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  1. Invitation of proposals for features, enhancement requests - approved till M0
  2. Blueprints/Design/Architectural approval cut-off date (4 months before release date)
  3. Code delivery cut-off date (2 months before release date) - till M4
  4. Branch cut-off date (1 month before release date)
  5. Stabilize the branch and build daily builds for 1 month
  6. Release the stable build as Community Release
  7. Post release notes to the docs.tungsten.io
  8. Build weekly/bi-weekly if any change committed to the branch

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Milestones goal and acceptance criteria

MilestoneGoal of the Milestone Description of the Milestone - acceptance criteria
M0Declaration of participation in the release, initial scope of the release
  • Blueprint proposal represented as a Jira EPIC ticket
  • Feature lead assigned to Jira Epic ticket - declaration of participation in the simultaneous release
  • The initial version of Increment Blueprint stored on Github/tf-spec/Release folder,
  • The blueprint presented, discussed, and approved by related committers 
  • Release Scope Overview updated accordingly
  • The initial version of the Release Plan for the project presented
  • Dependencies between projects/components/areas identified
M1

Identification of dependencies between modules and new functionalities,
release plan for new functionality 

  • All dependencies between existing functionality and requested change/feature discussed and agreed by PTL and related approvers (based on Modules/Committers)
  • Jira Epic ticket broke down into stories in related Jira project (backlog, plan) - presented and discussed on TWS meeting
  • The final version of Blueprints, Release Scope and Release Plans for participating projects discussed and approved by approvers
M2

Feature/Functionality

technical design freeze

  • Technical design fully provided, agreed (documentation on the Confluence/Github/tf-spec available)
  • Jira Epic ticket updated with a link to technical design
  • Documentation started
  • Feature tests started
  • Feature/Functionality Freeze - Technical Design approved by relevant approvers (Modules/Committers)
M3

API freeze (beta available)

  • External API available for beta-tests
  • Jira Epic ticket updated with information about API availability (documentation link - tf repo)
  • Documentation in progress
  • Tests in progress
  • API Freeze confirmed by Feature Lead (comment on Jira Epic ticket with repo/commit ID link)
M4

Code freeze - only bug fixing allowed

  • all functionality and APIs available for testing
  • Jira Epic ticket updated with information about final API documentation, executed UI tests documentation
  • Documentation provided - confirmed by Documentation project PTL
  • Code freeze confirmed by Feature Lead (comment on Jira Epic ticket) - only bug fixing allowed
RC0

Release candidates freeze 

- branch stabilization 

  • Release candidates agreed, approved, tested
  • System tests conducted, quality confirmed by CI/CD PTL
  • Final documentation provided, reviewed, approved by Documentation PTL
  • Marketing information provided to Marketing Advisory Council
  • release branch cut off - branch stabilization from now on
  • Release Candidates freeze, confirmed by PTL and TSC
DeploymentRelease deployment

official deployment executed



Release Cadence, Life Time & Support

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