From 9cabade53e5cc92254444b92068d7056a51f2873 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Athanasius Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 17:26:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Changelog: Define policy for -beta and -rc killswitches. --- ChangeLog.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md index ba27910d..2aeccf43 100644 --- a/ChangeLog.md +++ b/ChangeLog.md @@ -18,6 +18,28 @@ easier once Odyssey has launched!** "`Error: Frontier CAPI didn't respond`" to make it clear this pertains to the CAPI and not the game servers. +Killswitches +--- + +In the 5.0.1 changelog we said: + +
We will **NOT** be using this merely to try and get some + laggards to upgrade.
+ +However from now on there is an exception to this. **After** this +release any subsequent -beta or -rc versions will be killswitched *after* +their full release is published. + +For example, if we put out a `5.0.2-beta1` and `5.0.2-rc1` before the full +`5.0.2`, then when `5.0.2` was published we would activate all available +killswitches for versions `5.0.2-beta1` and `5.0.2-rc1`. In this example +`5.0.1` would **not** be killswitched as part of *this policy* (but still +could be if, e.g. a data corruption bug was found in it). + +In general please do **not** linger on any -beta or -rc release if there +has been a subsequent release, upgrade to the equivalent full release once it +is published. + Plugin Developers ---