Release 8.5.3

• Picked into respective stable branches. Picked into Stable 8.5 merged merge requests:

  • gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!216
  • gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!234
  • gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!2974

• Check ce/8-5-stable CHANGELOG

• Check ee/8-5-stable-ee CHANGELOG

• Check omnibus-gitlab/8-5-stable CHANGELOG

• Check omnibus-gitlab/8-5-stable-ee CHANGELOG

• Merge ce/8-5-stable into ee/8-5-stable-ee

• Check for any migrations in CE: git diff v8.5.2..8-5-stable -- db/

• Check for any migrations in EE: git diff v8.5.2-ee..8-5-stable-ee -- db/

• Tag and build (this is CI-automatized) the 8.5.3 version using the release task:

  bundle exec rake "release[8.5.3]"

• Check that packages are built and appears under gitlab/gitlab-ee and gitlab/gitlab-ce on https://packages.gitlab.com

• Add patch notice to 8.5 Regressions:

  `8.5.3` has been tagged, further fixes will go into `8.5.4` as necessary.

• Deploy 8.5.3 to GitLab.com

• Create the 8.5.3 version on https://version.gitlab.com

• Blog Post:

  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/1639
  • https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/03/gitlab-8-dot-5-dot-3-released/

• Tweet: https://twitter.com/gitlab/status/705450938107076608

• Add ce/v8.5.3 CHANGELOG items to ce/master CHANGELOG

• Add ee/v8.5.3-ee CHANGELOG-EE items to ee/master CHANGELOG-EE

• Add omnibus-gitlab/8.5.3+ee.0 CHANGELOG items omnibus-gitlab/master CHANGELOG

• Create the next patch issue (if needed) using the patch_issue task:

  bundle exec rake "patch_issue[8.5.4]"

  https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/14001

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For references:

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/commits/8-5-stable
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/commits/8-5-stable-ee
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/8-5-stable
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/commits/8-5-stable-ee

Marked the task gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!234 as completed

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Marked the task Tag and build (this is CI-automatized) the 8.5.3 version using the [release task]: as completed

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Marked the task Check that packages are [built][omnibus-gitlab-builds] and appears under [gitlab/gitlab-ee] and [gitlab/gitlab-ce] on https://packages.gitlab.com as completed

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Status changed to closed