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Once a major/minor release has reached the [[Stable phase]] in the [[Development Cycle]] the processes and procedures for development change. The most immediate thing to notice is that the development is no longer driven by the [[Development team]] when the [[Stable phase]] is reached. As soon as the major/minor release is declared stable all future development on that release is driven by the [[Bug Squad]]. It is important to understand the way we think about [[Maintenance releases]] because one of the things that our community depends upon is stability. Stability is born of a rigorous testing process and accountability. This document will outline the procedures and processes for maintaining a Joomla! major/minor release.
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Once a major/minor release has reached the Stable phase in the [[Development Cycle]] the processes and procedures for development change. The most immediate thing to notice is that the development is no longer driven by the [[Development Team]] when the Stable phase is reached. As soon as the major/minor release is declared stable all future development on that release is driven by the [[Bug Squad]]. It is important to understand the way we think about a [[Maintenance Release]] because one of the things that our community depends upon is stability. Stability is born of a rigorous testing process and accountability. This document will outline the procedures and processes for maintaining a Joomla! major/minor release.
  
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People will notice that the content of this document look a lot like the former Quality and Testing. That is absolutely true because the main discussion here is that we talk on the Quality processes for Joomla! The main difference is the way the [[Bug Squad]] is organised compared to the former Quality and Testing team, but they strive to reach the same goals.  
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Once a release has been declared stable ([[Maintenance Release]]), all bugs and issues are to be tracked in our official [http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=32 Joomla! Tracker] on the [http://www.joomlacode.org Joomla! GForge site]. Having a single place for confirmed issue tracking provides us all with a simple system of accountability.  
  
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Once a release has been declared stable, all bugs and artifacts are to be tracked in our official tracker on the Joomla! GForge site: [[http://www.joomlacode.org]]. Having a single place for confirmed issue tracking provides us all with a simple system of accountability. The following flowchart provides a very rough description of how the issue tracking process is defined.
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The maintenance procedures have the following stages :
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* [[Bug Tracking Process#Reporting Issues|Reporting Issues]]; We keep track on the open issues in the tracker, but issues can be reported in two ways: from the forum or directly into the tracker.
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* [[Bug Tracking Process#Resolving Issues|Resolving Issues]]; Once an issue is confirmed, there are several ways it can get solved. First members from the [[Development Team]] can work on solving the issue, but also community members can send in patches. The general way of working is: create patch, test patch, commit patch.  
  
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The maintenance procedures implement the Quality processes for Joomla!. This process differs only during the development stage of a major release or a minor release in the [[Bug Tracking Process#Resolving Issues|resolving issues]] process. In maintenance releases we work with patches, and within the [[Development Cycle]] of a major release or a minor release developers will fix issues directly in the trunk until the codebase reaches a stage of [[Development Cycle|Release Candidate]].
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 7 June 2009

Once a major/minor release has reached the Stable phase in the Development Cycle the processes and procedures for development change. The most immediate thing to notice is that the development is no longer driven by the Development Team when the Stable phase is reached. As soon as the major/minor release is declared stable all future development on that release is driven by the Bug Squad. It is important to understand the way we think about a Maintenance Release because one of the things that our community depends upon is stability. Stability is born of a rigorous testing process and accountability. This document will outline the procedures and processes for maintaining a Joomla! major/minor release.

Once a release has been declared stable (Maintenance Release), all bugs and issues are to be tracked in our official Joomla! Tracker on the Joomla! GForge site. Having a single place for confirmed issue tracking provides us all with a simple system of accountability.

The maintenance procedures have the following stages :

  • Reporting Issues; We keep track on the open issues in the tracker, but issues can be reported in two ways: from the forum or directly into the tracker.
  • Resolving Issues; Once an issue is confirmed, there are several ways it can get solved. First members from the Development Team can work on solving the issue, but also community members can send in patches. The general way of working is: create patch, test patch, commit patch.

The maintenance procedures implement the Quality processes for Joomla!. This process differs only during the development stage of a major release or a minor release in the resolving issues process. In maintenance releases we work with patches, and within the Development Cycle of a major release or a minor release developers will fix issues directly in the trunk until the codebase reaches a stage of Release Candidate.

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