Release 8.8.8

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

  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/5781 (needs CHANGELOG)

• Check ce/8-8-stable CHANGELOG

• Check ee/8-8-stable-ee CHANGELOG-EE

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

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

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

• While waiting for tests to be green, now is a good time to start on the blog post: BLOG_POST_MR

• Ensure tests are green on CE

• Ensure tests are green on EE

• Check for any problematic migrations in EE (EE migrations include CE ones), and paste the diff in a snippet: git diff v8.8.7-ee..8-8-stable-ee -- db/migrate =>

• Tag the 8.8.8 version using the release task:

  ```sh
  bundle exec rake "release[8.8.8]"
  ```

• Add patch notice to 8.8 Regressions:

  ```
  `8.8.8` has been tagged, further fixes will go into `8.8.9` as necessary.
  ```

• Check that EE packages are built, CE packages are built and appears on packages.gitlab.com: EE / CE

• In #infrastructure:

  ```
  I'm going to deploy `8.8.8` to staging
  ```

• Deploy 8.8.8 to staging.gitlab.com

• In #infrastructure:

  ```
  I'm going to deploy `8.8.8` to production
  ```

• Deploy 8.8.8 to GitLab.com

• Check that the 8.8.8 version was automatically created on https://version.gitlab.com

• Deploy the blog post

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

  ```
  GitLab 8.8.8 is released! BLOG_POST_URL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGES
  ```

• Add ce/v8.8.8 CHANGELOG items to ce/master CHANGELOG

• Add ee/v8.8.8-ee CHANGELOG-EE items to ee/master CHANGELOG-EE

• Add omnibus-gitlab/v8.8.8+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):

  ```sh
  bundle exec rake "patch_issue[8.8.9]"
  ```

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For references:

• https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlab-ee/commits/8-8-stable-ee
• https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/commits/8-8-stable
• https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/omnibus-gitlab/commits/8-8-stable-ee
• https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/omnibus-gitlab/commits/8-8-stable

Marked the task https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/5781 (needs CHANGELOG) as completed

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 Merge ce/8-8-stable into ee/8-8-stable-ee as completed

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

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

Marked the task While waiting for tests to be green, now is a good time to start on the blog post: BLOG_POST_MR as completed

Marked the task Ensure [tests are green on CE] as completed

Marked the task Check for any problematic migrations in EE (EE migrations include CE ones), and paste the diff in a snippet: git diff v8.8.7-ee..8-8-stable-ee -- db/migrate => as completed

Marked the task Tag the 8.8.8 version using the [release task]: as completed

Marked the task Ensure [tests are green on EE] as completed

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

Marked the task In #infrastructure: as completed

Marked the task Deploy 8.8.8 to [staging.gitlab.com] as completed

Marked the task In #infrastructure: as completed

Marked the task Deploy 8.8.8 to [GitLab.com] as completed

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

Marked the task Check that [EE packages are built], [CE packages are built] and appears on packages.gitlab.com: EE / CE as completed

Marked the task Check that the 8.8.8 version was automatically created on https://version.gitlab.com as completed

Marked the task Deploy the blog post as completed

Marked the task Add [ce/v8.8.8 CHANGELOG][ce-tag-changelog] items to [ce/master CHANGELOG][ce-master-changelog] as completed

Marked the task Add [ee/v8.8.8-ee CHANGELOG-EE][ee-tag-changelog] items to [ee/master CHANGELOG-EE][ee-master-changelog] as completed

Marked the task Add [omnibus-gitlab/v8.8.8+ee.0 CHANGELOG][omnibus-tag-changelog] items to [omnibus-gitlab/master CHANGELOG][omnibus-master-changelog] as completed

Status changed to closed