WikiReleaseTeam/Release log/Boilerplate

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.

• 1.19.x
• 1.22.x
• 1.23.x

Preparation

Fix security bugs

Patches and respective backports must be available as patch files and reviewed.

Howto:

git reset --hard origin/master
git apply --check path/to/patch
git am path/to/patch

Status:

PATCH - REVIEWED - LOCAL GIT

Bug x

• master
• brances

Release notes

Update release notes and DefaultSettings.php

Status:

LOCAL GIT

• branches

Prepare Announcement

Status:

OK

• branches

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

• master

Link to gerrit

• branches

Links to gerrit

Tag versions

Howto

(git checkout BRANCH, git pull, git tag)

Status

OK

• branches

git tag -a 1.21.9 -m "Security and maintenance release 1.21.9" 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

• branches

Get tarball and patch file

Status

OK

• branches

Final checks

Howto:

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

Status:

OK

• branches

Sign tarball and patch files

Status:

OK

• branches

Upload to DL-server

Status:

OK

• branches

Send announcement

Status

OK

• branches

Post release

This is no longer time critical.

Update mediawiki.org

Status

OK

• branches