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| author | dosire <sytses@gmail.com> | 2014-01-09 15:55:57 +0100 |
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| committer | dosire <sytses@gmail.com> | 2014-01-09 15:55:57 +0100 |
| commit | e270cd705b4e7520406c306011af22d61dbdd8f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 55e15a4ec0593c71d43f7ffe20f0f8d285e0e216 /doc | |
| parent | 0d3f1a2d58cf19f3b07fdfecb7ee3a41d442a81d (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-e270cd705b4e7520406c306011af22d61dbdd8f3.tar.gz | |
Since the 22th is fixed we can use absolute dates.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release/monthly.md | 22 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release/monthly.md b/doc/release/monthly.md index 1175942cfff..ad60c336e1b 100644 --- a/doc/release/monthly.md +++ b/doc/release/monthly.md @@ -56,23 +56,17 @@ Check if changed since last release (~22nd of last month depending on when last ## Make a release branch -After making the release branch new commits are cherry-picked from master. When the release gets closer we get more selective what is cherry-picked. +After making the release branch new commits are cherry-picked from master. When the release gets closer we get more selective what is cherry-picked. The days of the month are approximately as follows: -* 5 days before release: feature freeze (stop merging new features) -* 4 days before release: UI freeze (stop merging changes to the user interface) -* 3 days before release: code freeze (stop merging non-essential code improvements) -* 2 days before release: release candidate 1 (tag and tweet about x.x.rc1) -* 1 day before release: release candidate 2 (optional, only if rc1 had problems) +* 17th: feature freeze (branch and stop merging new features) +* 18th: UI freeze (stop cherry-picking changes to the user interface) +* 19th: code freeze (stop cherry-picking non-essential code improvements) +* 20th: release candidate 1 (tag and tweet about x.x.rc1) +* 21th: release candidate 2 (optional, only if rc1 had problems) +* 22th: release (update VERSION and CHANGELOG, tag, blog and tweet) # Write a blog post * Mention what GitLab is on the second line: GitLab is open source software to collaborate on code. * Select and thank the the Most Valuable Person (MVP) of this release. -* Note if there are security fixes: This release fixes an important security issue and we advise everyone to upgrade as soon as possible. - -## Last actions - -1. Update VERSION and CHANGELOG -1. Create a git tag vX.X.X -1. Publish the blog post -1. Tweet about the release
\ No newline at end of file +* Add a note if there are security fixes: This release fixes an important security issue and we advise everyone to upgrade as soon as possible. |