1Release Processes
2=================
3
4Project Release Cadence
5-----------------------
6
7The project currently aims to do a release once every 6 months which will be
8tagged on the master branch. There will be a code freeze (stop merging
9non-essential changes) up to 4 weeks prior to the target release date. The release
10candidates will start appearing after this and only bug fixes or updates
11required for the release will be merged. The maintainers are free to use their
12judgement on what changes are essential for the release. A release branch may be
13created after code freeze if there are significant changes that need merging onto
14the integration branch during the merge window.
15
16The release testing will be performed on release candidates and depending on
17issues found, additional release candidates may be created to fix the issues.
18
19::
20
21                            |<----------6 months---------->|
22            |<---4 weeks--->|              |<---4 weeks--->|
23       +-----------------------------------------------------------> time
24            |               |              |               |
25         code freeze       ver w.x       code freeze     ver y.z
26
27
28Upcoming Releases
29~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
30
31These are the estimated dates for the upcoming release. These may change
32depending on project requirement and partner feedback.
33
34+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
35| Release Version |  Target Date              | Expected Code Freeze         |
36+=================+===========================+==============================+
37| v2.0            | 1st week of Oct '18       | 1st week of Sep '18          |
38+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
39| v2.1            | 5th week of Mar '19       | 1st week of Mar '19          |
40+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
41| v2.2            | 4th week of Oct '19       | 1st week of Oct '19          |
42+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
43| v2.3            | 4th week of Apr '20       | 1st week of Apr '20          |
44+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
45| v2.4            | 2nd week of Nov '20       | 4th week of Oct '20          |
46+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
47| v2.5            | 3rd week of May '21       | 5th week of Apr '21          |
48+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
49| v2.6            | 4th week of Nov '21       | 2nd week of Nov '21          |
50+-----------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
51
52Removal of Deprecated Interfaces
53--------------------------------
54
55As mentioned in the :ref:`Platform Compatibility Policy`, this is a live
56document cataloging all the deprecated interfaces in TF-A project and the
57Release version after which it will be removed.
58
59+--------------------------------+-------------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------+
60| Interface                      | Deprecation | Removed | Comments                                                |
61|                                | Date        | after   |                                                         |
62|                                |             | Release |                                                         |
63+================================+=============+=========+=========================================================+
64|                                |             |         |                                                         |
65+--------------------------------+-------------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------+
66
67--------------
68
69*Copyright (c) 2018-2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
70