“Beyond the Code Quest” has published Blender 2.8 pre-release dates:
- July 2nd: Alpha
- End of the code quest.
- Bug tracker opens exclusively for crashes.
- New default theme.
- New default keymap.
- Disable all add-ons (based on bl_info Blender version).
- Discourage add-on developers to port their work now since the Python API will still change.
- Focus on completing existing features.
- August 12: Beta Release
- All features in Blender 2.8 to be completed.
- Bug tracker grand re-opening.
- Merge 2.8 branches into master.
- Official beta release.
- Full release notes.
- Focus on bug fixing.
- September 19: Final Python API
- Call for add-on developers to update old add-ons.
- Flexible date, at least 1 month before the release candidate.
- October 20: Release Candidate
- Manual to be updated with the new features.
- Blender.org features page.
- Blender Conference 2018 official release candidate.