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| author | Marcel Amirault <ravlen@gmail.com> | 2019-05-24 08:03:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Marcel Amirault <ravlen@gmail.com> | 2019-06-10 01:10:17 +0000 |
| commit | 20c66d6e29df21df437f3f11afd0dd5c1b1230fe (patch) | |
| tree | 085149020a13d152b2b95a5ad0b49e3371f0a043 /doc/policy | |
| parent | 72611cbc3a81647cc7f93cd8a84ae3b9f37ec8c7 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-20c66d6e29df21df437f3f11afd0dd5c1b1230fe.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/doc/policy/maintenance.md b/doc/policy/maintenance.md index 1d656574acd..72bace3d282 100644 --- a/doc/policy/maintenance.md +++ b/doc/policy/maintenance.md @@ -1,8 +1,15 @@ -# GitLab Maintenance Policy +--- +type: concepts +--- + +# GitLab Release and Maintenance Policy + +GitLab has strict policies governing version naming, as well as release pace for major, minor, +patch and security releases. New releases are usually announced on the [GitLab blog](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/). ## Versioning -GitLab follows the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) for its releases: +GitLab uses [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) for its releases: `(Major).(Minor).(Patch)` in a [pragmatic way](https://gist.github.com/jashkenas/cbd2b088e20279ae2c8e). For example, for GitLab version 10.5.7: @@ -15,9 +22,9 @@ Any part of the version number can increment into multiple digits, for example, The following table describes the version types and their release cadence: -| Version type | Description | Cadence | -|:-------------|:----------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| Major | For significant changes, or when any backward-incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. | Yearly. The next major release is GitLab 12.0 on June 22, 2019. Subsequent major releases will be scheduled for May 22 each year, by default. | | +| Version type | Description | Cadence | +|:-------------|:------------|:--------| +| Major | For significant changes, or when any backward-incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. | Yearly. The next major release is GitLab 12.0 on June 22, 2019. Subsequent major releases will be scheduled for May 22 each year, by default. | | Minor | For when new backward-compatible functionality is introduced to the public API, a minor feature is introduced, or when a set of smaller features is rolled out. | Monthly on the 22nd. | | Patch | For backward-compatible bug fixes that fix incorrect behavior. See [Patch releases](#patch-releases). | As needed. | @@ -75,10 +82,10 @@ that could change behavior in the next major release. Please see the table below for some examples: | Latest stable version | Your version | Recommended upgrade path | Note | -| -------------- | ------------ | ------------------------ | ---------------- | -| 9.4.5 | 8.13.4 | `8.13.4` -> `8.17.7` -> `9.4.5` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8` | -| 10.1.4 | 8.13.4 | `8.13.4 -> 8.17.7 -> 9.5.10 -> 10.1.4` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8`, `9.5.10` is the last version in version `9` | -| 11.3.4 | 8.13.4 | `8.13.4` -> `8.17.7` -> `9.5.10` -> `10.8.7` -> `11.3.4` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8`, `9.5.10` is the last version in version `9`, `10.8.7` is the last version in version `10` | +| --------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------ | ---- | +| 9.4.5 | 8.13.4 | `8.13.4` -> `8.17.7` -> `9.4.5` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8` | +| 10.1.4 | 8.13.4 | `8.13.4 -> 8.17.7 -> 9.5.10 -> 10.1.4` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8`, `9.5.10` is the last version in version `9` | +| 11.3.4 | 8.13.4 | `8.13.4` -> `8.17.7` -> `9.5.10` -> `10.8.7` -> `11.3.4` | `8.17.7` is the last version in version `8`, `9.5.10` is the last version in version `9`, `10.8.7` is the last version in version `10` | More information about the release procedures can be found in our [release documentation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs). You may also want to read our |