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Time-based Release Plan

How we manage releases.

1. Theory

Up until version 1.1, Mercurial took a "when it's ready" approach to releases. Starting with version 1.2, we've switched to a consistent calendar-based release schedule. This helps us get bug fixes and new features into our user's hands more quickly, improve our planning process, and keep our development cycles from growing stagnant.

2. Major releases

Mercurial now follows a 4-month cycle with the following release dates:

  • Mar 1st
  • July 1st
  • Nov 1st

In each cycle, we have:

  • -2 weeks: feature freeze, default branch merged into stable
  • -2 weeks: focus moves to bug-stomping
  • -1 week: code freeze
  • 0: major release
  • 1 month: Zero or more bugfix releases

All platforms should aim to have nightly autobuilders tracking the stable branch.

Feature freeze: bug fixes, template fixes, doc fixes, and translation fixes only. Exceptions may be made for code that can be shown to have no regression or design impact (e.g. new convert back-ends).

Code freeze: regression bug fixes, doc fixes and translation fixes only. Exceptions will be made on a case-by-case bases for noteworthy bugs. Doc fixes are discouraged at the end of this period.

3. Minor releases

Minor releases will be made by tagging the current state of the stable branch, which is continually kept in a production-ready state.

Releases will be made in a timely manner for significant behavior regressions, data integrity issues, or security issues.

Barring such issues, minor releases will be made on or about the first of every month that doesn't coincide with a major release.


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TimeBasedReleasePlan (last edited 2022-01-06 08:36:10 by RaphaelGomes)