Debian Release Process Documentation¶
“One place to understand how Debian stable releases happen.”
This project collects procedures, policies, rationale, timelines and runbooks that describe how a Debian stable release is planned, executed and maintained. It aims to make implicit knowledge explicit and lower the barrier for new contributors.
Focus Areas (initial scope):
Lifecycle phases (planning → freezes → release → post‑release)
Team roles & responsibilities
Policies & criteria (RC bugs, transitions, architecture qualification)
Tooling (britney, dak, buildd, autopkgtest, debian-cd, d-i pipeline)
Runbooks / checklists for recurring tasks
Historical timelines & lessons learned
Glossary of common terms
Project Status: early skeleton. Many pages are placeholders.
Core Topics
