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What

Draft of a fixed release schedule for the library, modeled after the SAP CAP release schedule:

  • Yearly major (proposed: October) — breaking changes allowed but minimized, documented in a migration guide, announced months in advance
  • Monthly minor on the active line — features, no breaking changes
  • Patch releases / maintenance cycles — critical bug fixes only (security incidents + production bugs)

It formalizes the de-facto practice (active line on main, maintenance line on main-3.x, existing release process) and defines active / maintenance / end-of-life status with a proposed 12-month maintenance window (at most two majors maintained in parallel).

Why a schedule

Consumers (and we) get a reliable planning basis: when to expect majors, what a maintenance line still receives, and when to migrate.

Status

Working document — the Open Questions section (major month, maintenance window, backport criteria, deprecation policy, EOL communication, …) is the agenda for the review. Comments welcome; this is expected to be iterated before it becomes a commitment.

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Working document modeled after the SAP CAP release schedule, formalizing
the de-facto release practice (active line on main, maintenance line on
main-3.x) and collecting open questions for team discussion.
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