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# Releases In Progress ## 2.11.2 [[2.11.2 Release Status]] ## 2.12.0 [[2.12.0 Release Status]] # Future Releases Following the 2.11 release, Pulp development will have transitioned almost entirely to working on the upcoming Pulp 3 release. Any releases after Pulp 2.11 will be scheduled as-needed. ## 2.12.1 [[2.12.1 Release Status]] ## 2.13.0 [[2.13.0 Release Status]] # Release Stages **Beta** - Dev believes the release is complete and ready for testing. Any bug fixes related to this release are still acceptable. **Release Candidate** (RC) - Only bug fixes related to regressions, upgrade failures, or similar severity are accepted at this point. **Generally Available** (GA) - Release is generally available in the stable repositories. ## Release Stage Conditions Releases spend a minimum time of one week in a given release stage. Subsequent releases in a given stage do not "reset the clock" on this waiting period. Care is taken to verify release-breaking bugs prior to advancing to the next release stage, which usually adds a few days to the release cycle, preventing "rapid-fire" releases. ### Z Release Beta There are no release candidates for Z releases. Z releases advance directly to GA after testing reveals no new blocking issues, and have passed acceptance testing by QE (including upgrade testing). ### Y Release Beta Y releases advance to RC after testing reveals no new blocking issues, and have passed acceptance testing by QE (not including upgrade testing). ### Y Release RC This release stage cannot advance to GA until the upgrade path from previous versions of pulp is confirmed to be working. # Y Release Cadence Due to the unpredictable timeline of the release schedule once a Beta is released, the Y release cycle begins on the day of the previous **Beta** Y release. While unpredictable, the 12-week period between beta releases should be more than adequate to get that release Generally Available and still allow a few weeks before the next Beta is announced. - week 0: (Y-1 Release) Previous Y release cycle begins with a Beta Release - week 12: (Y Release) Y release cycle begins with a Beta Release - dev branch created for this Y Release, preventing the addition of new features. - build system adapted to build from dev branch - master branch now tracks development for next Y release - beta is built from dev branch - week 12+1?: Y release advances through Beta stage to RC as stage conditions are met. Release schedule is no longer time-based. - week 12+2?: Y release advances through RC phase to GA as stage conditions are met. This release cadence was introduced to coincide with the release of the 2.11.0 Beta on 2016/10/25. If desired, the previous Y release cadence can be seen in the history of this wiki document. # Z Release Cadence The Z release cycle consists of alternating weekly beta and GA releases of bug & security fixes for Generally Available Y releases, built from a dev branch. - week 0: (Z-1) Previous Z GA Release - week 1: Beta Z Release - week 2: GA Z Release Z releases are released as often as possible based on this schedule, but are subject to upgrade testing which often extends the beta period beyond a week. # Version Numbering To the best of our ability, our releases adhere to semantic versioning. The releases in this document correspond to releases that increment a given release component (Y or Z) as defined by semantic versioning: http://semver.org/#spec-item-2 In short, a "Z Release" increments the "Z" release component (e.g. 1.0.0 -\> 1.0.1), and indicates no new features; only bug and security fixes have taken place. A "Y Release" increments the "Y" release component (e.g. 1.0.0 -\> 1.1.0), and indicates that new features have been introduced, but backward-incompatible API changes have not taken place. "X" Releases are not covered by this document. At the moment, they are rare enough as to be handled case-by-case. The next X release, Pulp 3, is currently being actively discussed on the pulp-dev mailing list. If you're interested in participating, go here to subscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pulp-dev # Past Releases Versions listed here have already become Generally Available, and are included here for historical reference. 2.11.2 was the first release to have a release status page in this wiki. [[2.11.2 Release Status]]
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