Page History

Status

• 6 September 2016 - The release is complete
• 1 September 2016 - The release is approved by vote
• 26 August 2016 - RC is available at tag 1.35.0-rc
• 17 August 2016 - Beta is available at tag 1.35.0-beta
• 17 August 2016 - The release branch is created at commit 04efcd90

Issues

Distributions

Links

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• 16 August 2016 - The schedule is updated after a three-week delay
• 13 July 2016 - Alpha is available at commit 3475d7e3

Issues

• Features and improvements
• Open bugs
• Fixed bugs

Distributions

• Alpha
• Beta
• RC
• GA

Links

• Release JIRA
• Release branch
• Alpha thread
• Beta thread
• RC thread
• Vote thread
• Vote result
• Announcement

Change approval process

Changes to the release branch require approval. The approval has two parts:

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• 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 - 17 August 2016 27 July 2016, 2 weeks later

• The release branch is created
• Release branch commits require approval
• Release manager produces outstanding bug report
• Trunk opens for development toward the next release
• Preliminary release notes and documentation are available for review

RC - 3 24 August 2016, 1 week later

Additional alphas, betas, or RCs may be inserted as needed.