nix-openclaw/maintainers/release-policy.md
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Move public maintainer policy and automation guidance into maintainers/, shrink root AGENTS.md into an audience router, and ignore internal .agent scratch state.

Delete tracked internal ExecPlans from .agent and scrub personal/private references from public RFC examples.

Checks: git diff --cached --check; scripts/check-flake-lock-owners.sh; node scripts/select-openclaw-release.test.mjs; bash -n scripts/update-pins.sh; ruby -e 'require "yaml"; YAML.load_file(".github/workflows/yolo-update.yml"); YAML.load_file(".github/workflows/ci.yml")'
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Release Policy

nix-openclaw publishes one user-facing package, openclaw, with component outputs for maintainers and modules.

Desired State

  • openclaw-gateway tracks the newest stable upstream OpenClaw source release that satisfies the Nix package contract.
  • openclaw-app tracks the newest stable upstream release that has a published public OpenClaw-*.zip app artifact.
  • These tracks are independent. Source and app versions may differ.

Non-Negotiables

  • Do not hold back the source-built gateway because a newer source release lacks public macOS app assets.
  • Do not treat source/app version mismatch as a failure.
  • Do not make upstream's full Vitest suite a promotion gate; upstream owns source test health.
  • Do verify the Nix-owned package contract: source build, generated config options, package contents, gateway smoke startup, module activation, and newest available public macOS app artifact.
  • Do prefer the upstream .zip app artifact for openclaw-app, but verify the unpacked contents contain an .app.

Freshness Check

The package is fresh only when both are true:

  • nix/sources/openclaw-source.nix matches GitHub's newest stable OpenClaw source tag.
  • nix/packages/openclaw-app.nix matches the newest stable public OpenClaw-*.zip app artifact.

If newer stable source releases lack public app assets, report that as an upstream app publishing miss and keep the app pin on the newest public zip.