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freeze
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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v. To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so
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it can be released with some hope of stability. Carries the strong
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implication that the item in question will unfreeze at some future date. OK,
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fix that bug and we'll freeze for release. There are more specific
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constructions on this term. A feature freeze , for example, locks out
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modifications intended to introduce new features but still allows bugfixes
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and completion of existing features; a code freeze connotes no more changes
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at all. At Sun Microsystems and elsewhere, one may also hear references to
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code slush that is, an almost-but-not-quite frozen state.
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