From a5a3ae52d423dd7006a5b3358c7c10008f63cb44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew DeVault Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:26:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md Update release cycle to be a bit slower with RCs --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 1223ebea..dc9079e9 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ the release. Only developers are encouraged to run this version. **Release candidate**: at some point (usually when development is fairly quiet), SirCmpwn will announce an upcoming release candidate, often 2 weeks in advance. When the two weeks are up, a branch is cut (i.e. 0.8-rc1) and from -that point only bugfixes land in this branch. Each morning, if bugfixes landed -during the previous day, a new RC is cut. During the RC phase, more adventurous -users are encouraged to upgrade and start looking for and reporting bugs -(especially in new features). +that point only bugfixes land in this branch. Each week, if bugfixes landed +during the week, a new RC is cut. During the RC phase, more adventurous users +are encouraged to upgrade and start looking for and reporting bugs (especially +in new features). **Stable release**: when no substantial changes are merged into an RC for one week, it's released as a new stable version of sway. At this point, all users