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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 Drop the conjured up example that's no longer applicable.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 <wl@xen.org> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Release-acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
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# Xen release cycle
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The Xen hypervisor project now releases twice a year, at the beginning of
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June and the beginning of December. The actual release date depends on a lot
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of factors.
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The Xen hypervisor project now releases every 8 months. The actual release date
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depends on a lot of factors.
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We can roughly divide one release into two periods. The development period
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and the freeze period. The former is 4 months long and the latter is about 2
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and the freeze period. The former is 6 months long and the latter is about 2
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months long.
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During development period, contributors submit patches to be reviewed and
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@@ -34,14 +33,6 @@ During freeze period, the tree is closed for new features. Only bug fixes are
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accepted. This period can be shorter or longer than 2 months. If it ends up
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longer than 2 months, it eats into the next development period.
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Here is a conjured up example (use ```cal 2017``` to get an idea):
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* Development period: 2017 June 11 - 2017 September 29
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* the "cut-off date" is 2017 September 29
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* the "last posting date" is 2017 September 15
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* Freeze period: 2017 October 2 - 2017 December 7
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* the anticipated release date is 2017 December 7
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# The different roles in a Xen release
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## Release Manager
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