# Julia Development cycle and release cycle
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894
**Category:** Internals & Design
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894 "2020-11-10T08:37:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@khloelxh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/khloelxh)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894/1 "2020-11-10T08:37:23Z")
Hi there everyone, I’m relatively new to Julia programming language, and would just like to know how more on the the development cycle, and how the release cycle pool requests works?
How do the admins prioritize the tasks in which issues to fix first, and what are the certain requirements to commit to master repository etc.
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894/2 "2020-11-10T10:00:58Z")
Regarding the release process: [Julia’s Release Process](https://julialang.org/blog/2019/08/release-process/)
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894/3 "2020-11-10T10:25:41Z")
> [@khloelxh](#):
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> How do the admins prioritize the tasks in which issues to fix first, and what are the certain requirements to commit to master repository etc.
Note that you don’t need commit access to contribute, just fork and make a PR, then it will be reviewed and merged (if applicable).
A lot of contributions come from people outside the core team.
See
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for detailed instructions.
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### Author:  [@khloelxh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/khloelxh)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894/4 "2020-11-11T10:47:32Z")
Thank you!!!
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### Author:  [@tim.holy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tim.holy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-cycle-and-release-cycle/49894/5 "2020-11-11T11:26:54Z")
It’s worth noting that we’re entering a feature-freeze (see [1.6 (Soft)-Feature Freeze: Nov 8th](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/1-6-soft-feature-freeze-nov-8th/49379)), but that’s not a reason to hold back from submitting improvements; it just might mean that some things will be merged with a bit of a delay. That said, anything you notice about problems in the upcoming 1.6 are great candidates for getting submitted ASAP.
Thanks in advance for your interest in contributing! Having many eyes on Julia really makes a difference, and newcomers often have a lot to contribute because of their fresh perspective.