.. _release_and_maintenance:

Release and maintenance
=======================

.. _release_cycle:
.. _release_schedule:
.. _support_life:
.. _methods:
.. _development_and_stable_version_maintenance_workflow:
.. _release_changelogs:
.. _release_freezing:

Please go to `the devel release and maintenance page <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html>`_ for up to date information.

.. note::

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.. seealso::

   :ref:`community_committer_guidelines`
       Guidelines for Ansible core contributors and maintainers
   :ref:`testing_strategies`
       Testing strategies
   :ref:`ansible_community_guide`
       Community information and contributing
   `Ansible release tarballs <https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/>`_
       Ansible release tarballs
   `Development Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_
       Mailing list for development topics
   `irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
       #ansible IRC chat channel