WikiReleaseTeam/Release log/2014-06-04

This is the internal log mglaser uses to produce tarballs

Versions to be released

It's best to have each REL branch in a separate checkout. Switching between branches will surely produce confusion.

• 1.23.0

Preparation

Release notes

Update release notes and DefaultSettings.php

Status:

LOCAL GIT

• 1.23.0 -- LOCAL GIT

Prepare Announcement

Status:

OK

• 1.23.0 -- OK

Produce the tarball

From here on, combined security and maintenance releases are time critical, as this discloses the security issues.

Push to gerrit and merge

Howto:

git review

Status:

GERRIT - MERGED

• 1.23.0 -- GERRIT - MERGED

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/137460

Tag versions

Howto

(git checkout BRANCH, git pull, git tag)

Status

OK

• 1.23.0 - OK

git tag -a 1.23.0 -m "Stable release 1.23.0" git push --tags

Watch Jenkins

Jenkins tarball build jobs are triggered by new tags

https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/view/MediaWiki/job/mediawiki-core-release/

Note: Login to rerun jobs

Status:

JOB <NR> - OK

• 1.23.0 -- JOB 131 - OK

Get tarball and patch file

Status

OK

• 1.23.0 - OK

Final checks

Howto:

• install works
• test folder is not included
• extension versions are right
• empty patch files: put a notice

Status:

OK

• 1.23.0 -- OK

Sign tarball and patch files

Status:

OK

• 1.23.0 -- OK

Upload to DL-server

Status:

OK

• 1.23.0 -- OK

Send announcement

Status

OK

• 1.23.0 -- OK

Post release

This is no longer time critical.

Update mediawiki.org

Status

OK

• 1.23.0