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[PATCH] docs: add reference to release cycle discussion



As it is coming up basically every release cycle of Xen, add a
reference to the discussion why the current release scheme has been
selected in the release management documentation.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc 
b/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc
index b746c7157d..8f80d61d2f 100644
--- a/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc
+++ b/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ The Xen hypervisor project now releases every 8 months.  We 
aim to
 release in the first half of March/July/November.  These dates have
 been chosen to avoid major holidays and cultural events; if one
 release slips, ideally the subsequent release cycle would be shortened.
+The reasons for this schedule have been discussed on
+[xen-devel](https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2018-07/msg02240.html).
 
 We can roughly divide one release into two periods. The development period
 and the freeze period. The former is 6 months long and the latter is about 2
-- 
2.35.3




 


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