Document the release cycle

[lab-at-nohl]

I noticed the nightly builds. However, I do not see the purpose of it. Will regular versioned releases (20yy.mm.x) remain? How to assess stability/progress in nightly builds?

Could you maintain a small wiki page with major builds and a short description of the release cycle? Monitor releases is not enough anymore.

[pschuele]

hi,
thanks for the questions. we will add a wiki page and a discussion about this topic soon.

[pschuele]

hi,
here's an update on the changes to our release cycle (not everything is set in stone at the moment and might change):

• we release a weekly version each Saturday (version: YYYY.MM.DD.numberOfCommitsSinceLastRelease)
• we release an "update version" for the defined update path once a year (it is always possible to update from the last "update path" to the next or the current version) version string/tag: YYYY.MM.0.0
• we no longer build distribution packages (see https://packages.tine20.org)
• the Business Edition will still have stable versions, distro packages (see https://packages.tine20.com/maintenance) and docker images (https://hub.docker.com/r/tinegroupware/tine/tags) (more information on the BE installation here: https://www.tine-groupware.de/technik/)

we'll update the wiki as soon as this is finalized.

[msphn]

Also maybe worth to mention that there are finally reasonably priced SAAS packages. This also fits for private usage https://www.tine-groupware.de/produkt/groupware/

You could have told me earlier, I just migrated my stuff to another provider because I got tired of managing all by myself 😭

[pschuele]

Also maybe worth to mention that there are finally reasonably priced SAAS packages

yup, good point.

You could have told me earlier, I just migrated my stuff to another provider because I got tired of managing all by myself

argh, sorry for that ;) (we mentioned it on twitter, though - https://twitter.com/tine20org/status/1463879578322153482)

the "official" press release is also still in the making...

[msphn]

I don't use twitter :/

[ravermeister]

• we release a weekly version each Saturday (version: YYYY.MM.DD.numberOfCommitsSinceLastRelease)

could it be, that the Release process is broken again? :)

[msphn]

https://github.com/tine20/tine20/releases/tag/2022.08.13.154

Seems to work

[ravermeister]

yep, but between the last version 2022.08.13.154 and the former version 2022.07.23.83 22 days (more than a week...) passed ;)

anyway not a big problem, and thanks for the Update! :)