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Introduction

Following introduction is only draft and it is to be reviewed by experienced Igniters.

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Moving scope freeze and code freeze dates may be maybe not the best option since a lot of contributors synchronize their efforts to make feature completed by particular moment.

See also Release manager Notes, ; it contains some instructions for a release manager.

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Difference between this and the following phase: it is not possible to move in-progress tickets to a next release because branches not diverged.

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This phase is some time to complete implementation of features in from the initial scope. In parallel with implementation, some less important essential fixes and features are moved to the next release. 

End of rampdown is code freeze. Code freeze is based on dates, but the actual time of freeze is determined by announcing.

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Note blockers here is not only a critical bug, but an issue in the product which makes product unstable or non-functioning, performance drop has proven by a benchmark, a security issue, or a regression of existing features.

P4. Voting

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Sending Release For Vote

After the community agrees that the codebase is ready for a release, release manager should send the release for a vote.

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