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[tor-commits] [tor/master] doc: Minor restructure for Release Lifecycle
commit 6db2e59f2057951d4a9bbd3dfc15509eb9afa51b
Author: teor <teor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Apr 3 22:06:27 2020 +1000
doc: Minor restructure for Release Lifecycle
* make end and beginning of life into second-level sections
* write an intro for beginning
* tweak intro for end
---
doc/HACKING/ReleaseSeriesLifecycle.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/HACKING/ReleaseSeriesLifecycle.md b/doc/HACKING/ReleaseSeriesLifecycle.md
index 4d223af18..44a226fd9 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING/ReleaseSeriesLifecycle.md
+++ b/doc/HACKING/ReleaseSeriesLifecycle.md
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-## End of Life on an old release series
+# Release Series Lifecycle
+
+
+## End Of Life On An Old Release Series
Here are the steps that the maintainer should take when an old Tor release
-series reaches End of Life. Note that they are _only_ for an entire series
-that has reached its planned EOL: they do not apply to security-related
-deprecations of individual versions.
+series reaches End of Life.
+
+Note that they are _only_ for an entire series that has reached its planned
+EOL: they do not apply to security-related deprecations of individual
+patch versions.
### 1. Preliminaries
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ deprecations of individual versions.
packagers.
-### 2. On the day
+### 2. On The Day
1. Open tickets to remove the release from:
- the jenkins builds
@@ -72,8 +77,13 @@ deprecations of individual versions.
12. Finally, make sure this document is up to date with our latest
process.
+## Starting A New Release Series
+
+Here are the steps that the maintainer should take to start new maint and
+release branches for a stable release.
-### 3. Starting a new release series.
+Note that they are _only_ for an entire series, when it first becomes stable:
+they do not apply to security-related patch release versions.
(Ideally, do this immediately after a release.)
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