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 \input{astron-abbreviations}
+\newacronym{CI}{CI}{Continuous Integration}
+\newacronym{CD}{CD}{Continuous Deployment}
+
 \makeglossaries
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 \glsunset{ASCL}
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 Perhaps the primary activity of the \gls{SDC} Program is the development of a variety of software packages which will be used to implement the services deployed by the \gls{SDCO} team.
 It is essential to establish consistency across the \gls{SDC} Program to \gls{SDCO} interface: software should be tested, documented, and packaged in a consistent way, regardless of which \gls{SDC} Program team is responsible for delivery\footnote{``Consistent'' here is not quite synonymous with identical: different types of software may require different processes, but those processes should be harmonized wherever possible.}.
 
+\section{Suggestion from \gls{SDCO}}
+
+This material is adapted from an e-mail from Roberto Pizzo on 1 December 2020.
+It is preserved here for reference and discussion; this text does not represent formal \gls{SDC} policy at time of writing.
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+
+\item{Software should be developed and published in a repository with continuous build, integration, deploy and testing functionality.}
+
+\item{The release candidate should be been tagged, documented, and demonstrated to pass the all unit, integration, and other tests.}
+
+\item{The release candidate should to be deployed in an acceptance environment that mirrors the production environment and allows for demonstration and interactive acceptance testing.
+This acceptance environment could be provided by \gls{SDCO} or be a part of the \acrshort{CI}/\acrshort{CD} (\acrlong{CI}/\acrlong{CD}) environment maintained by the \gls{SDC} Program}.
+
+\item{\gls{SDCO} will formally accept the release candidate based on the deployed version on the acceptance environment.}
+
+\item{The accepted release version is deployed by \gls{SDCO} in the production environment.
+The deployment process in the production environment should in essence be a duplication of the process in the acceptance environment.
+If the functionality is provided as an easily deployable package (e.g. \texttt{pip}), the production deployment could be undertaken by \gls{SDCO} (i.e. delegated to sysadmins); if it requires technical expertise to deploy, it should be undertaken/supported by \gls{SDC} Program staff
+Further integration in the \gls{CI}/\gls{CD} system could also motivate production deployment to be undertaken by the \gls{SDC} Program.}
+
+\item{It should be possible to roll back to the previously deployed version if necessary.}
+
+\end{enumerate}
+
 \end{document}