| 5.4.x | Jun 2018 | Jul 2018 | Aug 1, 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| 5.3.x | May 2018 | Jun 2018 | Jul 3, 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 5.2.x | Apr 2018 | May 2018 | Jun 6, 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| 5.1.x | Mar 2018 | Apr 2018 | May 2, 2018 | May 2018 |
| 5.0.x | Feb 2018 | Mar 2018 | Apr 4, 2018 | Apr 2018 |
***Invitations**: The release-manager curates the list of pending PRs and invites developers to partner-up based on related topics (such as a "CiviMail" group or a "CiviContribute" group). All members of the core developer team will participate.
***Review Week**: Participants review each other's PRs. This may involve some discussion, code-review, testing, merging, or closing PRs.
***Test Week**: Participants install the release-candidate with realistic configurations (eg staging sites) and check that their major customizations still work. Emergency issues (regressions) may be fixed.
Unless stated otherwise, months are generally bounded by the first Wed. Thus, development in May 2018 actually lasts from 2-May-18 to 6-Jun-18.
(Note: This is a new process and may change for future releases.)
(*For historical planning information from 4.7.x cycles, see [4.7-release-history.md](doc/4.7-release-history.md).*)
***Invitations**: The release-manager curates the list of pending PRs and invites developers to partner-up based on related topics (such as a "CiviMail" group or a "CiviContribute" group). All members of the core developer team will participate.
***Review Week**: Participants review each other's PRs. This may involve some discussion, code-review, testing, merging, or closing PRs.
***Test Week**: Participants install the release-candidate with realistic configurations (eg staging sites) and check that their major customizations still work. Emergency issues (regressions) may be fixed.
(Note: This is a new process and may change for future releases.)