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Release Checklist
Meggie Woodfield edited this page Oct 30, 2015
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| Task | Notes | Assignee | Completed |
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| Package new dependencies and update dependency versions | This should be happening on an ongoing basis, but we should double-check that nothing needs to be updated when preparing for a release. | @dmurphy18 | |
| Check committed issues | Check that all committed customer issues were merged into the release branch and explicitly tested. Issues committed to customers should be listed here for reference: - Item 1 - Item 2 |
@rickh563, @meggiebot, QA | |
| Create the release notes | Create and commit the release notes for major releases and the first dot update (`201[5 | 6].*.[0 | 1]`). Send notification to reviewers below with link. |
| Review release notes | Review and approve the release notes for major releases and the first dot update. | @dmurphy18, @ch3LL, @basepi/ @cachedout, @meggiebot | |
| Create the generated release notes | Generate and commit the list of code changes for each major and minor release (currently this consists of just the pull requests). For RCs and dot updates (`201[5 | 6].*.2-9?), this file is the release notes. For major releases and the first dot update (201[5 |
6].*.[0 |
| Tag open source release | Tag the open source release branch, and push the tag to a private repo. | QA 1-@jfindlay 2-@jtand |
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| Test and approve code | Test code in open source release branch and approve it. | QA 1-@ssgward 2-@jtand |
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| Push release to pypi | Push the release archive to pypi. | @jfindlay | |
| Announce release to packagers | Announce the release to community packagers (salt-packagers). This should happen at least 2 days before we announce publicly. | @jfindlay | |
| Build and test packages | Build open source packages and run unit tests on them. | @dmurphy18 | |
| Build and test Windows packages | Build open source packages for Windows and run unit tests on them. | @twangboy | |
| Post packages for testing | Post packages to staging for QA to test. | @dmurphy18 | |
| Post Windows packages for testing | Post Windows packages to staging for QA to test. | @twangboy | |
| Update installation steps | Send details on any changes to installation instructions to Jacob. | @jfindlay | |
| Create installation instructions 1st draft | Create the first draft of the installation instructions for repo.saltstack.com. Commit to ss-priv/sse-docs. | @jacobhammons | |
| Post draft installation instructions | Retrieve first draft installation instructions from ss-priv/sse-docs and post for review to repo.saltstack.com/staging. | @dmurphy18 | |
| Review installation instructions first draft | Review the first draft of the installation instructions for repo.saltstack.com. | @dmurphy18, @jfindlay, @basepi/ @cachedout, @meggiebot | |
| Test and approve packages | Test all open source packages and approve them. | QA 1-@ssgward 2-@jfindlay |
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| Make packages live | Move open source packages to repo.saltstack.com. | 1-@dmurphy18 2-@utahdave |
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| Re-test and approve packages | Re-test all open source packages and approve them. | QA 1-@ssgward 2-@jfindlay |
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| Review final installation instructions | Review the final draft of the installation instructions for repo.saltstack.com, including all package paths and download instructions. | @dmurphy18, @jfindlay, @basepi/ @cachedout, @meggiebot | |
| Create final installation instructions | Make final updates to installation instructions based on review, commit to ss-priv/sse-docs. | @jacobhammons | |
| Post final installation instructions | Retrieve final installation instructions from ss-priv/sse-docs and post to repo.saltstack.com | @dmurphy18 | |
| Rebuild release docs with new release notes and version numbers | Rebuild the open docs to change version numbers and make the open source release notes live. | @jacobhammons | |
| Publish release on pypi and github | Unhide the release on pypi, and create the release on github. | @jfindlay | |
| Announce release internally | Announce the release to internal stakeholders: @rickh563, @basepi, Sales, Marketing. | @meggiebot | |
| Announce release to community | Announce the release to community (salt-announce). | @basepi |