At the end of 2020, master freezing was replaced by a move to a delivery and release branch mechanism. This started from Apache NetBeans 11.1, and retrospectively designated Apache NetBeans 11.0 as an LTS release.Īt the end of 2019 the schedule was shifted back by one month, to avoid the end of year period. In 2019 there was a decision to move towards a time-based, quarterly release schedule for Apache NetBeans releases. All fixes merged to delivery after the feature-freeze date should be assessed and reviewed in accordance with the Bug Priority Guidelines.The delivery branch will be merged to both master and release branches on a weekly schedule. After the feature freeze date, fixes intended for the release should be merged to delivery until the next feature window opens.Merging earlier rather than later in the merge window is to be encouraged!.Everything merged to master at all times prior to feature freeze is intended and ready to be included in the next scheduled release.Features may be targeted for releases, but no promises are made of features being included unless they have been merged to master by that date.

Each release has a fixed and well known feature-freeze date.

Four releases a year on known dates (within reason, weekends, blockers, etc.).Voting candidate created and release vote commences.

Weekly Release Candidate made available for testing.

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