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## Release Cycle
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## Release Cycle
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There are three stages of a sway release. Say the current stable version is
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The master branch of sway is always working towards becoming the next release.
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0.7. The master branch of sway is working towards becoming the 0.8 release. 0.8
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That release will go through each of these three stages:
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will go through each of these three stages:
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**In development**: during this time 0.8 lives in the master branch and is
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**In development**: during this time the release lives in the master branch and
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considered unstable. All pull requests merged during this time will land in sway
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is considered unstable. All pull requests merged during this time will land in
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0.8.
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this version. Only developers are encouraged to run this version.
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**Release candidate**: at some point (usually when development is fairly quiet),
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**Release candidate**: at some point (usually when development is fairly quiet),
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@SirCmpwn will announce an upcoming release candidate (often 2 weeks in
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SirCmpwn will announce an upcoming release candidate (often 2 weeks in
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advance). When the two weeks are up, a branch is cut (i.e. 0.8-rc1) and from
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advance). When the two weeks are up, a branch is cut (i.e. 0.8-rc1) and from
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that point only bugfix pull requests land in this branch. Each morning, if
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that point only bugfix pull requests land in this branch. Each morning, if
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bugfixes landed in 0.8 during the previous day, a new RC is cut. During the RC
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bugfixes landed during the previous day, a new RC is cut. During the RC phase,
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phase, more adventurous users are encouraged to upgrade and start looking for
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more adventurous users are encouraged to upgrade and start looking for and
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and reporting bugs (especially in new features).
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reporting bugs (especially in new features).
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**Stable release**: when no substantial changes are merged into an RC for 1
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**Stable release**: when no substantial changes are merged into an RC for one
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week, it's released as a new stable version of Sway. At this point, all users
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week, it's released as a new stable version of sway. At this point, all users
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are encouraged to upgrade.
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are encouraged to upgrade.
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## Pull Requests
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## Pull Requests
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