0.22 Release

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Status

  • 13 June 2013: 0.22 is generally available
  • 3 June 2013: RC6 is approved for release
  • 26 May 2013: Proposed final RC6 is available at revision 1486100
  • 22 May 2013: Proposed final RC5 is available at revision 1485215
  • 16 May 2013: Proposed final RC4 is available at revision 1483543
  • 9 May 2013: RC3 is available at revision 1480717 of the release branch
  • 23 April 2013: RC2 is available at revision 1470549 of the release branch
  • 5 April 2013: RC1 is available at revision 1464657 of the release branch
  • 24 March 2013: Beta is available at revision 1460488 of the release branch
  • 24 March 2013: The release branch is created at revision 1460483
  • 11 March 2013: Alpha is cut at revision 1455236 of trunk
  • 19 February 2013: Alpha is postponed to 4 March
  • 19 November 2012: Trunk is open for 0.22 development at revision 1411381

Issues

Distributions

Criteria for accepting changes at each stage of the release

  • Trunk open to Alpha: Developers work at their own discretion
  • Alpha to Beta: Major features, improvements, or refactorings need discussion before they can go in; bug fixes are unencumbered
  • Beta to RC1: Bug fixes only; exceptions are sometimes made for important improvements that are isolated and small in terms of code delta
  • RC1, RC2, ..., GA: Bug fixes for important defects only, such as build failures, regressions, or security vulnerabilitities

Schedule

13 February 4 March

  • Alpha
  • Major feature integration ends; with approval, certain less disruptive features can be committed
  • Trunk remains open for bug fixing
  • The alpha release tests the release process after the introduction of major features

27 February 18 March, 2 weeks later

  • Beta
  • The release branch is created
  • Trunk opens for development toward the next release
  • Release branch commits require approval
  • Release manager produces outstanding bug report and triages bugs

13 March 1 April, 2 weeks later

  • RC1
  • Documentation is staged for release
  • Preliminary release notes are available for comment

20 March 8 April, 1 week later

  • RC2

27 March 15 April, 1 week later

  • RC3
  • Targeted release date
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