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Commit df300b34 authored by Manoj Nair's avatar Manoj Nair
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Merge branch '949-update-text-of-dev-and-stable-to-community-and-official-in-build-types-guide' into 'master'

Update text of dev and stable to community and official in build types guide

Closes #949

See merge request e/documentation/user!1087
parents 2b1157ae fecddf04

htdocs/_i18n/en/pages/build-status.md

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{% include alerts/danger.html content="Unless marked as `stable`, many /e/OS builds are not intended for daily use. All builds labelled as `Beta` have not been fully tested yet and may contain major bugs. All builds are provided as best effort, without any guarantee."  %}



### Dev:

 - Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS dev keys

 - Includes the latest /e/OS development code for the device

 - Is released after testing but may still contain non critical bugs

 - Usually official builds have a maintainer

 - Get regular OTA updates

 - Available for download on /e/OS websites

 - Release Frequency: Monthly if possible

 - Builds can be marked as `beta` when we do not have adequate testers for that particular device

 - Build Naming format: e-0.18-r-2020021341116-dev-mata.zip

### Official

 

> Naming format explanation:



> e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev-devicename.zip



### Stable

 - These builds are currently only available on the Murena smartphones

> Murena smartphone are phones purchase through the [murena Shop](https://murena.com/)

 - Are built based on source code from the Dev branch which has been released and tested

 - Are built based on source code from the Community build branch which has been released and tested

 - This build undergoes additional and longer testing cycles

 - Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS stable keys

 - Official builds have a maintainer

 - Get regular OTA updates

 - Users can also download the stable builds and manually install them if they so desire

 - Users can also download the official builds and manually install them if they so desire

 - Builds format are IMG files with a build script to help with the installation.

 - Release Frequency: Monthly or bimonthly

 - Build Naming format: e-0.18-r-2020021341116-stable-mata.zip

 - Earlier referred to as stable builds

 - Build Naming format: IMG-e-1.20-s-20240220382012-stable-FP4.zip



Naming format explanation:



`IMG-e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-stable-devicename.zip`



### Community

 - Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by /e/OS dev keys

 - Includes the latest /e/OS development code for the device

 - Is released after testing but may still contain non critical bugs

 - Get regular OTA updates

 - Available for download on /e/OS websites

 - Release Frequency: Monthly if possible

 - Earlier referred to as dev builds

 - Build Naming format: e-1.20-t-20240223382228-dev-mata.zip



Naming format explanation:



`e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev-devicename.zip`



> Naming format explanation:



> e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-stable-devicename.zip



### Test

  - Builds are made by /e/OS using the /e/OS build infrastructure and signed by Android test keys
@@ -38,14 +41,15 @@ 
  - These builds are only accessible to testing team members  

  - Are not available for download on /e/OS websites

  - Release Frequency: Depending on testing requirement

  - Build Naming format: e-0.18-r-2020021341116-test-mata.zip

  - Build Naming format: e-1.21-rc-r-20240313386629-stable-FP2.zip



> Naming format explanation:

Naming format explanation:



> e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-test-devicename.zip

`e-codeversionnumber-testphasecode-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-dev/stable-devicename.zip`



### Unofficial

 - Builds are made by /e/OS or external users

 - Builds are not supported by /e/OS

 - Made using /e/OS sources code with no modifications in any form

 - At times may not have a maintainer as in made by a user who does not own the device

 - Do not receive OTA updates
@@ -54,9 +58,9 @@ 
 - Build Naming format: e-0.7-n-2020021341116-UNOFFICIAL-mata.zip

 - Install these builds at your own risk



> Naming format explanation:

Naming format explanation:



> e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-UNOFFICIAL-devicename.zip

`e-codeversionnumber-osversion-YYYYMMDDbuildid-UNOFFICIAL-devicename.zip`



### Custom

   - Builds are made by /e/OS or external users
@@ -66,3 +70,7 @@ 
   - Install these builds at your own risk

   - Release Frequency: Dependent on the client or ROM Builder

   - Build Naming format: Format to be set by client or ROM Builder



Naming format explanation:



`Depends on the convention followed by the custom ROM builder`
 
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