Merge pull request #42 from NixOS/feat/beta-phase

Document the beta phase

src/Beta-Phase.md

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+# Beta Phase
+
+- Monitor the master branch for bugfixes and minor updates and
+  cherry-pick them to the release branch.
+
+- Start marking packages as broken. There is no fully defined process to do
+  this, so look at the corresponding
+  [issue](https://github.com/NixOS/release-wiki/issues/4) and also
+  [this discussion](https://github.com/NixOS/release-wiki/pull/42#discussion_r882695363).

src/Final-Release.md

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+# Final Release
+
+## Before the final release
+
+- Two days before expected release date, change `stableBranch` to `true` in Hydra and wait for the channel to update
+
+- Re-check that the release notes are complete
+
+- Merge the Pull Request that marks broken packages as broken
+
+- [Update README.md with new stable NixOS version information.](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/40fd9ae3ac8048758abdcfc7d28a78b5f22fe97e) (for `master` then backport to the release branch)
+
+- Ensure the following items are sufficiently tested:
+  - Graphical NixOS installer images (Can be found on nixos hydra jobset)
+  - Minimal NixOS installer images (Can be found on nixos hydra jobset)

src/Release-Process-Walkthrough.md

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 # Release Process Walkthrough
 
-## During Beta
-
-- Monitor the master branch for bugfixes and minor updates and
-  cherry-pick them to the release branch.
-
-## Before the final release
-
-- Two days before expected release date, change `stableBranch` to `true` in Hydra and wait for the channel to update.
-
-- Re-check that the release notes are complete.
-
-- Release Nix (currently only Eelco Dolstra can do that). [Make sure fallback is updated.](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix)
-
-- [Update README.md with new stable NixOS version information.](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/40fd9ae3ac8048758abdcfc7d28a78b5f22fe97e) (for both `master` then backport to `release-19.09` branch)
-
-- Ensure the following items are sufficiently tested:
-  - Graphical NixOS installer images (Can be found on nixos hydra jobset)
-  - Minimal NixOS installer images (Can be found on nixos hydra jobset)
-
 ## At final release time
 Create these PRs on master and backport to release-19.09.
 

src/SUMMARY.md

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 cleanup](Feature-Freeze-Announcement.md)
 	- [ZERO Hydra Failures](Zero-Hydra-Failures.md)
 	- [Branch-off](Branch-Off.md)
+	- [Beta Phase](Beta-Phase.md)
+	- [Final Release](Final-Release.md)
 	- [Release Process Walkthrough](Release-Process-Walkthrough.md)