Release Strategy Reference

A team reference guide covering two distinct release strategy contexts:

1. OSS Strategy — how open source frameworks and libraries (Spring, Kafka, Quarkus, Kubernetes) manage versioning, release lifecycles, and branch maintenance
2. Enterprise Strategy — how feature-driven application teams manage branching workflows (Git Flow vs. trunk-based development), feature flags, and migration between models

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OSS Strategy

For teams consuming or contributing to open source frameworks. Uses Spring Framework as the primary case study.

File	Description
docs/oss/oss-release-strategy.md	Comprehensive reference doc — branching model, release terminology, multi-train management, OSS comparisons
docs/oss/diagrams.md	Mermaid diagrams — lifecycle timeline, branch model, forward-merge flow, BOM hub, ecosystem heritage
docs/oss/slides.md	Marp Markdown slide deck — 14 slides for a 20-30 min team presentation

Enterprise Strategy

For feature-driven application teams, especially those on Git Flow and heading toward trunk-based development.

File	Description
docs/enterprise/release-strategy.md	Comprehensive reference — Git Flow vs. trunk-based development, feature flags, parallel features, migration guide
docs/enterprise/diagrams.md	Mermaid diagrams — branch structures, flag lifecycle, flag taxonomy, scenario comparison, migration path
docs/enterprise/slides.md	Marp Markdown slide deck — 12 slides for a 20-30 min team presentation

Presenting the Slides

Install Marp CLI or the Marp VS Code extension, then:

# Export to PDF
marp docs/oss/slides.md --pdf

# Export to HTML
marp docs/oss/slides.md --html

# Live preview
marp docs/oss/slides.md --preview

# Enterprise deck
marp docs/enterprise/slides.md --pdf