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.. _release:
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XGBoost Release Policy
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Versioning Policy
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Starting from XGBoost 1.0.0, each XGBoost release will be versioned as [MAJOR].[FEATURE].[MAINTENANCE]
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* MAJOR: We guarantee the API compatibility across releases with the same major version number. We expect to have a 1+ years development period for a new MAJOR release version.
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* FEATURE: We ship new features, improvements and bug fixes through feature releases. The cycle length of a feature is decided by the size of feature roadmap. The roadmap is decided right after the previous release.
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* MAINTENANCE: Maintenance version only contains bug fixes. This type of release only occurs when we found significant correctness and/or performance bugs and barrier for users to upgrade to a new version of XGBoost smoothly.
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Making a Release
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1. Create an issue for the release, noting the estimated date and expected features or major fixes, pin that issue.
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2. Create a release branch if this is a major release. Bump release version.
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1. Modify ``CMakeLists.txt`` in source tree and ``cmake/Python_version.in`` if needed, run CMake.
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If this is a RC release, the Python version has the form <major>.<minor>.<patch>rc1
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2. Modify ``DESCRIPTION`` and ``configure.ac`` in R-package. Run ``autoreconf``.
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3. Run ``change_version.sh`` in ``jvm-packages/dev``
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If this is a RC release, the version for JVM packages has the form <major>.<minor>.<patch>-RC1
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3. Commit the change, create a PR on GitHub on release branch. Port the bumped version to default branch, optionally with the postfix ``SNAPSHOT``.
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4. Create a tag on release branch, either on GitHub or locally.
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5. Make a release on GitHub tag page, which might be done with previous step if the tag is created on GitHub.
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6. Submit pip, CRAN, and Maven packages.
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+ The pip package is maintained by `Hyunsu Cho <https://github.com/hcho3>`__ and `Jiaming Yuan <https://github.com/trivialfis>`__. There's a helper script for downloading pre-built wheels and R packages ``xgboost/dev/release-pypi-r.py`` along with simple instructions for using ``twine``.
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+ The CRAN package is maintained by `Tong He <https://github.com/hetong007>`_ and `Jiaming Yuan <https://github.com/trivialfis>`__.
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Before submitting a release, one should test the package on `R-hub <https://builder.r-hub.io/>`__ and `win-builder <https://win-builder.r-project.org/>`__ first. Please note that the R-hub Windows instance doesn't have the exact same environment as the one hosted on win-builder.
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+ The Maven package is maintained by `Nan Zhu <https://github.com/CodingCat>`_ and `Hyunsu Cho <https://github.com/hcho3>`_.
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