Release Group
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A release group is an organization that coordinates in the design, testing, and release of files. Their primary purpose is to foster collaboration and ensure standards of quality and uniformity with designs, building user trust and increasing the reliability of designs.
For a list of notable release groups, see Category:Release Groups.
History
[edit | edit source]TODO: Brief blurb about how we used to have issues with people putting out untested shit, how that led to early groups, how those groups improved content over time
Purpose
[edit | edit source]Release groups have a number of "raisons d'être":
Beta Testing
[edit | edit source]TODO: Document how groups tend to require releases undergo testing, how that's typically coordinated. Glossary:Beta?
Standardization
[edit | edit source]TODO: Document how standardization is useful
Quality Control
[edit | edit source]TODO: Document how release groups act like a filter via beta managers blocking garbage from being released