0.26 Release

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Status

• 12 November 2013: The release branch is created at revision 1541273
• 24 October 2013: Alpha is available at revision 1535277 of trunk
• 17 July 2013: Trunk is open at revision 1504342

Issues

Distributions

Alpha

http://people.apache.org/~jross/qpid-0.26-alpha/

Links

Release branch	https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/branches/0.26/
Release jira	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-5255
Alpha test output	http://people.apache.org/~jross/qpid-0.26-alpha-testing.txt

Criteria for accepting changes

• 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

16 October

• Alpha
• 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

30 October 6 November, 2 weeks later

• Beta
• The release branch is created
• Trunk opens for development toward the next release
• Release branch commits require approval
• Release manager produces outstanding bug report and triages bugs

13 November 20 November, 2 weeks later

• RC1
• Documentation is staged for release
• Preliminary release notes are available for comment

20 November 27 November, 1 week later

• RC2

27 November 4 December, 1 week later

• RC3
• Targeted release date