[PATCH] D95114: HowToReleaseLLVM: Add annual release schedule template

[Louis Dionne via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.

I'm really happy with this, I think it documents an essential aspect of LLVM releases that was not clearly communicated in the past.



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Comment at: llvm/docs/HowToReleaseLLVM.rst:65
 * Send out release candidate sources for first round of testing.  Testing lasts
-  7-10 days.  During the first round of testing, any regressions found should be
+  4 weeks.  During the first round of testing, any regressions found should be
   fixed.  Patches are merged from mainline into the release branch.  Also, all
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thieta wrote:
> how do we get to 4 weeks here? is it 4 weeks since the first RC until release? In that case it should be 6 weeks I think?
Yeah, I think it makes more sense to say that testing is 6 weeks, since concretely testing will happen during the entire period between the branch point and the `-final` being tagged.


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