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diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst index 688ce545fb..b8e298dd3c 100644 --- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst +++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ March/July/November. Walking backwards from this date: version. Once the release is done, whatever updates we make to changelog files on the release branch need to be cherry-picked to the master branch. + Update essential dates in advance for reference table (below) when + the next freeze, dev/X.Y, RC, and release phases are scheduled. This should + go in the ``master`` branch. + - 2 weeks earlier, a ``frr-X.Y-rc`` release candidate is tagged. .. code-block:: console @@ -163,15 +167,29 @@ as early as possible, i.e. the first 2-week window. For reference, the expected release schedule according to the above is: +---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ -| Release | 2022-07-05 | 2022-11-01 | 2023-03-07 | 2023-07-04 | 2023-10-31 | +| Release | 2023-03-07 | 2023-07-04 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-02-27 | 2024-06-25 | +---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ -| RC | 2022-06-21 | 2022-10-18 | 2023-02-21 | 2023-06-20 | 2023-10-17 | +| RC | 2023-02-21 | 2023-06-20 | 2023-10-17 | 2024-02-13 | 2024-06-11 | +---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ -| dev/X.Y | 2022-06-07 | 2022-10-04 | 2023-02-07 | 2023-06-06 | 2023-10-03 | +| dev/X.Y | 2023-02-07 | 2023-06-06 | 2023-10-03 | 2024-01-30 | 2024-05-28 | +---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ -| freeze | 2022-05-24 | 2022-09-20 | 2023-01-24 | 2023-05-23 | 2023-09-19 | +| freeze | 2023-01-24 | 2023-05-23 | 2023-09-19 | 2024-01-16 | 2024-05-14 | +---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ +Here is the hint on how to get the dates easily: + + .. code-block:: console + + ~$ # Last freeze date was 2023-09-19 + ~$ date +%F --date='2023-09-19 +119 days' # Next freeze date + 2024-01-16 + ~$ date +%F --date='2024-01-16 +14 days' # Next dev/X.Y date + 2024-01-30 + ~$ date +%F --date='2024-01-30 +14 days' # Next RC date + 2024-02-13 + ~$ date +%F --date='2024-02-13 +14 days' # Next Release date + 2024-02-27 + Each release is managed by one or more volunteer release managers from the FRR community. These release managers are expected to handle the branch for a period of one year. To spread and distribute this workload, this should be rotated for |