[ 1 The Release Cycle ] [ 2 The Release Roadmap ] [ 3 Released Artifacts ]

The Release Cycle

openIMIS is released twice a year. The plan is to have a new release out in April and October every year. For each release cycle there is a fixed sequence of phases that the software has to pass:

Phase	Activities	April	October	Platform

Phase	Activities	April	October	Platform
Freeze	Feature freeze	end of February	end of August	github
Alpha	IT Testing	two weeks		release
Beta	User acceptance testing & bugfixing	one month		release
RC	Final release candidate	two weeks		release
GA	General availability - release date	by end of April	by end of October	demo

The Release Roadmap

These are the timelines of the openIMIS releases:

Released Artifacts

Release planning calls

Purpose	Co-ordinate maintenance activities
Frequency	Every Tuesday (13:00 UTC) – mainly during release cycles
Duration	Max 1 hour
Room	Jitsi Meet
Contributors	Team lead of the maintenance team
Audience	Closed
Scope	Check release status and contract budget
Minutes	Release documentation: Releases

Releases

The Release Cycle

The Release Roadmap

Released Artifacts

Release planning calls

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