From 826acceca39ae7fa1583dbf84ae34cae7b5e4744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raj Babu Das <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 18:30:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] (Doc): Adding release guideline (#911)

* adding release guideline

* fixing typo

* fixing typo

* refactoring the release guideline

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guideline

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>

* refactoring the release guidelines

Signed-off-by: Raj <mail.rajdas@gmail.com>
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+## RELEASE GUIDELINES
+
+-   There is a scheduled release on the 15th of every month on the following repositories:
+    -   [Litmus](https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus)
+    -   [Chaos-Operator](https://github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-operator)
+    -   [Chaos-Exporter](https://github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-exporter)
+
+-   Repositories use release version according to the [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
+
+-   Docker images with release tags are pushed upon creation of a github release. The CI configuration to enable this can be found on the following repositories:
+    -   [Litmus](https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/blob/master/.travis.yml)
+    -   [Chaos-Operator](https://github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-operator/blob/master/.circleci/config.yml)
+    -   [Chaos-Exporter](https://github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-exporter/blob/master/.travis.yml)
+
+-   Following are the docker images:
+    -   [litmuschaos/ansible-runner](https://cloud.docker.com/u/litmuschaos/repository/docker/litmuschaos/ansible-runner)
+    -   [litmuschaos/chaos-operator](https://cloud.docker.com/u/litmuschaos/repository/docker/litmuschaos/chaos-operator)
+    -   [litmuschaos/chaos-exporter](https://cloud.docker.com/u/litmuschaos/repository/docker/litmuschaos/chaos-exporter)
+
+-   Tracking of releases is done on Github [project board](https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/projects)
+
+-   The flow of the release is done by the following steps:
+    -   Sprint Planning with feature request from the community
+    -   Development of feature
+    -   RC1 build
+    -   More RC build will be done on a need basis
+    -   Testing is done after the RC1 build
+    -   Cherry picking the commits to the release branch post RC build
+    -   Release is done
+
+-   Releases
+    -   Pre Release Version (Development)
+         <table>
+          <tr>
+            <td>0.8.0-RC-1</td>
+            <td><a href="https://docs.litmuschaos.io/docs/getstarted">Documentation</a></td>
+            <td><a href="https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/0.8.0-RC1">Release Notes</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        </table>
+
+    -   Current version (Stable)
+        <table>
+          <tr>
+            <td>0.7.0</td>
+            <td><a href="https://docs.litmuschaos.io/docs/getstarted">Documentation</a></td>
+            <td><a href="https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/0.7.0">Release Notes</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        </table>
+
+    -   Past Versions
+        Here you can find previous versions of the documentation.
+        <table>
+          <tr>
+            <td>0.6.0</td>
+            <td><a href="https://docs.litmuschaos.io/docs/0.6.0/overview">Documentation</a></td>
+            <td><a href="https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/releases/tag/0.6.0">Release Notes</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        </table>
+
+-   For more info, please visit [here](https://docs.litmuschaos.io/versions/).