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RELENG: Release engineering and version support
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2020-07-07 22:47:27 -04:00
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VERSION POLICY
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Version support should go as far back as:
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- One official minor release (e.g. #.#) prior to the latest across all
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platforms.
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- The latest officially supported release for each platform.
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This means that during the 5.2 release, we support 5.2, 5.1, and 5.0
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(because android is stuck on 5.0). When 5.3 is released and brings
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back current android support, we will drop 5.0 and 5.1, since all
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platforms will be at 5.3, and thus 5.2 will be the earliest.
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Version support should go as far forward as:
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Support the current latest release at all times. Test the game out on
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dev versions so we can be prepared to support the next release as soon
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as it happens.
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2020-07-07 22:47:27 -04:00
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ENGINE/FORK POLICY
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NodeCore is only designed to fully support the official minetest.net
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game engine at this time, on all supported desktop and mobile
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platforms.
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Forks may be unofficially supported if they are 100% API-compatible
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with an officially-supported engine, or if there is benefit to
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supporting them and they require only negligible changes/maintenance
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to get working.
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Compatible forks will not explicitly be blocked from running NodeCore
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if they are capable of running it. Nags/warnings may be added for
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such engines, but only if they have the potential to cause significant
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disruption, such as generating excessive frivolous support issues,
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allowing cheating, or providing an altered game experience without
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indication that it does not represent the original.
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NEW MT RELEASE PROCESS
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- Wait for a grace period (standard 1 week) after new MT release before
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evaluating EOS for previous versions.
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- Reevaluate the policy and decide which version(s) need EOS
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- Check CDB for version strings and update .cdbrelease.lua
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- Check this doc for special TODO items related to release
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2022-08-12 05:45:00 -04:00
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AFTER 5.6 EOS:
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2023-05-09 06:42:36 -04:00
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AFTER 5.7 EOS:
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