Smack Release Life Cycle - igniterealtime/Smack GitHub Wiki
Note: This plan is subject to change and not a strict policy that is followed. It is a guidance No guarantees are given about the availability of a release. For example, the Smack 4.4 release was delayed by over 12 months.
- 1 year alpha phase (the "merge window")
- branch codebase
- 6 months beta phase (some API changes possible)
- merge beta branch into master (if there where changes)
- 3 months release candidate phase (no more changes besides bugfixes)
- release
| Quartal | Alpha | Beta | RC | Stable | Old Stable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-Q4 | - | 4.2 | - | 4.1 | - |
| 2017-Q1 | 4.3 | - | 4.2 | 4.1 | - |
| 2017-Q2 | 4.3 | - | - | 4.2 | - |
| 2017-Q3 | 4.3 | - | - | 4.2 | - |
| 2017-Q4 | 4.3 | - | - | 4.2 | - |
| 2018-Q1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | - | 4.2 | - |
| 2018-Q2 | 4.4. | - | 4.3 | 4.2 | - |
| 2018-Q3 | 4.4. | - | - | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 2018-Q4 | 4.4 | - | - | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 2019-Q1 | 4.4 | - | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2019-Q2 | 4.4 | - | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2019-Q3 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2019-Q4 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2020-Q1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2020-Q2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2020-Q3 | 4.5 | - | 4.4 | 4.3 | - |
| 2020-Q3 | 4.5 | - | 4.4 | 4.3 | - |
| 2020-Q4 | 4.5 | - | 4.4 | 4.3 | - |
| 2021-Q1 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2021-Q2 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2021-Q3 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2021-Q4 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2022-Q1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | - | 4.4 | 4.3 |