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Roles
- Release Owner: @Griffin-Sullivan
- Release Engineer: @ekohl
- Installer Maintainer: @
Preparing code: 2023-08-08
Installer Maintainer
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Make patch releases of installer modules that have important changes
- Branch to MAJ.MIN-stable if recent changes to the module aren’t suitable for patch (x.y.z) release
Release Owner
- Add a new Redmine version for the next minor, unless the series is EOL. Be sure the version is set to sharing with subprojects.
- Remove/change target version field for any open Redmine tickets assigned to the release still (next minor, unset it or reject)
- Ensure that code in git matches issues fixed in 3.6.2 in redmine. issues.rb can be used to generate a comparison between the two.
- Change Redmine version 3.6.2 state to Closed
Tagging a release: 2023-08-08
Release Owner
- Make sure test_3_6_stable and smart-proxy3.6-stable-test are green using verify_green_jobs
- Update release version similar to here
- Tag the projects
- Create tags tag_project
- Push tags tag_push
- Run the Jenkins Tarballs Release using release_tarballs to create tarballs
Release Engineer
- Sign Tarballs
Note: If for some reason there was an issue with the tarballs that required uploading new tarballs, CDN cache should be invalidated so that the builders use the updated tarballs.
Packaging a release: 2023-08-08
Note it is considered good practice to release on a day when the next day is a working day. This means no releases on Fridays or on the day before a holiday.
Release Engineer
- Update foreman-packaging branches
- Wait for packages to be built using wait_packaging (checks rpm/3.6 and deb/3.6). This takes a while so you can already start on the manual updates.
- Check for outstanding PRs against 3.6 packaging, and merge if possible:
- Sign the RPMs in the release
- Sign RPMs for client repos (call scripts with
PROJECT=client) -
Kick off the release pipeline by calling
release_pipeline -
Kick off the client pipeline by calling
PROJECT=client release_pipeline - Kick off the plugins pipeline by calling plugins_pipeline
Manual updates: 2023-08-08
Release Owner
- Update manual if applicable for any additional installation steps
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Update the website’s release notes section in the manual
- Using the release notes script:
./scripts/release_notes.rb foreman 3.6.2 - Append CLI release notes taken from the hammer-cli and hammer-cli-foreman changelogs, in theforeman.org.
- Submit this as a PR
- Using the release notes script:
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Update docs.theforeman.org
- Using redmine_release_notes script (see README as well):
./guides/doc-Release_Notes/redmine_release_notes foreman 3.6.2 > ./guides/doc-Release_Notes/topics/foreman-3.6.2.adoc - Append CLI release notes taken from the hammer-cli and hammer-cli-foreman changelogs to
foreman-3.6.2.adoc. - Add
topics/foreman-3.6.2.adoctoguides/doc-Release_Notes/master.adoc:sed -i '/x.y.z releases here/a include::topics/foreman-3.6.2.adoc[leveloffset=+1]' guides/doc-Release_Notes/master.adoc - Make sure foreman-contributors.adoc is updated
- Make sure headline features, upgrade warnings and deprecations are in sync with the website
- Submit this as a PR
- Using redmine_release_notes script (see README as well):
- Update the apipie docs and place those in the foreman/3.6/apidoc directory if any changes were made to the API
After the packages have been released
Release Owner
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Update theforeman.org
- Update
_config.yml - Update
foreman_latest_releases
- Update
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Announce the release on Discourse using release_announcement
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Update the topic in #theforeman channel on Libera.Chat
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Share the release announcement on Twitter
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Release pipeline will trigger foreman-plugins-3.6-deb-test-pipeline and foreman-plugins-3.6-rpm-test-pipeline. These don’t block releases but can be used to understand known issues around plugin compatibility with Foreman 3.6.