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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2014-10-10 10:39:01 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2014-10-10 10:39:01 +0200
commit4f3ba55ed1934fa5882ea010c7077d160d3c0bee (patch)
tree15e3c9e0f1654fb3dc0043ef01f1e0aec566d4ba
parent734fdb084243590b023b6e75f5f6b9d8419ca948 (diff)
RELEASE-PROCEDURE: better markdown, more content
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diff --git a/docs/RELEASE-PROCEDURE b/docs/RELEASE-PROCEDURE
index 86fcef4fc..2f85b3fb7 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE-PROCEDURE
+++ b/docs/RELEASE-PROCEDURE
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@
curl release procedure - how to do a release
============================================
-[in the source code repo]
+in the source code repo
+-----------------------
-- edit RELEASE-NOTES to be accurate
+- edit `RELEASE-NOTES` to be accurate
-- update docs/THANKS
+- update `docs/THANKS`
- make sure all relevant changes are committed on the master branch
-- tag the git repo in this style: 'git tag -a curl-7_34_0'. -a annotates the
+- tag the git repo in this style: `git tag -a curl-7_34_0`. -a annotates the
tag and we use underscores instead of dots in the version number.
- run "./maketgz 7.34.0" to build the release tarballs. It is important that
@@ -29,11 +30,14 @@ curl release procedure - how to do a release
- upload the 8 resulting files to the primary download directory
-[data in the curl-www repo]
+in the curl-www repo
+--------------------
-- edit Makefile (version number and date),
- _newslog.html (announce the new release) and
- _changes.html (insert changes+bugfixes from RELEASE-NOTES)
+- edit `Makefile` (version number and date),
+
+- edit `_newslog.html` (announce the new release) and
+
+- edit `_changes.html` (insert changes+bugfixes from RELEASE-NOTES)
- commit all local changes
@@ -43,11 +47,48 @@ curl release procedure - how to do a release
(the web site then updates its contents automatically)
-[inform]
+inform
+------
- send an email to curl-users, curl-announce and curl-library. Insert the
RELEASE-NOTES into the mail.
-[celebrate]
+celebrate
+---------
- suitable beverage intake is encouraged for the festivities
+
+curl release scheduling
+=======================
+
+Basics
+------
+
+We do releases every 8 weeks on Wednesdays. If critical problems arise, we can
+insert releases outside of the schedule or we can move the release date - but
+this is very rare.
+
+Each 8 week release cycle is split in two 4-week periods.
+
+- During the first 4 weeks after a release, we allow new features and changes
+ to curl and libcurl. If we accept any such changes, we bump the minor number
+ used for the next release.
+
+- During the second 4-week period we do not merge any features or changes, we
+ then only focus on fixing bugs and polishing things to make a solid coming
+ release.
+
+Coming dates
+------------
+
+Based on the description above, here are some planned release dates (at the
+time of this writing):
+
+- November 5, 2014 (version 7.39.0)
+- December 31, 2014
+- February 25, 2015
+- April 22, 2015
+- June 17, 2015
+- August 12, 2015
+- October 7, 2015
+- December 2, 2015