Update handbook with release date change to third Thursday
The GitLab release date is changing from the 22nd of the month to the third Thursday of the month. Any changes to dates/timelines for Contributor Success & Developer Relations workflows need to be updated in the handbook. Currently 16.6 is planned as the first release done on the new schedule.
Related Issues
- Update dependent timelines once the release dat... (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com#34446 - closed)
- Update automations with release date change to ... (#304 - closed)
MVP Process
- https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/mvp-process.html
- https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/#18th---20th
Implementation plan:
- Adjust MVP timelines from calendar dates to days of the week in relation to the third Thursday
- E.g. the MVP selection could now occur on the second Thursday and still gives a full week before the release post
- The merged by date for the MVP write up blurb should still be at least 2 days prior to the release post, e.g. 2 days before the third Thursday . But this cannot be worded as third Tuesday because in certain months that would be the following week.
Weekly Thanks
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https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows.html#weekly-message-posting
- Handbook section related to the workflow fix mentioned in automation issue too: #304 (closed)
Edited by Daniel Murphy