+<p>LLVM is released on a time based schedule — roughly every 6 months. We
+ do not normally have dot releases because of the nature of LLVM's incremental
+ development philosophy. That said, the only thing preventing dot releases for
+ critical bug fixes from happening is a lack of resources — testers,
+ machines, time, etc. And, because of the high quality we desire for LLVM
+ releases, we cannot allow for a truncated form of release qualification.</p>
+
+<p>The release process is roughly as follows:</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>Set code freeze and branch creation date for 6 months after last code
+ freeze date. Announce release schedule to the LLVM community and update
+ the website.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Create release branch and begin release process.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Send out release candidate sources for first round of testing. Testing
+ lasts 7-10 days. During the first round of testing, any regressions found
+ should be fixed. Patches are merged from mainline into the release
+ branch. Also, all features need to be completed during this time. Any
+ features not completed at the end of the first round of testing will be
+ removed or disabled for the release.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Generate and send out the second release candidate sources. Only
+ <em>critial</em> bugs found during this testing phase will be fixed. Any
+ bugs introduced by merged patches will be fixed. If so a third round of
+ testing is needed.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The release notes are updated.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Finally, release!</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>