| Risk level | Edge | Beta | Candidate | Stable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Bleeding edge, new features currently in development | Most new features have been stabilized | Feature-ready, currently in testing | Well-tested, production-ready |
| Branch | main | main | main | main |
| Preconditions (quality gates) | Code review, CI | Deploy, charm-upgrade | ||
| Timing | Every merge to the main branch. | Charm reaches a state of feature completion with respect to the next planned stable release. | In consultation with product manager and engineering manager when the candidate revision has been well tested and is deemed ready for production. | |
| Release process | Automatic (on merge to main) | Manual | Manual | Manual |
charmcraft pack
charmcraft upload <charm>.charm
charmcraft release <charm> --channel=edge --revision=<RevNumber>WRITE ME
- Define a set of test to be performed as part of the release-process.
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How it is actually done.