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This document gives a checklist you can follow from start to end in one
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`overall development cycle
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If you're doing your first release you can follow this document and read
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each step explanation. It's also a good practice to read it for any release
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good reasons to do that but he may also have missed some parts.
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#. PQM access rights (or you won't be able to land any change)
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In this document, we're talking about source releases only, packages and
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Every release is part of a series, ``bzr-2.4.1`` is part of series ``2.4``.
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#. beta releases: named ``x.ybn`` where ``x.y`` is the series and ``n``
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starts at 1 and is incremented. These releases are targeted at people
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releases by series to minimize the collisions. In the end, it's the Release
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#. as much as possible releases should not disturb development, and
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ongoing development should not disturb releases,
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#. the most recent development series should release once a month during
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the beta period (see `Development cycles <cycle.html>`_ for more
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with the most recent series with a decreasing order of priority (again
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#. the death of a series should be planned ahead of time. 6 months should
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give enough time to our users to migrate to a more recent series. This
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#. there should not be more than 2 releases in the same week (but the
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create a new series every 6 months. This means that we support the
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stable series for 18 months. Note that we also propose the most recent
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stable series via the stable PPA but that the SRU processs allow us to
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series for the beta releases and the stable series mentioning their
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first non-beta release onwards. It needs to be created by a Canonical
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#. Create a new series at <https://launchpad.net/bzr/+addseries>. There is one
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#. Update the version number in the ``bzr`` script, and the
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``bzrlib/__init__.py`` file. Make sure there is always a corresponding
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``~/.bazaar/locations.conf``::
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``x.y`` is the series for your release). **Or use hydrazine for easier
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#. Update the version number in the ``bzr`` script, and the
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the right section. For example, if you're releasing 2.5b2, the following
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=== modified file 'NEWS'
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+like how ``bzr add`` scans for unknown files and adds them. A bit more
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=== modified file 'doc/en/whats-new/whats-new-in-2.3.txt'
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improvements made to the core product, it highlights enhancements within the
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broader Bazaar world of potential interest to those upgrading.
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-Bazaar 2.3.0 is fully compatible both locally and on the network with 2.0 2.1,
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+Bazaar 2.3.1 includes all the fixes in the un-released 2.0.7, 2.1.4 and 2.2.5
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the Internet. PQM will pull from this repository when it attempts to merge
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your changes. Then submit those changes to PQM for merge into the
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#. Push those changes to a bzr branch that is public and accessible on the
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Internet. PQM will pull from this branch when it attempts to merge your
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#. When PQM succeeds, pull down the master release branch.
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by your locally installed plugins. Use your own judgment to
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decide if you can release with these failures. When in doubt,
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disable the faulty plugins one by one until you get no more
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make check-dist-tarball | subunit2pyunit
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locally installed plugins. Use your own judgment to decide if you can
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release with these failures. When in doubt, disable the faulty plugins
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``BZR_DISABLE_PLUGINS`` or ``BZR_PLUGIN_PATH=-site`` to disable one or
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Until <http://pad.lv/839461> is fixed, you may encounter issues if you
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cut a release for old stable branches (<= 2.2) and use a more recent
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#. Go to the relevant <https://launchpad.net/bzr/x.y> series page in Launchpad.
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the GPG signature. Or, if you prefer, use the
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``tools/packaging/lp-upload-release`` script to do this. Note that
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this changes what the download widget on the Launchpad bzr home
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page shows, so don't stop the release process yet, or platform binary
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installers won't be made and the download list will stay very small!
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<https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/586445>
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your start the next cycle, nobody should land anything on this branch. If
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they do, they either targeted the wrong branch or didn't update the news
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file correctly, so the sooner the branch is opened again, the better.
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This matters more for ``lp:bzr`` than for ``lp:bzr/x.y``, ``lp:bzr`` should
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always be open for landing, so you should do `At the start of a release
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cycle`_ as soon as possible (i.e. update the version number in ``bzr`` and
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``bzrlib/__init__``, create/update the news files and create/update the
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milestone for the next relase).
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The final beta - branching and translations
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A word of caution: the instructions above works well for all releases but
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there is one special case that requires a bit more care: when you release
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the *last* beta for a given ``x.y`` series (from trunk aka lp:bzr), you need
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to setup *two* branches for the next cycle:
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#. ``lp:bzr`` needs to be opened for the next *series* ``x.(y+1)``
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#. ``lp:bzr/x.y`` needs to be opened for the next *release* ``x.y.0`` in the
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series. Since this is first real use of ``lp:bzr/x.y``, this is also the
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deadline for the PQM branch to be created.
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Both are important as ``lp:bzr`` should remain open so any change can be
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landed, ``lp:bzr/x.y`` on the other hand should be ready to receive bug
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``lp:bzr`` is generally more important as the bug fixes on ``lp:bzr/x.y``
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won't be released sooner than a month from now whereas people may already
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#. Create or update the ``x.y`` PQM branch based on whatever
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#. Open ``lp:bzr`` for ``x.(y+1)``
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#. Release ``x.y.0`` from ``lp:bzr/x.y``
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#. Open ``lp:bzr/x.y`` for bug fixes
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<https://translations.launchpad.net/bzr/x.y/+translations-settings>
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#. E-mail translators to announce that the forthcoming stable release
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of bzr is ready for translations. Send to
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``ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com``.
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#. Post to the ``bazaar`` list, saying that the source has been frozen.
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#. Post to the ``bazaar@lists.canonical.com`` and
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``bzr-packagers@list.launchpad.net`` lists, saying that the source has
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been frozen. Be extra clear that this is only a *source* release targeted
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at packagers and installer builders (see
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<https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/645084>). This is the cue for
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platform maintainers and plugin authors to update their code. This is
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done before the general public announcement of the release.
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The freeze announcement generally guess the date of the official public
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announcement, for the most recent stable series (the one supported by the
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installers and most of the distributions) it's generally a few days after
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the freeze. For older series supported only via SRUs for Ubuntu, we don't
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control the process as tightly so guessing the date is not appropriate.
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For the final beta release include in your announcement a notice of
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API and translation freezes nothing that public methods should not
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#. Pause for a few days.
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Merge the release branch back into the trunk. Check that changes in NEWS
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were merged into the right sections. If it's not already done, advance
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the version number in ``bzr`` and ``bzrlib/__init__.py``. Submit this
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back into pqm for bzr.dev.
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Merge the release branch back into the trunk. The ``doc/en/release-notes``
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changes should be merged into the right place because each release series
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has its own release-notes file, but double-check.
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If it's not already done, advance the version number in ``bzr`` and
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``bzrlib/__init__.py``. Submit this back into pqm for bzr.dev.
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created the corresponding milestone to ensure the continuity in bug
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targeting or nominating. Depending on the change, you may even have to
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that case go to `Starting a cycle` and follow the instructions from there.
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that case go to `At the start of a series cycle`_ and follow the
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instructions from there.
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``lp:~bzr/bzr/current``, so that branch contains the current released code
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Releases until the final one
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Congratulations - you have made your first release. Have a beer
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or fruit juice - it's on the house! If it was a beta, or
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candidate, you're not finished yet. Another beta or candidate or
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hopefully a final release is still to come.
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The process is the same as for the first release. Goto `Starting the
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release phase`_ and follow the instructions again. Some details change
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between beta, candidate and final releases, but they should be
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documented. If the instructions aren't clear enough, please fix them.
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Congratulations - you have made your first release. Have a beer or fruit
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juice - it's on the house! If it was a beta, you're not finished
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yet. Another beta or hopefully a stable release is still to come.
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The process is the same as for the first release. Goto `Doing a particular
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release`_ and follow the instructions again. Some details change between
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beta and stable releases, but they should be documented. If the instructions
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aren't clear enough, please fix them.
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Getting the release into Ubuntu
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(Feel free to propose or add new sections here about what we should do to
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get bzr into other places.)
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For the currently-under-development release of Ubuntu, no special action
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is needed: the release should be picked by Debian and synced from there into
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Releases off stable bzr branches should go in to the ``-updates`` of the
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Ubuntu release that originally contained that branch. (Ubuntu Lucid had
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bzr 2.2.0, so should get every 2.2.x update.) This means going through
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the `SRU (Stable Release Updates)
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<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates>`__ process.
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Since September 2010, bzr has received approval by the technical
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board for the `MicroReleaseExceptions
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<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions>`__
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category so that whole bugfix releases can more easily be
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Progress on these realeases is tracked on the `SRU wiki
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<http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/UbuntuStableReleaseUpdates>`_
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**After making a bzr stable-release release, nominate the most serious bug
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for the appropriate Ubuntu release and subscribe the `ubuntu-sru` team.**
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This requires a couple of tricks (please reconsider and tweak as things
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* create a distro task with the ``Also affects distribution`` button and
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select ``bzr (Ubuntu)``.
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* change the *URL* to point to ``ubuntu/+source/bzr`` instead of ``bzr``
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(this is needed if you create the distro task but not if it exists
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already). You should now be able to click the ``Nominate for release``
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button and select the right Ubuntu release. As of September 2010, this
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* ``oneiric`` for the 2.4 series,
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* Subscribe the ``~ubuntu-sru`` team to the bug.
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* Add a comment targeted to ``~ubuntu-sru`` explaining the expectations
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