diff options
| author | Sytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com> | 2013-12-27 13:15:07 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Sytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com> | 2013-12-27 13:15:07 +0000 |
| commit | 3333d8b87b157baa3420a1028257b93cdb1ef993 (patch) | |
| tree | 19844d6a5c444278b18e20925dcf39c2cc6f8ab3 | |
| parent | 3998bb3abad41abf6ba67ee04c37bdfc48e9313e (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-3333d8b87b157baa3420a1028257b93cdb1ef993.tar.gz | |
Include release candidates in the monthly release process.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release/monthly.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release/monthly.md b/doc/release/monthly.md index 1e56e080675..b96ae211812 100644 --- a/doc/release/monthly.md +++ b/doc/release/monthly.md @@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ Check if changed since last release (~22nd of last month depending on when last After making the release branch new commits are cherry-picked from master. When the release gets closer we get more selective what is cherry-picked. -* 5 days before release: feature freeze -* 3 days before release: UI freeze -* 1 day before release: code freeze +* 5 days before release: feature freeze (stop merging new features) +* 4 days before release: UI freeze (stop merging changes to the user interface) +* 3 days before release: code freeze (stop merging non-essential code improvements) +* 2 days before release: release candidate 1 (tag and tweet about x.x.rc1) +* 1 day before release: release candidate 2 (optional, only if rc1 had problems) # Write a blog post @@ -73,4 +75,4 @@ After making the release branch new commits are cherry-picked from master. When 1. Update VERSION and CHANGELOG 1. Create a git tag vX.X.X 1. Publish the blog post -1. Tweet about the release +1. Tweet about the release
\ No newline at end of file |