[docs] Add bugfix release criteria #5707
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| - The bug makes the Collector negatively affect its environment (e.g. significantly affects its host machine) | ||
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| The OpenTelemetry Collector maintainers will ultimately have the responsibility to assess if a given bug fulfills all the necessary criteria. | ||
| Exceptions may be granted in a case-by-case basis if there is widespread consensus that a bugfix release should be done despite the above rules. |
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Should this last line be here?
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I like the wiggle room, but I think ultimately the "case-by-case" basis is based on the maintainer's judgement. Could modify the line above to be "The OpenTelemetry Collector maintainers will ultimately have the responsibility to assess if a given bug fulfills all the necessary criteria, or should be patched anyways".
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Co-authored-by: Tyler Helmuth <12352919+TylerHelmuth@users.noreply.github.com>
Description: Add criteria describing when to make a bugfix release. This is basically a rehash of #5681 (comment) with nicer language and ordered from least to most ambiguous.
Link to tracking Issue: Fixes #5681
cc @codeboten @jpkrohling