Cut Release For Free

A release is called code complete when the development team agrees that no entirely new source code will be added to this release. There could still be source code changes to fix defects, changes to documentation and data files, and peripheral code for test cases or utilities.

Cutting a release involves picking a particular state of the project, i.e. all of the files and folders at a particular time, and locking them down so no further changes are made, and giving that collection a name, such as version 1.2, and, in some cases, as with Ubuntu Linux, a release name, e.g. Bionic Beaver (full

The general guideline is cut a new RC after 3-5 fixes have been merged or it's been a day or two since any more issues have come up. Each release usually has 3-4 release candidates.

Senior Member It just means 'writing code' as in writing programming code. Its a slang term and implies speedly, fluid programming work. Bendecko. "Cutting code" is precisely an IT slang term for "writing code". The term has been around for at least 50 years.

The release branch helps isolate the development of an upcoming version and the current release. The release branch's lifetime ends when a particular version of a project is released. Once this branch merges into the develop and main branches, it can be deleted.

Coding and Unit Testing (CUT): This stage involves the actual construction of working bits of software as per the design by the developers, using the software and hardware platforms in the coding language specified by the system designers.

In software development there is the phrase "cut a release," which means "to create a final package of software ready for distribution" and may include the distribution itself.