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| ==== Core Components ==== | ==== Core Components ==== | ||
| - | //THE DEFINITION OF CORE COMPONENTS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION// | + | * exo |
| + | * gtk-xfce-engine | ||
| + | * libxfce4ui | ||
| + | * libxfce4util | ||
| + | * thunar-vfs | ||
| + | * thunar | ||
| + | * xfce-utils | ||
| + | * xfce4-appfinder | ||
| + | * xfce4-panel | ||
| + | * xfce4-session | ||
| + | * xfce4-settings | ||
| + | * xfconf | ||
| + | * xfdesktop | ||
| + | * xfwm4 | ||
| All core components of the Xfce desktop have to adhere to the release policy defined in this document. | All core components of the Xfce desktop have to adhere to the release policy defined in this document. | ||
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| - Make sure API documentation is up to date | - Make sure API documentation is up to date | ||
| - Create bugzilla tags | - Create bugzilla tags | ||
| + | - Help the release manager | ||
| **QA Official** | **QA Official** | ||
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| == Code Freeze == | == Code Freeze == | ||
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| + | There is a short 2-days code freeze before every pre-release. During this period of time, | ||
| + | no commits may be sent unless they are signed off by the release manager. | ||
| With Xfce X.Ypre3, all core components enter code freeze which means from there on | With Xfce X.Ypre3, all core components enter code freeze which means from there on | ||
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| === Maintenance Releases === | === Maintenance Releases === | ||
| - | Maintenance releases have to be ABI and API compatible | + | There may be no API/ABI changes in maintenance releases compared |
| of the Xfce core desktop. They also have to follow the X.Y.Z versioning format, where Y is an even | of the Xfce core desktop. They also have to follow the X.Y.Z versioning format, where Y is an even | ||
| number (e.g. xfwm4-4.8.4 or thunar-1.2.4). No new features or strings may be introduced in these | number (e.g. xfwm4-4.8.4 or thunar-1.2.4). No new features or strings may be introduced in these | ||
| releases. | releases. | ||