.23-stable #31
v26.06 2026-06-xx 2027-01-31 (upcoming) v26.06 3.24-stable #33

End of Life

Release Announcement Title Branch pmaports Branch aports Milestone
v25.06 2025-06-22 the one with systemd v25.06 3.22-stable #29
v24.12 2024-12-23 The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux v24.12 3.21-stable #21
v24.06 2024-06-16 The One With Over 250 Devices v24.06 3.20-stable #19
v23.12 2023-12-18 The One We Asked The Community To Name v23.12 3.19-stable #18
v23.06 2023-06-07 From the GNOME Mobile 2023 Hackfest v23.06 3.18-stable #16
v22.12 2022-12-18 The One With Napali Calling v22.12 3.17-stable #14
v22.06 2022-06-12 The One Where We Started Using Release Titles v22.06 3.16-stable #12
v21.12 2021-12-29 - v21.12 3.15-stable #9
v21.06 2021-07-04 - v21.06 3.14-stable #11
v21.03 2021-03-31 Beta 2 v21.03 3.13-stable #8
v20.05 2020-05-31 Beta 1 v20.05 3.12-stable #2
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   releases/timeline
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