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Mahara creates 2 major releases per year (April: XX.04.0, and October: XX.10.0). We also create 'minor point' releases when we need to add urgent fixes and security updates (e.g. XX.04.1, XX.04.2 etc).  Doing minor point releases is slightly different to doing a major release. On a major release, we apply any security and bug fixes that are included in the release as a minor point ''update'' to other supported versions. Minor point ''releases'' are for security fixes or urgent bug fixes - these happen between major releases.

==Overview==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
!'''STAGES'''
!'''Release Candidate'''
!'''Major release''' 
'''(XX.XX.0)'''
!'''Minor point release''' 
'''(XX.XX.1 etc)'''
|-
|'''1. Release prep'''
|RC Prep
|'''[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Pre-release|Major Prep]]'''
|Minor Prep
|-
|'''2. The Release''' - Outcome: zip file is on Launchpad (3 minor points + a major release)
|'''[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_Candidate|RC Release]]'''
|'''[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_day|Major Release]]'''
|[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Minor Release|'''Minor Release''']]
|-
|'''3. Release follow-up admin'''  - forums, bug report updating, admin etc
|'''[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_Candidate_Follow_Up|RC Follow up]]'''
|✅
|✅
|-
|'''4. Community site upgrades'''
|NA
|✅
|NA
|-
|'''5. Minor point updates''' for all supported versions and clients who have paid for that support package
|NA
|✅
|✅
|-
|'''6. Retro workshop'''
|NA
|✅
|NA
|}

==Links to documentation==

#A week before the release: [[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Comms|Comms]]
#[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Pre-release|Pre-release steps for developers]]
#[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_day|Release day steps for developers]]

====Extra info for devs====

*[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Creating_a_GPG_key|Creating a GPG key]]
*[[Developer Area/Version Numbering Policy|Version Numbering policy]]
*[[Developer Area/Release Policy|Release Policy]]


'''OLD DOCUMENTATION (Beware: only kept for posterity)'''

*[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Old Major Release|Old Major release]]
*[[Developer Area/Old release Instructions|Old release instructions]]
*[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Old Release script|Old Release script]]

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