1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 | STABLE CHANNEL PROMOTION
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| +----> | +----> | +----> | +---------> | +---> rc-proposed (automatic) Promotion evaluated twice a month
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v v v
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| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | rc (manual) Promoted every six weeks to stable
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v v
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| 1 | | 2 | stable (manual) Released according to the OTA schedule
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DEVEL CHANNEL PROMOTION
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| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | 5 |
| +----> | +----> | +----> | +---------> | +---> devel-proposed (automatic) Promotions do not follow a specific schedule
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v v v
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| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | devel (manual)
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