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## Release Cycle
There are three stages of a sway release. Say the current stable version is
0.7. The master branch of sway is working towards becoming the 0.8 release. 0.8
will go through each of these three stages:
The master branch of sway is always working towards becoming the next release.
That release will go through each of these three stages:
**In development**: during this time 0.8 lives in the master branch and is
considered unstable. All pull requests merged during this time will land in sway
0.8.
**In development**: during this time the release lives in the master branch and
is considered unstable. All pull requests merged during this time will land in
this version. 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
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 bugfix pull requests land in this branch. Each morning, if
bugfixes landed in 0.8 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).
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).
**Stable release**: when no substantial changes are merged into an RC for 1
week, it's released as a new stable version of Sway. At this point, all users
**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
are encouraged to upgrade.
## Pull Requests