Release 8.3
11th: (7 working days before the 22nd)
- Triage the Omnibus milestone
14th: (6 working days before the 22nd)
- Determine QA person and notify this person
- Check the tasks in how to rc1 guide and delegate tasks if necessary
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Merge CE
master
into EEmaster
via merge request - gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!77 - Create CE and EE RC1 versions
- Build RC1 packages
15th: (5 working days before the 22nd)
- Do QA and fix anything coming out of it (gitlab-org/gitlab-ce#4047)
- Close the Omnibus milestone
- Prepare the blog post
16th: (4 working days before the 22nd)
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Update GitLab.com with RC1
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Create the regression issue in the CE issue tracker:
This is a meta issue to index possible regressions in this monthly release and any patch versions. Please do not raise or discuss issues directly in this issue but link to issues that might warrant a patch release. If there is a Merge Request that fixes the issue, please link to that as well. Please only post one regression issue and/or merge request per comment. Comments will be updated by the release manager as they are addressed.
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Tweet about RC1 release:
GitLab 8.3.0.rc1 is available: https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/unstable Use at your own risk. Please link regressions issues from LINK_TO_REGRESSION_ISSUE
17th: (3 working days before the 22nd)
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Merge
8-3-stable
into8-3-stable-ee
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Check that everyone is mentioned on the blog post using
@all
18th: (2 working days before the 22nd)
- Check that MVP is added to the MVP page
21st: (1 working day before the 22nd)
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Merge
8-3-stable
into8-3-stable-ee
- Create CE and EE release candidates
- Create Omnibus tags and build packages for the latest release candidates
- Update GitLab.com with the latest RC
22nd before 1200 CET:
Release before 1200 CET / 2AM PST, to make sure the majority of our users get the new version on the 22nd and there is sufficient time in the European workday to quickly fix any issues.
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Merge
8-3-stable
into8-3-stable-ee
- Create the '8.3.0' tag with the release tools
- Create the '8.3.0' version on version.gitlab.com
- Try to do before 1100 CET: Create and push Omnibus tags for 8.3.0 (will auto-release the packages)
- Try to do before 1200 CET: Publish the release blog post
- Tweet about the release
- Schedule a second Tweet of the release announcement with the same text at 1800 CET / 8AM PST