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| Project and Governance |
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| .. toctree:: |
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| project_roles.rst |
| release_process |
| proposals |
| code_flow |
| modifying_contributions.rst |
| dev_env_and_tools |
| issues |
| communication |
| documentation |
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| The Zephyr project defines a development process workflow using GitHub |
| **Issues** to track feature, enhancement, and bug reports together with GitHub |
| **Pull Requests** (PRs) for submitting and reviewing changes. Zephyr |
| community members work together to review these Issues and PRs, managing |
| feature enhancements and quality improvements of Zephyr through its regular |
| releases, as outlined in the |
| `program management overview <https://wiki.zephyrproject.org/Program-Management>`_. |
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| We can only manage the volume of Issues and PRs, by requiring timely reviews, |
| feedback, and responses from the community and contributors, both for initial |
| submissions and for followup questions and clarifications. Read about the |
| project's :ref:`development processes and tools <dev-environment-and-tools>` |
| and specifics about :ref:`review timelines <review_time>` to learn about the |
| project's goals and guidelines for our active developer community. |
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| :ref:`project_roles` describes in detail the Zephyr project roles and associated permissions |
| with respect to the development process workflow. |
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| Terminology |
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| - mainline: The main tree where the core functionality and core features are |
| being developed. |
| - subsystem/feature branch: is a branch within the same repository. In our case, |
| we will use the term branch also when referencing branches not in the same |
| repository, which are a copy of a repository sharing the same history. |
| - upstream: A parent branch the source code is based on. This is the branch you |
| pull from and push to, basically your upstream. |
| - LTS: Long Term Support |
