Release Cadence

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Versions

Each PIO release will be versioned: <MAJOR>.<FEATURE>.<MAINTENANCE>

• MAJOR: Major releases are not on any particular cadence. Major releases are likely to be stable over a long period (one year or more)
• FEATURE: We are targeting new feature releases every two months and will include new features, improvements and bug fixes
• MAINTENANCE: This is reserved for urgent bug fixes on the current release

Release Cadence

Feature releases will occur every two months. Maintenance releases will be ad-hoc, as needed.

• At the beginning of each release, committers nominate features for the upcoming release
• At end of week, share JIRA link with dev user group to invite comments on the list
• Committers modify the target list as necessary after comments are integrated and assign them to devs