The upcoming version of Ubuntu Linux, which is going to be called Noble Numbat and will be 24.04, is now in the feature freeze phase. This indicates that the development team will now be concentrating on fixing bugs rather than adding new features to the release after this point.

Noble Numbat (to be 24.04) now in Feature Freeze

As per the release schedule, Noble Numbat is now in Feature Freeze.
Ideally, you will all now be focusing on bug fixing and not on getting new features into the release. However, if necessary, please follow the process for freeze exceptions:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess

Additionally, please file your Feature Freeze Exceptions in the next week so that the Release Team has visibility into further changes for the release and can make a preliminary review of the exception request.

As is the custom, packages that have been uploaded to noble-proposed prior to the feature freeze deadline, but have gotten stuck there, remain candidates for fixing between now and release.

Remember that version strings don't matter for Feature Freeze. If you upload a new upstream release and it has no new features then you don't need an exception. If you add a debian/patch that adds a new feature, or enable one via build flags then you do. We care about the content of the archive, not about precisely how things got there.

PS: please note that Debian Import Freeze will not be activated immediately as time_t syncs are still in progress but it will occur in the next couple of days.

Happy bug squashing!