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# Put a ''watch'' on your page so you are notified when its category changes. You must be logged in, then click the ''watch'' link at the top of the page.
# Put a ''watch'' on your page so you are notified when its category changes. You must be logged in, then click the ''watch'' link at the top of the page.
=== How does a feature get accepted? ===
Once the feature owner believes that the feature is ready for presentation to the Release Manager for ''acceptance'' move your feature from [[:Category:Feature Page Incomplete]] to [[:Category:Feature Ready for Release Manager]]. The Release Manager will then do the sanity check.
=== Acceptance of a feature ===
Acceptance by the Release Manger is a sanity check, presumed in most cases to be a formality, to ensure that new features compliment Sugar guidelines and is manageable, prior to publicizing as officially targeted for the next release.
Acceptance by the Release Manger is a sanity check, presumed in most cases to be a formality, to ensure that new features compliment Sugar guidelines and is manageable, prior to publicizing as officially targeted for the next release.
# important to track prior to feature freeze and could affect timeliness of release
# important to track prior to feature freeze and could affect timeliness of release
=== What do I need to do over the course of the release cycle? ===
If the Feature is accepted the Release Manager moves the Feature to Feature Accepted <version>, such as, [[:Category:Feature Accepted {{Upcoming Stable Release}}]]. If the feature is denied the Release Manager moves the Feature to [[:Category:Feature Page Incomplete]] for rework or future resubmission.
=== What do the feature owner need to do over the course of the release cycle? ===
# Feature pages should be updated to reflect the current status of the feature by the following milestones on the [[Development_Team/Release/Roadmap | Release schedule]]:
# Feature pages should be updated to reflect the current status of the feature by the following milestones on the [[Development_Team/Release/Roadmap | Release schedule]]:
#* Alpha Freeze --features not 100% complete at alpha should be updated no less than every two weeks
#* Alpha Freeze --features not 100% complete at alpha should be updated no less than every two weeks