Skip to content

Commit efeb8e8

Browse files
lunnyzeripathlafriks
authored
Change the release cycle to match actual situations (go-gitea#16430)
* Change the release cycle to match actual situations * Update CONTRIBUTING.md Co-authored-by: zeripath <art27@cantab.net> Co-authored-by: Lauris BH <lauris@nix.lv>
1 parent e180456 commit efeb8e8

File tree

1 file changed

+8
-6
lines changed

1 file changed

+8
-6
lines changed

CONTRIBUTING.md

+8-6
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
33
## Table of Contents
44

55
- [Contribution Guidelines](#contribution-guidelines)
6+
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
67
- [Introduction](#introduction)
78
- [Bug reports](#bug-reports)
89
- [Discuss your design](#discuss-your-design)
910
- [Testing redux](#testing-redux)
1011
- [Vendoring](#vendoring)
1112
- [Translation](#translation)
13+
- [Building Gitea](#building-gitea)
1214
- [Code review](#code-review)
1315
- [Styleguide](#styleguide)
1416
- [Design guideline](#design-guideline)
@@ -226,18 +228,18 @@ We assume in good faith that the information you provide is legally binding.
226228

227229
We adopted a release schedule to streamline the process of working
228230
on, finishing, and issuing releases. The overall goal is to make a
229-
minor release every two months, which breaks down into one month of
231+
minor release every three or four months, which breaks down into two or three months of
230232
general development followed by one month of testing and polishing
231233
known as the release freeze. All the feature pull requests should be
232-
merged in the first month of one release period. And, during the frozen
233-
period, a corresponding release branch is open for fixes backported from
234-
master. Release candidates are made during this period for user testing to
234+
merged before feature freeze. And, during the frozen period, a corresponding
235+
release branch is open for fixes backported from main branch. Release candidates
236+
are made during this period for user testing to
235237
obtain a final version that is maintained in this branch. A release is
236238
maintained by issuing patch releases to only correct critical problems
237239
such as crashes or security issues.
238240

239-
Major release cycles are bimonthly. They always begin on the 25th and end on
240-
the 24th (i.e., the 25th of December to February 24th).
241+
Major release cycles are seasonal. They always begin on the 25th and end on
242+
the 24th (i.e., the 25th of December to March 24th).
241243

242244
During a development cycle, we may also publish any necessary minor releases
243245
for the previous version. For example, if the latest, published release is

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)