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Code Contribution Workflow

• Deployment ready Product Branch has been created for RDK components that the community will push changes to review & It is with higher standards of test qualification

• Monthly Sprint Branch (rdk-dev-yymm) is a new CMF integration branch, created monthly and baseline off Product Branch Branch. This branch will be hosted per repository in conjunction with Product branch with the goal of incorporating community changes at the earliest juncture.
• Community changes, once approved, will be cherry-picked to Monthly Sprint branch (rdk-dev-yymm) and will thus be available prior to the completion of down-streaming/ round-trip process.
• Approved contributions will be down-streamed to Regression Branch for pre-deployment validation using their test process
  • Defects will be planned in monthly sprints
  • Features will be presented for Architecture Review to be scheduled to an upcoming sprint. Sprint timelines to be published to contributor.
  • Contributions pending validation will be available in monthly development iteration branches
• Down streamed Community changes, successfully merged to Regression branch, after pre-deployment test validation, the code changes will be cherry-picked to Product Branch. 

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