Release 8.8.4

• Picked into respective stable branches. Picked into Stable 8.8 merged merge requests:

  • !4493 (merged)
  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/447

• Check ce/8-8-stable CHANGELOG

• Check ee/8-8-stable-ee CHANGELOG-EE

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

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

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

• Ensure tests are green on CE: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/8-8-stable

• Ensure tests are green on EE: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/commits/8-8-stable-ee

• Check for any migrations in CE (and paste the diff below): git diff v8.8.3..8-8-stable -- db/

• Check for any migrations in EE (and paste the diff below): git diff v8.8.3-ee..8-8-stable-ee -- db/

• Tag and build (this is CI-automatized) the 8.8.4 version using the release task:

  bundle exec rake "release[8.8.4]"

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

• Add patch notice to 8.8 Regressions:

  `8.8.4` has been tagged, further fixes will go into `8.8.5` as necessary.

• Deploy 8.8.4 to GitLab.com

• Create the 8.8.4 version on https://version.gitlab.com

• Blog Post:

  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/2316

• Tweet (prepare the Tweet text below or paste the tweet URL instead):

  GitLab 8.8.4 is released! BLOG_POST_URL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGES

• Add ce/v8.8.4 CHANGELOG items to ce/master CHANGELOG

• Add ee/v8.8.4-ee CHANGELOG-EE items to ee/master CHANGELOG-EE

• Add omnibus-gitlab/v8.8.4+ee.0 CHANGELOG items to omnibus-gitlab/master CHANGELOG

• Create the next patch issue (if needed) using the patch_issue task (and put a reference to it below):

  bundle exec rake "patch_issue[8.8.5]"

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For references:

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

Reassigned to @yorickpeterse

Marked the task !4493 (merged) as completed

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Marked the task Check [ce/8-8-stable CHANGELOG][ce-stable-changelog] as completed

Marked the task Check [ee/8-8-stable-ee CHANGELOG-EE][ee-stable-changelog] as completed

Marked the task Check [omnibus-gitlab/8-8-stable CHANGELOG][omnibus-stable-changelog] as completed

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Marked the task Merge ce/8-8-stable into ee/8-8-stable-ee as completed

Marked the task Check for any migrations in CE (and paste the diff below): git diff v8.8.3..8-8-stable -- db/ as completed

Marked the task Check for any migrations in EE (and paste the diff below): git diff v8.8.3-ee..8-8-stable-ee -- db/ as completed

Marked the task Ensure tests are green on CE: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/8-8-stable as completed

Marked the task Ensure tests are green on EE: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/commits/8-8-stable-ee as completed

Marked the task Tag and build (this is CI-automatized) the 8.8.4 version using the [release task]: as completed

Marked the task Add patch notice to 8.8 Regressions: as completed

mentioned in issue release-tools#21 (closed)

Marked the task Deploy 8.8.4 to GitLab.com as completed

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

Marked the task Create the 8.8.4 version on https://version.gitlab.com as completed

Marked the task Blog Post: as completed

mentioned in merge request !4319 (merged)

Marked the task Tweet (prepare the Tweet text below or paste the tweet URL instead): as completed

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Marked the task Add [ce/v8.8.4 CHANGELOG][ce-tag-changelog] items to [ce/master CHANGELOG][ce-master-changelog] as completed

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Status changed to closed