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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 /RELEASES.md | |
| parent | b7e56693a937f7fda5d825093bea8952c506ef8c (diff) | |
| download | gnutls-efeb175a7fc47957ec0d6b3984118638a4199f6d.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>
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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 |- | | |