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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="ch-releases">
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<title>Releases</title>
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<section xml:id="release-process">
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<title>Release process</title>
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<para>
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Going through an example of releasing NixOS 17.09:
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</para>
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<section xml:id="one-month-before-the-beta">
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<title>One month before the beta</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Send an email to the nix-devel mailinglist as a warning about upcoming beta "feature freeze" in a month.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Discuss with Eelco Dolstra and the community (via IRC, ML) about what will reach the deadline.
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Any issue or Pull Request targeting the release should be included in the release milestone.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="at-beta-release-time">
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<title>At beta release time</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/13559">Create
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an issue for tracking Zero Hydra Failures progress. ZHF is an effort
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to get build failures down to zero.</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal>git tag -a -s -m "Release 17.09-beta" 17.09-beta && git push --tags</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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From the master branch run <literal>git checkout -B release-17.09</literal>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-org-configurations/pull/18">
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Make sure a channel is created at http://nixos.org/channels/.
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</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/settings/branches">
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Let a GitHub nixpkgs admin lock the branch on github for you.
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(so developers can’t force push)
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</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/bdf161ed8d21...6b63c4616790">
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Bump the <literal>system.defaultChannel</literal> attribute in
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<literal>nixos/modules/misc/version.nix</literal>
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</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/d6b08acd1ccac0d9d502c4b635e00b04d3387f06">
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Update <literal>versionSuffix</literal> in
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<literal>nixos/release.nix</literal></link>, use
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<literal>git log --format=%an|wc -l</literal> to get the commit
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count
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal>echo -n "18.03" > .version</literal> on
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master.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b8a4095003e27659092892a4708bb3698231a842">
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Pick a new name for the unstable branch.
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</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Create a new release notes file for the upcoming release + 1, in this
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case <literal>rl-1803.xml</literal>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Create two Hydra jobsets: release-17.09 and release-17.09-small with <literal>stableBranch</literal> set to false.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Edit changelog at
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<literal>nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml</literal>
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(double check desktop versions are noted)
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</para>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Get all new NixOS modules
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<literal>git diff release-17.03..release-17.09 nixos/modules/module-list.nix|grep ^+</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Note systemd, kernel, glibc and Nix upgrades.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="during-beta">
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<title>During Beta</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Monitor the master branch for bugfixes and minor updates
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and cherry-pick them to the release branch.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="before-the-final-release">
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<title>Before the final release</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Re-check that the release notes are complete.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Release Nix (currently only Eelco Dolstra can do that).
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/53710c752a85f00658882531bc90a23a3d1287e4">
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Make sure fallback is updated.
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</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/40fd9ae3ac8048758abdcfc7d28a78b5f22fe97e">
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Update README.md with new stable NixOS version information.
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</link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Change <literal>stableBranch</literal> to true and wait for channel to update.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="at-final-release-time">
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<title>At final release time</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal>git tag -s -a -m "Release 15.09" 15.09</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update http://nixos.org/nixos/download.html and http://nixos.org/nixos/manual in https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-org-configurations
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Get number of commits for the release:
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<literal>git log release-14.04..release-14.12 --format=%an|wc -l</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Commits by contributor:
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<literal>git log release-14.04..release-14.12 --format=%an|sort|uniq -c|sort -rn</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Send an email to nix-dev to announce the release with above information. Best to check how previous email was formulated
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to see what needs to be included.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="release-schedule">
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<title>Release schedule</title>
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<informaltable>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<colspec align="left" />
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<colspec align="left" />
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>
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Date
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</entry>
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<entry>
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Event
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</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>
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2016-07-25
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</entry>
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<entry>
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Send email to nix-dev about upcoming branch-off
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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2016-09-01
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<literal>release-16.09</literal> branch and corresponding jobsets are created,
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change freeze
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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2016-09-30
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</entry>
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<entry>
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NixOS 16.09 released
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</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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