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 Drop the conjured up example that's no
longer applicable.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
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
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