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@alamb alamb commented Mar 17, 2026

Which issue does this PR close?

Rationale for this change

As we see more people helping with releases (thank you @timsaucer and @comphead ❤️ ) I think having the process documented more will help

Also, I spent quite a while back porting PRs and wanted to document it better

What changes are included in this PR?

  1. Add a release management page
  2. Leave links to relevant sections

Are these changes tested?

By CI

Are there any user-facing changes?

Docs only

@alamb alamb added the documentation Improvements or additions to documentation label Mar 17, 2026

## Release Process Overview

New development happens on the `main` branch.
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I moved this comment into a new page on the doc site for more visibility


## Backport Workflow

The usual workflow is:
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from my experience if backport(s) happened, should we also create a new tag, new RC and new voting process?

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and also update the change lists

@github-actions github-actions bot added the development-process Related to development process of DataFusion label Mar 17, 2026
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