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diff --git a/PROCESS.md b/PROCESS.md index 3b97a4e8c75..2b3d142bf77 100644 --- a/PROCESS.md +++ b/PROCESS.md @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ information, see ### After the 7th -Once the stable branch is frozen, only fixes for regressions (bugs introduced in that same release) +Once the stable branch is frozen, only fixes for [regressions](#regressions) and security issues will be cherry-picked into the stable branch. Any merge requests cherry-picked into the stable branch for a previous release will also be picked into the latest stable branch. These fixes will be shipped in the next RC for that release if it is before the 22nd. @@ -158,6 +158,24 @@ 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. +### Regressions + +A regression for a particular monthly release is a bug that exists in that +release, but wasn't present in the release before. This includes bugs in +features that were only added in that monthly release. Every regression **must** +have the milestone of the release it was introduced in - if a regression doesn't +have a milestone, it might be 'just' a bug! + +For instance, if 10.5.0 adds a feature, and that feature doesn't work correctly, +then this is a regression in 10.5. If 10.5.1 then fixes that, but 10.5.3 somehow +reintroduces the bug, then this bug is still a regression in 10.5. + +Because GitLab.com runs release candidates of new releases, a regression can be +reported in a release before its 'official' release date on the 22nd of the +month. When we say 'the most recent monthly release', this can refer to either +the version currently running on GitLab.com, or the most recent version +available in the package repositories. + ## Release retrospective and kickoff ### Retrospective |