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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:01:27 -0000
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The "CuttingReleases" page has been changed by brianleroux:
http://wiki.apache.org/cordova/CuttingReleases?action=3Ddiff&rev1=3D1&rev2=
=3D2

  A official source release contains code for each Apache Cordova platform,=
 the documentation and various other artifacts. =

  =

  {{{
+ =

-   /
+  /
+  |- NOTICE ...... any additional license info
+  |- bin/ ........ the cordova binaries for building apps!
+  |- doc/ ........ compiled cordova-docs
+  |- keys ........ signing keys
+  |- license ..... the asl
+  |- readme.md ... quick readme
+  |- src/ ........ export all platform src dirs
+  '- version ..... version txt
+ =

-   |-doc/ ........... source documentation
-   |-lib/ ........... platform code for supported operating systems
-   | |-android/
-   | |-bada/
-   | |-blackberry/
-   | |-ios/
-   | |-symbian/
-   | |-webos/
-   | '-windows/
-   |-changelog ..... a changelog compiled from comments and authors
-   |-license ....... the Apache Software License v2
-   |-version ....... release version in plain text
-   '-readme.md ..... release readme
  }}}
  =

- =3D=3D Notifying the Community =3D=3D
+ The {{{/bin/}}} is what you want if you want to start building apps with =
Cordova.
  =

- The Apache Cordova community aims to prepare releases monthly. Discussion=
 for a release should happen on the mailing list.
+ {{{
  =

- =3D=3D Packaging a Release for Testing =3D=3D
+ /
+ |-android/
+ |-bada/
+ |-blackberry/
+ |-ios/
+ |-symbian/
+ |-webos/
+ '-windows/
  =

- TODO
+ }}}
  =

- =3D=3D =

+ =3D=3D Release Philosophy =3D=3D
  =

+ The Apache Cordova community aims to prepare releases monthly. Discussion=
 for a release always happens on the mailing list. =

+ =

+ We follow a rolling releases (sometimes called the Train Model) philosoph=
y, which is to say, we value consistent release cadence as a priority over =
aiming to cram a particular issue, bug or feature to a particular date. Eac=
h minor release tends to be loosely themed on a generally agreed upon goal =
for the project. Bugs always take priority over new shiny. =

+ =

+ Early in the project we stalled on 0.8.0 for almost a year, and as a resu=
lt our community worked off the edge, making issue tracking very difficult,=
 cascading into a host of predicability and reliability issues, jeopardizin=
g the community. In 2009, when IBM joined the effort with Nitobi, we starte=
d releasing once a month, rolling issues over to the next minor.
+ =

+ We have recently, in the past year or so, started tagging Release Candida=
tes about a week before the expected ship for minor release (such as 1.5.0r=
c1) which tends to tease out more bugs and avoid the embarrassing patch rel=
ease. (1.4.1 comes to mind.)
+ =

+ =3D=3D=3D 2012 **Estimated** Release Schedule =3D=3D=3D
+ =

+ - 1.6.x, Mar 30
+ - 1.7.x, Apr 30
+ - 1.8.x, May 28
+ - 1.9.x, Jun 25
+ - 2.0.x, Jul 30
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