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diff --git a/docsite/rst/developing_releases.rst b/docsite/rst/developing_releases.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2332459c30 --- /dev/null +++ b/docsite/rst/developing_releases.rst @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Releases +======== + +.. contents:: Topics + :local: + +.. _schedule: + +Release Schedule +```````````````` +Ansible is on a 'flexible' 4 month release schedule, sometimes this can be extended if there is a major change that requires a longer cycle (i.e. 2.0 core rewrite). +Currently modules get released at the same time as the main Ansible repo, even though they are separated into ansible-modules-core and ansible-modules-extras. + +The major features and bugs fixed in a release should be reflected in the CHANGELOG.md, minor ones will be in the commit history (FIXME: add git exmaple to list). +When a fix/feature gets added to the `devel` branch it will be part of the next release, some bugfixes can be backported to previous releases and might be part of a minor point release if it is deemed necessary. + +Sometimes an RC can be extended by a few days if a bugfix makes a change that can have far reaching consequences, so users have enough time to find any new issues that may stem from this. + +.. _methods: + +Release methods +```````````````` + +Ansible normally goes through a 'release candidate', issuing an RC1 for a release, if no major bugs are discovered in it after 5 business days we'll get a final release. +Otherwise fixes will be applied and an RC2 will be provided for testing and if no bugs after 2 days, the final release will be made, iterating this last step and incrementing the candidate number as we find major bugs. + + +.. _freezing: + +Release feature freeze +`````````````````````` + +During the release candidate process, the focus will be on bugfixes that affect the RC, new features will be delayed while we try to produce a final version. Some bugfixes that are minor or don't affect the RC will also be postponed until after the release is finalized. + +.. seealso:: + + :doc:`developing_api` + Python API to Playbooks and Ad Hoc Task Execution + :doc:`developing_modules` + How to develop modules + :doc:`developing_plugins` + How to develop plugins + `Ansible Tower <http://ansible.com/ansible-tower>`_ + REST API endpoint and GUI for Ansible, syncs with dynamic inventory + `Development Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_ + Mailing list for development topics + `irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_ + #ansible IRC chat channel |