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== Releases ==
* From Thunderbird 17, releases will generally follow the ESR branch.
* There will be one or two feature releases per year; the first of these in sync with a new ESR branch, the second is an optional release.
* There will be security releases every 6 weeks of both mainstream and ESR.
* Mainstream and ESR releases will not be merged to allow for the intermediate release.
* We will examine the possibilities for relaxing the rules for stability and security fixes on the ESR branch to allow a greater range of fixes to be landed.
* Daily, Earlybird and Beta channels will continue to be developed as they are currently, providing the platforms for helping ensure stability for the next feature release, and for Localizers to translate the required strings.
* Need diagram here
Although the intermediate release is not desired at the current time, for an intermediate release to happen, the following would be required:
* A set of features / improvements that can't be incorporated into the normal stability / security releases, due to breaking add-on compatibility or changing localized strings
* Community commitment to back-port the features
* A way for the localization of the strings to be back-ported
The decision for the intermediate release is made by the module owners, but signed off by the release drivers.
Link to etherpad: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/tb-releases
