diff --git a/doc/release/monthly.md b/doc/release/monthly.md index 1e56e080675d93ddea1611fc3efff7f6bc8933d5..b96ae2118124ba6908195b1feec8c2fa2f63938f 100644 --- a/doc/release/monthly.md +++ b/doc/release/monthly.md @@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ Check if changed since last release (~22nd of last month depending on when last After making the release branch new commits are cherry-picked from master. When the release gets closer we get more selective what is cherry-picked. -* 5 days before release: feature freeze -* 3 days before release: UI freeze -* 1 day before release: code freeze +* 5 days before release: feature freeze (stop merging new features) +* 4 days before release: UI freeze (stop merging changes to the user interface) +* 3 days before release: code freeze (stop merging non-essential code improvements) +* 2 days before release: release candidate 1 (tag and tweet about x.x.rc1) +* 1 day before release: release candidate 2 (optional, only if rc1 had problems) # Write a blog post @@ -73,4 +75,4 @@ After making the release branch new commits are cherry-picked from master. When 1. Update VERSION and CHANGELOG 1. Create a git tag vX.X.X 1. Publish the blog post -1. Tweet about the release +1. Tweet about the release \ No newline at end of file