From: Tom Rini Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:34:14 +0000 (-0400) Subject: doc: Add doc/develop/release_cycle.rst X-Git-Url: http://git.dujemihanovic.xyz/html/%7B%7B%20.Permalink%20%7D%7D?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b484ba69f7024b794f68ff917936aead3d74f98;p=u-boot.git doc: Add doc/develop/release_cycle.rst Migrate the RelaseCycle wiki page to Sphinx. In terms of visible changes, we stop having a dynamic countdown to when the release is. And we drop the year-based statistics, that were not being kept up to date. For the moment, we only link to statistics for v2022.07 but will add back the historical data in a subsequent patch. Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt Signed-off-by: Tom Rini --- diff --git a/doc/develop/index.rst b/doc/develop/index.rst index eab00a5538..73741ceb6a 100644 --- a/doc/develop/index.rst +++ b/doc/develop/index.rst @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ General codingstyle designprinciples process + release_cycle Implementation -------------- diff --git a/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst b/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ed11f15b92 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +Release Cycle +============= + +The U-Boot projects attempts to maintain a fixed, predictable Release +Cycle as follows: + +* We will have U-Boot releases at a fixed release interval of (approximately) + every 3 months. + +* Under normal conditions the release date will be the first Monday of the month. + +* Immediately following each release, there will be a "merge window" of + normally 21 days, i. e. if the release was on a Monday, then the merge window + will close on the Monday in the 3rd week after the release. + + While this merge window is open, new features can be added to the U-Boot + source tree. This is further expanded on in the :doc:`process`. + +* After the merge window closes, no new features may be added to allow for a + release candidate phase which is intended to fix bugs and regressions. + +*Note:* While we try to adhere to the release schedule, we will +not hesitate and take the liberty to delay a release if there are +good reasons, for example if there are known bugs or other technical +reasons. The code will be released when it is considered ready +without caring too much about the announced deadline. + +*Note 2:* Even though we follow Linux ways in many respects, there are +differences in the actual procedures, which are documented in the +:doc:`process`. + +Version Numbers +--------------- + +Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases were +changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning into a time stamp +based numbering. Regular releases are now identified by names consisting of +the calendar year and month of the release date. Additional fields are +frequently used to denote the release candidates. They are also used on rare +occasions to note a bug fix release on top of the previous stable release. + +Examples:: + + U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009 + U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Bug fix release 1 on top of the November 2009 release + U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release + +Current Status +-------------- + +* U-Boot v2022.07 was released on Mon 11 July 2022. + +* The Merge Window for the next release (v2022.10) is **open** until -rc1 + release on Mon 25 July 2022. + +* Release "v2022.10" is scheduled for 03 Oct 2022. + +Future Releases +--------------- + +.. The following commented out dates are for when release candidates are + planned to be tagged. + +.. For the next scheduled release, release candidates were made on:: + +.. * U-Boot v2022.10-rc1 was released on Mon 25 July 2022. + +.. * U-Boot v2022.10-rc2 was released on Mon 08 August 2022. + +.. * U-Boot v2022.10-rc3 was released on Mon 22 August 2022. + +.. * U-Boot v2022.10-rc4 was released on Mon 05 September 2022. + +.. * U-Boot v2022.10-rc5 was released on Mon 19 September 2022. + +Please note that the following dates are planned only and may be deviated from +as needed. + +* "v2022.10": end of MW = Mon, Jul 25, 2022; release = Mon, Oct 03, 2022 + +* "v2023.01": end of MW = Mon, Oct 24, 2022; release = Mon, Jan 09, 2023 + +* "v2023.04": end of MW = Mon, Jan 30, 2022; release = Mon, Apr 03, 2023 + +* "v2023.07": end of MW = Mon, Apr 24, 2023; release = Mon, Jul 03, 2023 + +Previous Releases +----------------- + +Note: these statistics are generated by our fork of `gitdm +`_, which was originally created by +Jonathan Corbet. + +* :doc:`statistics/u-boot-stats-v2022.07` which was released on 11 July 2022.