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diff --git a/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc b/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc index c6c1c12e87..4aab3b35ba 100644 --- a/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc +++ b/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc @@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ for Rails. You can check the status of his tests here: Do not release with Red AWDwR tests. +=== Are the supported plugins working? If not, make it work. + +Some Rails plugins are important and need to be supported until Rails 5. +As these plugins are outside the Rails repository it is easy to break them without knowing +after some refactoring or bug fix, so it is important to check if the following plugins +are working with the versions that will be released: + +* https://github.com/rails/protected_attributes +* https://github.com/rails/activerecord-deprecated_finders + +Do not release red plugins tests. + === Do we have any Git dependencies? If so, contact those authors. Having Git dependencies indicates that we depend on unreleased code. @@ -42,7 +54,7 @@ addressed, and that can impact your release date. Ruby implementors have high stakes in making sure Rails works. Be kind and give them a heads up that Rails will be released soonish. -This only needs done for major and minor releases, bugfix releases aren't a +This is only required for major and minor releases, bugfix releases aren't a big enough deal, and are supposed to be backwards compatible. Send an email just giving a heads up about the upcoming release to these |