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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -540,19 +540,6 @@ There are a few rules to get your merge request accepted:
See the instructions in that document for help if your MR fails the
"license-finder" test with a "Dependencies that need approval" error.
-## Changes for Stable Releases
-
-Sometimes certain changes have to be added to an existing stable release.
-Two examples are bug fixes and performance improvements. In these cases the
-corresponding merge request should be updated to have the following:
-
-1. A milestone indicating what release the merge request should be merged into.
-1. The label "Pick into Stable"
-
-This makes it easier for release managers to keep track of what still has to be
-merged and where changes have to be merged into.
-Like all merge requests the target should be master so all bugfixes are in master.
-
## Definition of done
If you contribute to GitLab please know that changes involve more than just
diff --git a/PROCESS.md b/PROCESS.md
index 735120a369e..e5f6ab29927 100644
--- a/PROCESS.md
+++ b/PROCESS.md
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
+## GitLab Core Team & GitLab Inc. Team Contributing Process
+
+---
+
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**Table of Contents** *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*
-- [GitLab Contributing Process](#gitlab-contributing-process)
+- [GitLab Core Team Contributing Process](#gitlab-core-team-contributing-process)
- [Purpose of describing the contributing process](#purpose-of-describing-the-contributing-process)
- [Common actions](#common-actions)
- [Merge request coaching](#merge-request-coaching)
- - [Workflow labels](#workflow-labels)
- [Assigning issues](#assigning-issues)
- [Be kind](#be-kind)
- [Feature freeze on the 7th for the release on the 22nd](#feature-freeze-on-the-7th-for-the-release-on-the-22nd)
- [Between the 1st and the 7th](#between-the-1st-and-the-7th)
- [On the 7th](#on-the-7th)
- [After the 7th](#after-the-7th)
+ - [Release retrospective and kickoff](#release-retrospective-and-kickoff)
+ - [Retrospective](#retrospective)
+ - [Kickoff](#kickoff)
- [Copy & paste responses](#copy-&-paste-responses)
- [Improperly formatted issue](#improperly-formatted-issue)
- [Issue report for old version](#issue-report-for-old-version)
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@
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-# GitLab Core Team Contributing Process
+---
## Purpose of describing the contributing process
@@ -153,6 +159,29 @@ release should have the correct milestone assigned _and_ have the label
Merge requests without a milestone and this label will
not be merged into any stable branches.
+## Release retrospective and kickoff
+
+### Retrospective
+
+After each release, we have a retrospective call where we discuss what went well,
+what went wrong, and what we can improve for the next release. The
+[retrospective notes] are public and you are invited to comment on them.
+If you're interested, you can even join the
+[retrospective call][retro-kickoff-call], on the first working day after the
+22nd at 6pm CET / 9am PST.
+
+### Kickoff
+
+Before working on the next release, we have a
+kickoff call to explain what we expect to ship in the next release. The
+[kickoff notes] are public and you are invited to comment on them.
+If you're interested, you can even join the [kickoff call][retro-kickoff-call],
+on the first working day after the 7th at 6pm CET / 9am PST..
+
+[retrospective notes]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nEkM_7Dj4bT21GJy0Ut3By76FZqCfLBmFQNVThmW2TY/edit?usp=sharing
+[kickoff notes]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ElPkZ90A8ey_iOkTvUs_ByMlwKK6NAB2VOK5835wYK0/edit?usp=sharing
+[retro-kickoff-call]: https://gitlab.zoom.us/j/918821206
+
## Copy & paste responses
### Improperly formatted issue