Release 0.28.0rc2
Information about the release
Relevant series
default
Main reason driving the release
Task list
-
Omnibus
- merge stabler branches into the relevant branch if needed
-
if new upstream GitLab version, merge the corresponding CE tag,
typically
x+y+z+ce.0
into the relevant branch. Leave as draft but not in a topic, commit and push
-
Rails application
The release branch is e.g.,
heptapod-0-20
while the development branch isheptapod
,heptapod-stable
orheptapod-oldstable
.- merge stabler development branches into the development branch (pipelines not really needed).
-
start a topic from the head of the release branch (e.g, from
heptapod-0-20
) - merge the development branch into the release branch if needed. Commit.
- Merge new upstream GitLab version if needed. Commit.
- fill in HEPTAPOD_CHANGELOG Be sure to include the changes related to the stabler branches. If needed copy them from the stabler release branches, as these won't get merged.
- set HEPTAPOD_VERSION
- commit the changes in version files, push the topic and create a Merge Request targeting the release branch, with automatic merge upon pipeline completion (estimated time between 40 and 90 minutes depending on whether there is a GitLab upstream update)
-
In case of GitLab upstream update, check that the pipeline
contains the
gitlab-prebuilds
job. - once the topic is published by CI, pull
-
create a tag on the release branch head without a topic (run
hg topic --clear if needed
before) - push the tag, don't publish it yet. The tag pipeline will push the source tarball to download.h.n and push a commit to reference it and a tag in Omnibus. The resulting pipeline in Omnibus will build the package for Ubuntu, then the Docker image, then trigger a full run of the functional tests on it, as a pipeline on heptapod-tests.
- Docker image:
- double check that the heptapod-tests CI jobs did run for the image built in the Omnibus pipeline.
-
retrieve the image built by the Omnibus pipeline from registry.h.n,
retag it as
octobus/heptapod:x.y.z
andoctobus/heptapod:latest
- Docker push for those two image tags.
Finalisations
- announce the release at least on Twitter and Mastodon
- publish the changesets in all repositories made during the process (don't forget Omnibus)
- Create group milestone for next point release, move all remaining issues bearing the milestone of this release to it.
- Close milestone for this release.