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Merge pull request #4630 from nextcloud/releaseProcess

Note about bug fix release schedule
Andy Scherzinger 5 years ago
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@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ There are three build variants
 ### 2. Create pull request:
 * Commit your changes locally: ```git commit -a```
 * Push your changes to your GitHub repo: ```git push```
-* Browse to https://github.com/YOURGITHUBNAME/android/pulls and issue pull request
+* Browse to <https://github.com/YOURGITHUBNAME/android/pulls> and issue pull request
 * Enter description and send pull request.
 
 
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ For dev the version name is in format YYYYMMDD. It is mainly as a reference for
 * after feature freeze a public release candidate on play store and f-droid is released
 * ~2 weeks testing, bug fixing
 * release final version on f-droid and play store
-* Bugfix releases (dot releases, e.g. 3.2.1) are released on demand from the branch created with first stable release (stable-3.2.x). If changes to the library are required, we do the same: create a branch from the version used in stable release (e.g. 1.1.0) and then release a dot release (1.1.1).
+* Bugfix releases (dot releases, e.g. 3.2.1) are released 4 weeks after stable version from the branch created with first stable release (stable-3.2.x). If changes to the library are required, we do the same: create a branch from the version used in stable release (e.g. 1.1.0) and then release a dot release (1.1.1).
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+> Hotfixes as well as security fixes are released via bugfix releases (dot releases) but are released on demand in contrast to regular, scheduled bugfix releases.
 
 To get an idea which PRs and issues will be part of the next release simply check our [milestone plan](https://github.com/nextcloud/android/milestones)