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# repo release process
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> **Warning: The "master" branch is no longer used. Use "main" instead.**<br>
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> https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/+/HEAD/docs/release-process.md
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2018-12-12 08:34:28 +00:00
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This is the process for creating a new release of repo, as well as all the
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related topics and flows.
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[TOC]
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## Schedule
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There is no specific schedule for when releases are made.
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Usually it's more along the lines of "enough minor changes have been merged",
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or "there's a known issue the maintainers know should get fixed".
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If you find a fix has been merged for an issue important to you, but hasn't been
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released after a week or so, feel free to [contact] us to request a new release.
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### Release Freezes {#freeze}
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We try to observe a regular schedule for when **not** to release.
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If something goes wrong, staff need to be active in order to respond quickly &
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effectively.
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We also don't want to disrupt non-Google organizations if possible.
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We generally follow the rules:
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* Release during Mon - Thu, 9:00 - 14:00 [US PT]
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* Avoid holidays
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* All regular [US holidays]
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* Large international ones if possible
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* All the various [New Years]
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* Jan 1 in Gregorian calendar is the most obvious
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* Check for large Lunar New Years too
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* Follow the normal [Google production freeze schedule]
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[US holidays]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States
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[US PT]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone
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[New Years]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year
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[Google production freeze schedule]: http://goto.google.com/prod-freeze
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## Launcher script
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The main repo script serves as a standalone program and is often referred to as
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the "launcher script".
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This makes it easy to copy around and install as you don't have to install any
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other files from the git repo.
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Whenever major changes are made to the launcher script, you should increment the
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`VERSION` variable in the launcher itself.
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At runtime, repo will check this to see if it needs to be updated (and notify
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the user automatically).
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## Key management
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Every release has a git tag that is signed with a key that repo recognizes.
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Those keys are hardcoded inside of the repo launcher itself -- look for the
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`KEYRING_VERSION` and `MAINTAINER_KEYS` settings.
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Adding new keys to the repo launcher will allow tags to be recognized by new
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keys, but only people using that updated version will be able to.
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Since the majority of users will be using an official launcher version, their
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version will simply ignore any new signed tags.
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If you want to add new keys, it's best to register them long ahead of time,
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and then wait for that updated launcher to make its way out to everyone.
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Even then, there will be a long tail of users with outdated launchers, so be
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prepared for people asking questions.
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### Registering a new key
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The process of actually adding a new key is quite simple.
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1. Add the public half of the key to `MAINTAINER_KEYS`.
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2. Increment `KEYRING_VERSION` so repo knows it needs to update.
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3. Wait a long time after that version is in a release (~months) before trying
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to create a new release using those new keys.
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## Self update algorithm
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When creating a new repo checkout with `repo init`, there are a few options that
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control how repo finds updates:
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* `--repo-url`: This tells repo where to clone the full repo project itself.
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It defaults to the official project (`REPO_URL` in the launcher script).
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* `--repo-rev`: This tells repo which branch to use for the full project.
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It defaults to the `stable` branch (`REPO_REV` in the launcher script).
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Whenever `repo sync` is run, repo will check to see if an update is available.
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It fetches the latest repo-rev from the repo-url.
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Then it verifies that the latest commit in the branch has a valid signed tag
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using `git tag -v` (which uses gpg).
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If the tag is valid, then repo will update its internal checkout to it.
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If the latest commit doesn't have a signed tag, repo will fall back to the
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most recent tag it can find (via `git describe`).
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If that tag is valid, then repo will warn and use that commit instead.
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If that tag cannot be verified, it gives up and forces the user to resolve.
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## Branch management
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All development happens on the `master` branch and should generally be stable.
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Since the repo launcher defaults to tracking the `stable` branch, it is not
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normally updated until a new release is available.
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If something goes wrong with a new release, an older release can be force pushed
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and clients will automatically downgrade.
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The `maint` branch is used to track the previous major release of repo.
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It is not normally meant to be used by people as `stable` should be good enough.
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Once a new major release is pushed to the `stable` branch, then the previous
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major release can be pushed to `maint`.
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For example, when `stable` moves from `v1.10.x` to `v1.11.x`, then the `maint`
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branch will be updated from `v1.9.x` to `v1.10.x`.
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We don't have parallel release branches/series.
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Typically all tags are made against the `master` branch and then pushed to the
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`stable` branch to make it available to the rest of the world.
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Since repo doesn't typically see a lot of changes, this tends to be OK.
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## Creating a new release
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When you want to create a new release, you'll need to select a good version and
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create a signed tag using a key registered in repo itself.
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Typically we just tag the latest version of the `master` branch.
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The tag could be pushed now, but it won't be used by clients normally (since the
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default `repo-rev` setting is `stable`).
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This would allow some early testing on systems who explicitly select `master`.
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### Creating a signed tag
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Lets assume your keys live in a dedicated directory, e.g. `~/.gnupg/repo/`.
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*** note
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If you need access to the official keys, check out the internal documentation
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at [go/repo-release].
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Note that only official maintainers of repo will have access as it describes
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internal processes for accessing the restricted keys.
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***
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```sh
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# Set the gpg key directory.
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$ export GNUPGHOME=~/.gnupg/repo/
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# Verify the listed key is “Repo Maintainer”.
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$ gpg -K
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# Pick whatever branch or commit you want to tag.
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$ r=master
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# Pick the new version.
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$ t=1.12.10
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# Create the signed tag.
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$ git tag -s v$t -u "Repo Maintainer <repo@android.kernel.org>" -m "repo $t" $r
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# Verify the signed tag.
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$ git show v$t
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```
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### Push the new release
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Once you're ready to make the release available to everyone, push it to the
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`stable` branch.
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Make sure you never push the tag itself to the stable branch!
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Only push the commit -- notice the use of `$t` and `$r` below.
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```sh
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$ git push https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/git-repo v$t
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$ git push https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/git-repo $r:stable
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```
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If something goes horribly wrong, you can force push the previous version to the
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`stable` branch and people should automatically recover.
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Again, make sure you never push the tag itself!
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```sh
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$ oldrev="whatever-old-commit"
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$ git push https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/git-repo $oldrev:stable --force
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```
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### Announce the release
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Once you do push a new release to `stable`, make sure to announce it on the
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[repo-discuss@googlegroups.com] group.
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Here is an [example announcement].
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You can create a short changelog using the command:
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```sh
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# If you haven't pushed to the stable branch yet, you can use origin/stable.
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# If you have pushed, change origin/stable to the previous release tag.
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$ git log --format="%h (%aN) %s" --no-merges origin/stable..$r
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```
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2020-02-11 23:43:34 +00:00
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## Project References
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Here's a table showing the relationship of major tools, their EOL dates, and
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their status in Ubuntu & Debian.
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Those distros tend to be good indicators of how long we need to support things.
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Things in bold indicate stuff to take note of, but does not guarantee that we
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still support them.
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Things in italics are things we used to care about but probably don't anymore.
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| Date | EOL | [Git][rel-g] | [Python][rel-p] | [Ubuntu][rel-u] / [Debian][rel-d] | Git | Python |
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|:--------:|:------------:|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|-----|--------|
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| Oct 2008 | *Oct 2013* | | 2.6.0 | *10.04 Lucid* - 10.10 Maverick / *Squeeze* |
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| Dec 2008 | *Feb 2009* | | 3.0.0 |
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| Feb 2009 | *Mar 2012* | | | Debian 5 Lenny | 1.5.6.5 | 2.5.2 |
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| Jun 2009 | *Jun 2016* | | 3.1.0 | *10.04 Lucid* - 10.10 Maverick / *Squeeze* |
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| Feb 2010 | *Oct 2012* | 1.7.0 | | *10.04 Lucid* - *12.04 Precise* - 12.10 Quantal |
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| Apr 2010 | *Apr 2015* | | | *10.04 Lucid* | 1.7.0.4 | 2.6.5 3.1.2 |
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| Jul 2010 | *Dec 2019* | | **2.7.0** | 11.04 Natty - **<current>** |
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| Oct 2010 | | | | 10.10 Maverick | 1.7.1 | 2.6.6 3.1.3 |
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| Feb 2011 | *Feb 2016* | | | Debian 6 Squeeze | 1.7.2.5 | 2.6.6 3.1.3 |
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| Apr 2011 | | | | 11.04 Natty | 1.7.4 | 2.7.1 3.2.0 |
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| Oct 2011 | *Feb 2016* | | 3.2.0 | 11.04 Natty - 12.10 Quantal |
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| Oct 2011 | | | | 11.10 Ocelot | 1.7.5.4 | 2.7.2 3.2.2 |
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| Apr 2012 | *Apr 2019* | | | *12.04 Precise* | 1.7.9.5 | 2.7.3 3.2.3 |
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| Sep 2012 | *Sep 2017* | | 3.3.0 | 13.04 Raring - 13.10 Saucy |
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| Oct 2012 | *Dec 2014* | 1.8.0 | | 13.04 Raring - 13.10 Saucy |
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| Oct 2012 | | | | 12.10 Quantal | 1.7.10.4 | 2.7.3 3.2.3 |
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| Apr 2013 | | | | 13.04 Raring | 1.8.1.2 | 2.7.4 3.3.1 |
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| May 2013 | *May 2018* | | | Debian 7 Wheezy | 1.7.10.4 | 2.7.3 3.2.3 |
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| Oct 2013 | | | | 13.10 Saucy | 1.8.3.2 | 2.7.5 3.3.2 |
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| Feb 2014 | *Dec 2014* | **1.9.0** | | **14.04 Trusty** |
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| Mar 2014 | *Mar 2019* | | **3.4.0** | **14.04 Trusty** - 15.10 Wily / **Jessie** |
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| Apr 2014 | **Apr 2022** | | | **14.04 Trusty** | 1.9.1 | 2.7.5 3.4.0 |
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| May 2014 | *Dec 2014* | 2.0.0 |
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| Aug 2014 | *Dec 2014* | **2.1.0** | | 14.10 Utopic - 15.04 Vivid / **Jessie** |
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| Oct 2014 | | | | 14.10 Utopic | 2.1.0 | 2.7.8 3.4.2 |
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| Nov 2014 | *Sep 2015* | 2.2.0 |
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| Feb 2015 | *Sep 2015* | 2.3.0 |
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| Apr 2015 | *May 2017* | 2.4.0 |
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| Apr 2015 | **Jun 2020** | | | **Debian 8 Jessie** | 2.1.4 | 2.7.9 3.4.2 |
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| Apr 2015 | | | | 15.04 Vivid | 2.1.4 | 2.7.9 3.4.3 |
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| Jul 2015 | *May 2017* | 2.5.0 | | 15.10 Wily |
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| Sep 2015 | *May 2017* | 2.6.0 |
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| Sep 2015 | **Sep 2020** | | **3.5.0** | **16.04 Xenial** - 17.04 Zesty / **Stretch** |
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| Oct 2015 | | | | 15.10 Wily | 2.5.0 | 2.7.9 3.4.3 |
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| Jan 2016 | *Jul 2017* | **2.7.0** | | **16.04 Xenial** |
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| Mar 2016 | *Jul 2017* | 2.8.0 |
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| Apr 2016 | **Apr 2024** | | | **16.04 Xenial** | 2.7.4 | 2.7.11 3.5.1 |
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| Jun 2016 | *Jul 2017* | 2.9.0 | | 16.10 Yakkety |
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| Sep 2016 | *Sep 2017* | 2.10.0 |
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| Oct 2016 | | | | 16.10 Yakkety | 2.9.3 | 2.7.11 3.5.1 |
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| Nov 2016 | *Sep 2017* | **2.11.0** | | 17.04 Zesty / **Stretch** |
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| Dec 2016 | **Dec 2021** | | **3.6.0** | 17.10 Artful - **18.04 Bionic** - 18.10 Cosmic |
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| Feb 2017 | *Sep 2017* | 2.12.0 |
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| Apr 2017 | | | | 17.04 Zesty | 2.11.0 | 2.7.13 3.5.3 |
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| May 2017 | *May 2018* | 2.13.0 |
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| Jun 2017 | **Jun 2022** | | | **Debian 9 Stretch** | 2.11.0 | 2.7.13 3.5.3 |
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| Aug 2017 | *Dec 2019* | 2.14.0 | | 17.10 Artful |
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| Oct 2017 | *Dec 2019* | 2.15.0 |
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| Oct 2017 | | | | 17.10 Artful | 2.14.1 | 2.7.14 3.6.3 |
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| Jan 2018 | *Dec 2019* | 2.16.0 |
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| Apr 2018 | *Dec 2019* | 2.17.0 | | **18.04 Bionic** |
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| Apr 2018 | **Apr 2028** | | | **18.04 Bionic** | 2.17.0 | 2.7.15 3.6.5 |
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| Jun 2018 | *Dec 2019* | 2.18.0 |
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| Jun 2018 | **Jun 2023** | | 3.7.0 | 19.04 Disco - **20.04 Focal** / **Buster** |
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| Sep 2018 | *Dec 2019* | 2.19.0 | | 18.10 Cosmic |
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| Oct 2018 | | | | 18.10 Cosmic | 2.19.1 | 2.7.15 3.6.6 |
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| Dec 2018 | *Dec 2019* | **2.20.0** | | 19.04 Disco / **Buster** |
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| Feb 2019 | *Dec 2019* | 2.21.0 |
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| Apr 2019 | | | | 19.04 Disco | 2.20.1 | 2.7.16 3.7.3 |
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| Jul 2019 | **Jul 2024** | | | **Debian 10 Buster** | 2.20.1 | 2.7.16 3.7.3 |
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| Aug 2019 | | 2.23.0 |
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| Oct 2019 | **Oct 2024** | | 3.8.0 |
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| Oct 2019 | | | | 19.10 Eoan | 2.20.1 | 2.7.17 3.7.5 |
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| Nov 2019 | | 2.24.0 |
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| Jan 2020 | | 2.25.0 | | **20.04 Focal** |
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| Apr 2020 | **Apr 2030** | | | **20.04 Focal** | 2.25.0 | 2.7.17 3.7.5 |
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[contact]: ../README.md#contact
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[rel-d]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history
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[rel-g]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Releases
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[rel-p]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Python#Table_of_versions
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[rel-u]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history#Table_of_versions
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[example announcement]: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/repo-discuss/UGBNismWo1M/discussion
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[repo-discuss@googlegroups.com]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/repo-discuss
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[go/repo-release]: https://goto.google.com/repo-release
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