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Small refinements and fixes to new release process doc
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nsoranzo authored May 17, 2024
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:caption: About Project

Project Governance <project/organization>
Galaxy Release Process <project/releases>
Issue Management <project/issues>

Indices and tables
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This document outlines the Galaxy release cycle so administrators and users know
when to expect updates and what each update includes, making it easier to plan
for upgrades and maintain their systems. It does not cover the actual execution
of the release process, which is covered `elsewhere <https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/dev/create_release.html>`__.
of the release process, which is covered :doc:`elsewhere <../dev/create_release>`.


Major or Long Term Support (LTS) Releases
-----------------------------------------

As of 23.0, the first release of each year is Galaxy's annual LTS release. The
LTS release is a major version update corresponding to the year, for example,
24.0. This release receives significant and thorough end-to-end testing by a
dedicated team and will be supported and receive bugfixes until the next LTS.
Starting from 23.0, the first release of each year is Galaxy's annual LTS
release, for example 24.0 is the LTS for the year 2024. A LTS release is a major
version update that receives significant and thorough end-to-end testing by a
dedicated team, and will be supported and receive bugfixes until the next LTS.
As such, this release is ideally targeted for production use by local Galaxy
administrators.

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--------------

Point releases (e.g. 24.1.1) are issued to address bug fixes and security
updates. These are not scheduled and are released as needed. Following the
release branch (i.e. release_24.0) is recommended to stay up to date with these.
updates. These are not scheduled and are released as needed. Following the Git
release branch (i.e. ``release_24.1``) is recommended to stay up to date with
these.


Release Schedule
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- Administration Notes including configuration changes and migration guides if
applicable

Please refer to the release notes for detailed information about each release.
Please refer to the :doc:`release notes <../releases/index>` for detailed
information about each release.

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