From: Wei Liu Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:27:20 +0000 (+0000) Subject: docs: adjust xen release cycle text X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/4.14.0+80-gd101b417b7-1+rpi1^2~63^2~1178 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b92a286cfb72eacbc988b500f4bb04dbe6bedc0c;p=xen.git docs: adjust xen release cycle text Fix text about release cycle. Drop the conjured up example that's no longer applicable. Signed-off-by: Wei Liu Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross Release-acked-by: Juergen Gross Acked-by: Jan Beulich --- 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