From bbff415a8fcfef5a6c5b001b05abc34b168a9e29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oswaldo Ferreira Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:12:47 -0200 Subject: Improve FF "pick after the 7th" docs --- PROCESS.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/PROCESS.md b/PROCESS.md index 5fc2c4cf1df..aadd6a321f0 100644 --- a/PROCESS.md +++ b/PROCESS.md @@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ picked into the stable branches) up to the 19th of the month. Such merge requests should have the ~"feature flag" label assigned, and don't require a corresponding exception request to be created. +In order to build the final package and present the feature for self-hosted +customers, the feature flag should be removed. This should happen before the +22nd, ideally _at least_ 2 days before. That means MRs with feature +flags being picked at the 19th would have a quite tight schedule, so picking +these _earlier_ is preferable. + While rare, release managers may decide to reject picking a change into a stable branch, even when feature flags are used. This might be necessary if the changes are deemed problematic, too invasive, or there simply isn't enough time to -- cgit v1.2.1