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Releases

These pages explain how to create complete Garden Linux major and minor releases.

Release hierarchy

Garden Linux uses a three-tier release hierarchy to deliver a complete operating system. Each tier depends on the previous one:

  1. Package Releases – Build and version individual software packages in package-* repositories.

  2. APT Repository Releases – Assemble packages into an APT repository that OS images consume.

  3. OS Releases – Build complete, deployable operating system images from the APT repository.

Work through all three tiers in order to complete a release.

Available Releases documentation

Creating Package ReleasesComplete guide to creating Garden Linux Package releases
Creating APT Repository ReleasesComplete guide to creating releases for Garden Linux APT repositories
Creating OS ReleasesComplete guide to creating Garden Linux OS major and minor releases