Custom ROM CyanogenMod 9 的开发又进入一个新阶段 Code Freeze，随后就会推出不同的 Release Candidate，再经最后阶段的调较，就会推出正式版 Stable Release。
所谓 Code Freeze，就是将主开发轴的程式码范围锁定在现有的状态，不再加入新的功能，只会按现有的程式码作修正错误, 翻译等后期工作。完成这些工序，就会推出 Release Candidate，继后就是 Stable Release。当然新功能往后仍会陆续添加的，亦可在 Nightly Builds 找到。
Today we branched our mainline repositories to start the code freeze which will lead us up to the CM9 release. While there are still a number of technical and organizational issues that need to be resolved very quickly, the plan is to quickly iterate through a series of release candidates over the next few weeks. We are still accepting contributions to the main branches, but from here until release day we will only be accepting bugfixes, device support, and translations into the release branch.
数星期内就会有 Release Candidate 推出，而首阶段推出时只会支援部份装置。
今次 CyanogenMod 9 的开发时间较过往长。没办法，毕竟 Android 4.0 跟 Android 2.3 有很大分别，无论核心部份，还是功能或界面，都跟之前有很大改进，所以 CM9 所需的开发时间亦较长。
资料来源：CyanogenMod Blog