From f986531035e98720112a5bcc8daadcb754bf7e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Caen De Silva Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:42:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document new patch release strategy --- RELEASE_NOTES.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index f9d7948c8dc..62e8cc9bf86 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ ## [Unreleased] - YYYY-MM-DD +### Improved Patch Release Strategy + +This release experiments some changes into how releases are handled to clarify the patch versioning of distributed packages compared to the monorepo source versioning. + +In short: We are now experimenting with rolling patch releases, where patches are released as soon as they're ready, leading to faster rollout of bugfixes. +This means that the patch version discrepancy between the monorepo and the distributed packages will be increased, but hopefully the result will still be clearer, +thanks to the second related change: Prefixing the subpackage changes in this changelog with the package name. + +All this to say, please keep in mind that when the monorepo gets a new minor version, the prefixed changes may already have been released as patches in their respective packages. + ### About Keep an Unreleased section at the top to track upcoming changes.