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authorNatalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>2025-10-13 13:37:26 -0300
committernessita <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>2025-10-13 17:41:30 -0300
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Added notes about automatic roadmap generation for next version in docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt.
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@@ -355,11 +355,15 @@ Feature freeze tasks
``django_next_version`` to ``'6.0'`` on the new stable branch
(:commit:`example commit <1eb62e5b622ef7fd6e0123d8bbf6662d893d5d08>`).
-#. Go to the `Add release page in the admin`__, create a ``Release`` object for
- the *final* release, ensuring that the *is active* field is unset, thus
- marking it as *unreleased*. For example, when creating ``stable/5.2.x``,
- create ``5.2`` with the active field unset. If the release is part of
- an LTS branch, mark it so.
+#. Create ``Release`` entries for the next version in the `admin`__ on
+ ``djangoproject.com``. Add one for each milestone (alpha, beta, rc, and
+ final), leaving *is active* unset to mark them as unreleased. Set target
+ dates per the agreed schedule, and set the LTS flag if applicable. The
+ ``X.Y`` roadmap page will be available at ``/download/X.Y/roadmap/``.
+
+ For example, when creating ``stable/5.2.x``, add ``Release`` entries for
+ ``6.0a1``, ``6.0b1``, ``6.0rc1``, and ``6.0``. The ``6.0`` roadmap can be
+ then reviewed at https://www.djangoproject.com/download/6.0/roadmap/.
__ https://www.djangoproject.com/admin/releases/release/add/
@@ -380,12 +384,6 @@ Feature freeze tasks
<https://github.com/pypa/trove-classifiers/pulls?q=is%3Apr+django+trove+classifier>`_.
For example ``Framework :: Django :: 5.2``.
-#. Create a `roadmap page
- <https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Version6.0Roadmap>`_ for the next
- release on Trac. To create a new page on the Wiki, navigate to the URL of
- where you wish to create the page and a "Create this page" button will be
- available.
-
#. Update the current branch under active development and add pre-release
branch in the `Django release process
<https://code.djangoproject.com/#Djangoreleaseprocess>`_ on Trac.