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[147.147.162.74]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a26sm2100593wmm.14.2019.11.15.06.27.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 06:27:23 -0800 (PST) From: Wei Liu To: Xen Development List Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:27:20 +0000 Message-Id: <20191115142720.5588-1-wl@xen.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.13] docs: adjust xen release cycle text X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Juergen Gross , Lars Kurth , committers@xenproject.org, Wei Liu Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" Fix text about release cycle. Drop the conjured up example that's no longer applicable. Signed-off-by: Wei Liu Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross Acked-by: Jan Beulich --- docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc | 15 +++------------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc b/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc index d6abc90a02..e1aa1eda8f 100644 --- a/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc +++ b/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc @@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ that they can have an idea what to expect from the Release Manager. # Xen release cycle -The Xen hypervisor project now releases twice a year, at the beginning of -June and the beginning of December. The actual release date depends on a lot -of factors. +The Xen hypervisor project now releases every 8 months. The actual release date +depends on a lot of factors. We can roughly divide one release into two periods. The development period -and the freeze period. The former is 4 months long and the latter is about 2 +and the freeze period. The former is 6 months long and the latter is about 2 months long. During development period, contributors submit patches to be reviewed and @@ -34,14 +33,6 @@ During freeze period, the tree is closed for new features. Only bug fixes are accepted. This period can be shorter or longer than 2 months. If it ends up longer than 2 months, it eats into the next development period. -Here is a conjured up example (use ```cal 2017``` to get an idea): - -* Development period: 2017 June 11 - 2017 September 29 - * the "cut-off date" is 2017 September 29 - * the "last posting date" is 2017 September 15 -* Freeze period: 2017 October 2 - 2017 December 7 - * the anticipated release date is 2017 December 7 - # The different roles in a Xen release ## Release Manager