Current release strategy

Release strategy:

• Stable releases are created on a time schedule: every six months
• Release Candidate 1 is built two weeks after RC0
• Release Candidate 2 is built two weeks after RC1
• Final Release is built two weeks after RC2

The Project Steering Committee (PSC) can postpone a release by vote on the mailing list.

Branch strategy:

• Trunk is for development and is automatically built with uneven version numbers
• Even numbered branch is created from trunk on code freeze (version RC0)
• Automated builds based on trunk will use the next uneven version number immediately after code freeze
• Fixes are committed to both trunk and even numbered branch
• Release Candidates are built from the even numbered branch

For releasing files on sourceforge.net follow ​these instructions (release manager only)

Uploading can be done through SCP with the following command: scp FILE jsmith@frs.sourceforge.net:uploads

Comments & new questions

• We don't have automatic build system.
• Where to annouce even/uneven release ?
• Where to release even/uneven release ? Separate folders ?
• What's an "unstable" or alpha release ?
• When is alpha release made ?

Proposal

Release strategy for stable release:

• Stable releases are created on a time schedule: every six months
• Stable releases are using even numbered branch created from trunk on code freeze (version RC0)
• Release Candidate 1 is built two weeks after RC0
• Release Candidate 2 is built two weeks after RC1
• Final Release is built two weeks after RC2
• Stable releases are published in the main "!GeoNetwork_opensource" folder in sourceforge
• Stable releases are annouced on user and devel mailing lists

The Project Steering Committee (PSC) can postpone a stable release by vote on the mailing list.

Between two stable releases, one or more alpha releases could be created. Alpha releases can be unstable.

Release strategy for alpha release:

• Alpha releases are created after major proposals have been added to trunk (feature based strategy)
• Alpha releases are based on trunk and are built with uneven version numbers
• Alpha releases are published in the "Unstable_GeoNetwork_opensource" folder
• Alpha releases are annouced on devel mailing lists only

Fixes are committed to both trunk and even numbered branch

For releasing files on sourceforge.net :

• follow ​these instructions (release manager only)