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diff --git a/Documentation/release-schedule.txt b/Documentation/release-schedule.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cca3bca --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/release-schedule.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Release schedule +---------------- + +The util-linux package uses the <major>.<minor>.<maintenance> version +numbering scheme. Since the major version is pretty much fixed, any +release means an increment of the minor number. The minor version is +incremented roughly twice per year. The easiest way to estimate when +the next version will appear, is to look at the time stamp of the last +release. + +Before each release there are a few release candidates, which will be +collectively tested. During the test period changes to the code base +are restricted. Usually there are two release candidates. + + what length what will be accepted into upstream + --------------------------------------------------------- + rc1 1-2 weeks bug fixes only + rc2 1-2 weeks translations, fatal/trivial bug fixes + +The period between a release and the next release candidate can be considered +as the merge window. + +The release tarball is generated by "make distcheck" command. + +Release criteria +---------------- + +For all releases it is required that: + + - make checkincludes passes + - make checkconfig passes + - make distcheck passes + - cd tests && ./run.sh passes + - an out-of-tree build works + (cd .. && mkdir build && cd build && ../util-linux/configure && make) + + - ideally: a build with uClibc works, and --with-slang works + +See also +-------- + +../README |