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| author | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2019-05-26 21:35:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2019-05-26 21:53:16 +0200 |
| commit | efeb175a7fc47957ec0d6b3984118638a4199f6d (patch) | |
| tree | e956f48cc9dad2f6789d0afe64e35bbbd2601a48 | |
| parent | b7e56693a937f7fda5d825093bea8952c506ef8c (diff) | |
| download | gnutls-tmp-releases.tar.gz | |
RELEASES.md: document the releases policy [ci skip]tmp-releases
This adds a file to document the policy on releases based on
the discussions taken place in the last face to face meeting.
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/wikis/face2face-meeting-fosdem2019
Signed-off-by: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile.am | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASES.md | 18 |
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 3a20170f6b..081d9f1b3e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ should be introduced to enable the new behavior. When it is necessary, or desireable to enable the new features by default (e.g., TLS1.3 introduction), the "next" releases should be used (and introduced if necessary), to allow the modification to be tested for an -extended amount of time. +extended amount of time (see the [Release policy](RELEASES.md)). # API documentation diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index ffcbc4ee5d..a352ca4dfc 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ endif ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I src/libopts/m4 -I src/gl/m4 -I lib/unistring/m4 --install EXTRA_DIST = cfg.mk maint.mk CONTRIBUTING.md README.md LICENSE AUTHORS NEWS \ - ChangeLog THANKS INSTALL.md + ChangeLog THANKS INSTALL.md RELEASES.md DISTCLEANFILES = AUTHORS @@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ |Branch|CI system|Status|Coverage| |:----:|:-------:|-----:|:------:| -|Master|Gitlab|[](https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commits/master)|[](https://gnutls.gitlab.io/coverage/master)| -|Master|Travis|[](https://travis-ci.org/gnutls/gnutls)|N/A| -|3.5.x|Gitlab|[](https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commits/gnutls_3_5_x)|[](https://gnutls.gitlab.io/coverage/3.5.x)| -|3.5.x|Travis|[](https://travis-ci.org/gnutls/gnutls)|N/A| -|3.3.x|Gitlab|[](https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commits/gnutls_3_3_x)|N/A| +|Master/3.6.x|Gitlab|[](https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commits/master)|[](https://gnutls.gitlab.io/coverage/master)| +|Master/3.6.x|Travis|[](https://travis-ci.org/gnutls/gnutls)|N/A| # GnuTLS -- Information for developers diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c0a840c2c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Release policy + +In the GnuTLS project there are at most two ongoing releases, one marked as +'stable' and one marked as 'next'. The former is always present and +supported, while the latter is introduced on the discretion of the +development team. + +For both release branches all the rules in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) +apply, but in principle the 'stable' release is more conservative in new features, +while the 'next' branch allows for mild behavioral changes. The 'stable' branch +always provides API and ABI compatibility, while the 'next' branch may on exceptional +cases change the API. + + +|Branch|Version|Release interval| +|:----:|:-----:|:--------------:| +|stable|3.6.x |bi-monthly | +|next |- | | |