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Our release schedule is meant to be flexible and we may occasionally modify the length of a cycle to be shorter or longer than the 6-8 week cycle mentioned. Check the [[RapidRelease/Calendar|Rapid Release Calendar] to stay updated with the upcoming branch dates. | Our release schedule is meant to be flexible and we may occasionally modify the length of a cycle to be shorter or longer than the 6-8 week cycle mentioned. Check the [[RapidRelease/Calendar|Rapid Release Calendar] to stay updated with the upcoming branch dates. | ||
=== Nightly soft code freeze === | |||
The last week of the nightly cycle, before merge day (when mozilla-central is merged into the mozilla-beta repository and a new release cycle starts), is nightly soft code freeze week, meaning that developers should not land on mozilla-central code that is deemed risky for the stability and general quality of Firefox and that features that are controlled by a pref and were not activated during the nightly cycle should not be activated during this week. | |||
If you land code that introduces new crashers or lower the overall quality of Firefox this week, we will back it out instead of waiting for a follow-up fix. | |||
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[[Release_Management/Relnotes_rules|Release Notes page]] describes the release notes process, the '''''relnote-firefox''''' tracking flag, styling guide and other relevant details. | [[Release_Management/Relnotes_rules|Release Notes page]] describes the release notes process, the '''''relnote-firefox''''' tracking flag, styling guide and other relevant details. | ||
Please check the [ | Please check the [[Release_Management/Release_Notes_Process#What.27s_New.2FKnown_Issues_Section_Candidates Release Notes documentation]] for the process we currently have to construct release notes. Below are the links to all the existing release notes across all channels. | ||
* '''Firefox Release''' | * '''Firefox Release''' | ||