THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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- Trunk open to Alpha: Developers work at their own discretion
- Alpha to Beta: Major features, improvements, or refactorings need discussion before they can go in; bug fixes are unencumbered
- Beta to RC1: Bug fixes only; exceptions are sometimes made for important improvements that are isolated and small in terms of code delta
- After RC1: Bug fixes for important defects only, such as build failures, regressions, or security vulnerabilitities
Schedule
Alpha: 19 February 5 March
- Major feature integration ends; with approval, certain less disruptive features can be committed
- Trunk remains open for bug fixing
- The alpha release tests the release process after the introduction of major features
Beta: 5 March 19 March, 2 weeks later
- The release branch is created
- Release branch commits require approval
- Trunk opens for development toward the next release
RC1: 12 March 26 March, 1 week later
- Documentation is staged for release
- Preliminary release notes and documentation are available for review
- Release manager produces outstanding bug report
- Only important defects are considered for inclusion
RC2: 19 March 2 April, 1 week later
RC3: 26 March 9 April, 1 week later
- Targeted release date