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Backdrop 1.18.0-preview Release checklist #4875

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jenlampton opened this issue Jan 14, 2021 · 2 comments
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Backdrop 1.18.0-preview Release checklist #4875

jenlampton opened this issue Jan 14, 2021 · 2 comments
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jenlampton commented Jan 14, 2021 •
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Scheduled for January 3rd, 20xx 10am - 4pm PT

Pre-release tasks

  • Merge commits @quicksketch
  • Create a new minor release milestone @quicksketch
  • Move all unfinished issues to the next minor release milestone @quicksketch
  • Draft Release notes @bwpanda
    • Include a short, descriptive summary of the release, for example:
      • This is the preview release of Backdrop 1.16.0. Please use this version if you would like to help us test the features in the new version of Backdrop prior to the official release on January/May/September 15th, 20xx.
    • Include a section containing Notes for updating
      • Note if any changes were made to files outside the core directory, for example:
        • No changes have been made to the .htaccess, robots.txt or default settings.php files in this release. Updating customized versions of those files is not necessary.
      • Note if updates (update.php) needs to be run, for example:
        • Use the text "The database update script does not need to be run."
        • or "It will be necessary to run the update script (located at /update.php) for this release."
    • Include list of major new features
      • This list can be generated from close issuses in the milestone

Pre-release Publicity + documentation tasks

  • Create new forum topic for feedback on the release @stpaultim
  • Draft blog post for release on the 15th @cellear
  • Draft roadmap updates for backdropcms.org @klonos

Release tasks

  • Update bootstrap.inc with version number @quicksketch
  • Tag for release, and push tag to GitHub @quicksketch
  • Branch for new minor number (e.g. 1.10.x-preview) and push to GitHub @quicksketch
  • Revert version number back on 1.x branch with minor number increased (e.g. 1.11.x-dev) @quicksketch
  • Revert version number back on new minor number branch (e.g. 1.10.x-dev) @quicksketch
  • Create release notes on GitHub @bwpanda
  • update api.backdropcms.org @jenlampton

Post-release Publicity + documentation tasks

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API site has been updated to 1.18.0

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klonos commented Jan 18, 2021

Blog post and forum post for feedback have been created for the final 1.18.0 release. Closing this issue in favor of #4876 for the final release.

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