<s>
The	O
merge	B-Application
window	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
process	O
which	O
is	O
sometimes	O
used	O
by	O
large	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
merge	B-Application
window	I-Application
is	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
that	O
occurs	O
directly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
has	O
used	O
the	O
merge	B-Application
window	I-Application
process	O
since	O
July	O
2005	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
2.6.14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
*	O
release	O
has	O
been	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
two-week	O
merge	B-Application
window	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
causes	O
much	O
work	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
maintainers	O
who	O
have	O
to	O
merge	B-General_Concept
all	O
the	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
may	O
be	O
split	O
up	O
with	O
people	O
who	O
inspect	O
,	O
approve	O
and	O
merge	B-General_Concept
the	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
