Release Management¶

TODO: Now that we have reached 1.0, this process needs to be updated to conform to Semantic Versioning

This page will outline how releases will be handled

Major Release (x.0.0)¶

Redmine currently doesn't do Major releases (pre-1.0.0).

Minor Release (0.x.0)¶

Minor releases can break backwards compatibility.

Changes allowed¶

• New features
• Bug fixes
• Security fixes
• Database migrations

Changes not allowed¶

None at this moment.

Point Release (0.0.x)¶

Point releases shouldn't break backwards compatibility.

Changes allowed¶

• Simple new features
• Bug fixes
• Security fixes

Changes not allowed¶

• New features with a lot of changes
• Database migrations

References¶

http://www.redmine.org/issues/show/1901#note-14