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====== Important LOFAR dates ======

Collection of important dates regarding the LOFAR system. This collects known Stopdays, Software releases, etc. Subject to change, so if you need to stay up-to-date, subscribe to this page (use 'Manage Subscriptions' in the little menu on the right side).

This dates at this page should be in sync with the LOFAR activity agenda: [[https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=2jkmjaro6ek0kh7tmf9brpf8pk%40group.calendar.google.com|LOFAR Google Calendar]] maintained by Science Operations & Support ( sos (at) astron.nl ).

Please, let us know if you find any discrepancies ( ro_wiki (at) astron.nl ).

===== LOFAR stop days =====

Note: The dates are links to pages with planned changes/activities.

^2020^Coordinator|
|[[:public:stopdayactivities_20200107|Jan 7-8]]|Jasmin|
|[[:public:stopdayactivities_20200301|Mar 3-4]] w/ LCUs reboot| |
|[[:public:stopdayactivities_20200512|May 12-13]]| |
|[[:public:stopdayactivities_20200707|Jul 7-8]] w/ LCUs reboot| |
|[[:public:stopdayactivities_20200901|Sep 1-2]]| |
|[[:public:stopdayactivities_20201103|Nov 3-4]] w/ LCUs reboot| |

:!: Please note:

  * The dates and activity logs of previous years can be found here: [[:public:calendar:archived|Archived stop days]]
  * The stop-day procedure is described here: [[:engineering:stop_day_procedures|LOFAR Stop days]]

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===== Major LOFAR Software Deployments =====


^2016^Version^ ^2017^Version^ ^2018^Version^ ^2019^Version^ ^**2020** ^**Version** |
|[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.15|Jan 25]]|2.15| |[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.20|Feb 13]]|2.20| |Feb 12|Skipped| |Jan 23 (Wed!)|3.2.7 (Minor rollout)| |Mar 16| |
|[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.16|Mar 14]]|2.16| |Mar 13|Skipped| |[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_3.1|Apr 23]]|3.1| |Apr 23 (Tue!)|4.0.0 (Major release) Reverted| |Apr 20| |
|[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.17|May 23]]|2.17| |<del>May 8</del> [[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.21|Jun 12]]|2.21| |Jun 18|Skipped| |[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_4.0|Jun 24]]|4.0.0 (Major release)| |Jun 22| |
|[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.17|Jul 4]]| | |Jul 10|2.21.5 (Minor rollout)| |[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_3.2|Sep 10]]|3.2| |Sep 16|Skipped| |Oct 5| |
|[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.17|Sep 12]]|2.17.6| |[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.22|Sep 11]]|2.22| |Nov 5|Skipped| |Nov 18|Skipped| |Nov 23| |
|[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_2.19|Nov 7]]|2.19| |[[:engineering:release_notes_lofar_3.0|Oct 16]]|3.0| |Dec 10|Skipped| | | | | | |
|Dec 5|Skipped| |Dec 11|Skipped| | | | | | | | | |

:!: Note: Semester planning by SOS will be done half April and half October for the coming semesters; be sure to get in touch with M. Iacobelli (or S. ter Veen) around that time to properly synchronize all plannings (incl stopdays, etc.)

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