RPM Project News

Following the general RPM roadmap, after every development period the RPM project team releases a new official RPM version. Find short hints about those events here. The list is not complete, but at least contains all major events.

2008

2009-07-07: released RPM version 5.2.0
2009-06-28: released RPM version 5.2b1
2009-04-18: released RPM version 5.1.9
2009-04-13: released RPM version 5.1.8
2009-04-13: released RPM version 5.2a4
2009-03-07: released RPM version 5.1.7
2009-03-07: released RPM version 5.2a3
2008-10-18: released RPM version 5.1.6
2008-10-18: released RPM version 5.2a2
2008-10-12: released RPM version 5.1.5
2008-10-12: released RPM version 5.2a1
2008-06-21: released RPM version 5.1.4
2008-06-15: released RPM version 5.1.3
2008-05-24: released RPM version 5.1.2
2008-04-28: released RPM version 5.1.1
2008-04-14: released RPM version 5.1.0
2008-04-11: released RPM version 5.1b2
2008-04-06: released RPM version 5.1b1
2008-04-06: branched RPM 5.1 for release and started work on RPM 5.2
2008-03-03: released RPM version 5.0.3
2008-02-05: released RPM version 5.0.2
2008-01-29: released RPM version 5.0.1
2008-01-05: released RPM version 5.0.0
2008-01-05: development on 5.1 started

2007

2007-12-31: released RPM version 5.0b4
2007-12-22: released RPM version 5.0b3
2007-12-15: released RPM version 5.0b2
2007-12-13: released POPT version 1.13
2007-12-09: released RPM version 5.0b1
2007-12-02: released RPM version 5.0a4
2007-11-24: released RPM version 5.0a3
2007-11-19: released RPM version 5.0a2
2007-11-11: released RPM version 5.0a1
2007-07-17: released POPT version 1.12
2007-06-18: released RPM version 4.5-0.4
2007-06-16: released RPM version 5.0-0.2
2007-06-16: released RPM version 5.0-0.1
2007-06-14: released POPT version 1.11
2007-05-29: official launch of rpm5.org with new roadmap
2007-05-26: released RPM version 4.5-0.3
2007-05-24: migrated to new project environment on rpm5.org
2007-05-22: released RPM version 4.5-0.2
2007-05-21: released RPM version 4.5-0.1
2007-05-21: released RPM version 4.4.9
2007-02-20: released RPM version 4.4.8

RPM Project History

Find below all historical RPM event dates. The list is not complete, but at least contains all major events.

2006

2006-10-11: released RPM version 4.4.7
2006-04-08: released RPM version 4.4.6
2006-02-22: released RPM version 4.4.5

2005

2005-12-13: released RPM version 4.4.4
2005-11-17: released RPM version 4.4.3
2005-07-21: released RPM version 4.4.2
2005-02-14: released RPM version 4.4.1

2004

2004-12-05: released RPM version 4.4
2004-09-25: released RPM version 4.2.3
2004-09-17: released RPM version 4.3.2
2004-04-16: released RPM version 4.3.1
2004-03-24: released RPM version 4.2.2
2004-01-26: released RPM version 4.3

2003

2003-09-25: released RPM version 4.2.1
2003-03-25: released RPM version 4.0.5
2003-03-19: released RPM version 4.2
2003-03-19: released RPM version 4.1.1

2002

2002-09-17: released RPM version 4.1
2002-03-14: released RPM version 4.0.4

2001

2001-12-20: released RPM version 4.0.3
2001-03-13: released RPM version 4.0.2
2001-02-05: released RPM version 4.0
2001-01-19: released RPM version 4.0.1

2000

2000-09-13: released RPM version 3.0.6
2000-07-20: released RPM version 3.0.5
2000-03-16: released RPM version 3.0.4

1999

1999-10-06: released RPM version 3.0.3
1999-07-07: released RPM version 3.0.2
1999-05-24: released RPM version 3.0.1
1999-04-19: released RPM version 3.0

1998

1998-12-29: released RPM version 2.5.6
1998-05-16: released RPM version 2.5
1998-01-08: released RPM version 2.4.12

1997

1997-05-17: released RPM version 2.4
1997-04-25: released RPM version 2.3.11

1996

1996-12-27: released RPM version 2.3
1996-12-21: released RPM version 2.2.11
1996-10-05: released RPM version 2.2
1996-10-05: released RPM version 2.1.2
1996-10-05: released RPM version 2.1
1996-10-05: released RPM version 2.0.11
1996-10-05: released RPM version 2.0
1996-10-05: released RPM version 1.4.7
1996-10-05: released RPM version 1.2

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