From acdfc71d0016384373105739c42f7f0eebd12e27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Casonato Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:06:30 +0100 Subject: docs: add info about release schedule (#8546) --- docs/contributing/release_schedule.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/contributing/release_schedule.md (limited to 'docs/contributing') diff --git a/docs/contributing/release_schedule.md b/docs/contributing/release_schedule.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4b64cb617 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/contributing/release_schedule.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +## Release Schedule + +A new minor release for the `deno` cli is released every 6 weeks. A new patch +version is released weekly, except in the week before a new minor release. + +The release dates for the upcoming minor releases are: + +- 1.6.0: December 8th, 2020 +- 1.7.0: January 19th, 2020 +- 1.8.0: March 2nd, 2020 + +Stable releases can be found on the +[GitHub releases page](https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases). + +### Canary channel + +In addition to the stable channel described above, canaries are released +multiple times daily (for each commit on master). You can upgrade to the latest +canary release by running: + +``` +deno upgrade --canary +``` + +To update to a specifc canary, pass the commit has in the `--version` option: + +``` +deno upgrade --canary --version=973af61d8bb03c1709f61e456581d58386ed4952 +``` + +To switch back to the stable channel, run `deno upgrade`. + +Canaries can be downloaded from https://dl.deno.land. -- cgit v1.2.3