Here is a proposed release schedule for 0.19.0, the next major release of Bitcoin Core. Like for previous major releases I've aimed for a release 6 months after the last ( #14438).

2019-09-01 :heavy_check_mark: 
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- Open Transifex translations for 0.19
- Soft translation string freeze (no large or unnecessary string changes until release)
- Finalize and close translations for 0.17

2019-09-15 :heavy_check_mark: 
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- Feature freeze (bug fixes only until release)
- Translation string freeze (no more source language changes until release)

2019-10-01 :heavy_check_mark: 
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- Split off `0.19` branch from `master`
- Start RC cycle, tag and release `0.19.0rc1`
- Start merging for 0.20 on master branch

2019-11-03 :heavy_check_mark:
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- Release 0.19.0 final (aim)

If any specific dates or timeframes are a problem for you, let me know.

**Edit:** schedule was moved two months back on 2019-05-07, for reference, the old schedule was:
```
2019-11-01    Soft translation string freeze
2019-11-15    Feature freeze
2019-12-01    Split off 0.19 branch from master
2020-01-03    Release 0.19.0 final (aim)
```
fs::path config_file_path = GetConfigFile(gArgs.GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME));
    if (fs::exists(config_file_path)) {
        LogPrintf("Config file: %s\n", config_file_path.string());
    } else if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-conf")) {
        
        InitWarning(strprintf(_("The specified config file %s does not exist\n").translated, config_file_path.string()));
    } else {
        
        LogPrintf("Config file: %s (not found, skipping)\n", config_file_path.string());
    }
    LogPrintf("Using at most %i automatic connections (%i file descriptors available)\n", nMaxConnections, nFD);
    
    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-datadir") && !fs::path(gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "")).is_absolute()) {
        LogPrintf("Warning: relative datadir option '%s' specified, which will be interpreted relative to the " 
                  "current working directory '%s'. This is fragile, because if bitcoin is started in the future "
                  "from a different location, it will be unable to locate the current data files. There could "
                  "also be data loss if bitcoin is started while in a temporary directory.\n",
            gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", ""), fs::current_path().string());
    }
    InitSignatureCache();
    InitScriptExecutionCache();
    LogPrintf("Using %u threads for script verification\n", nScriptCheckThreads);
    if (nScriptCheckThreads) {
        for (int i=0; i<nScriptCheckThreads-1; i++)
            threadGroup.create_thread([i]() { return ThreadScriptCheck(i); });
    }
    
    CScheduler::Function serviceLoop = std::bind(&CScheduler::serviceQueue, &scheduler);
    threadGroup.create_thread(std::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));