Release Plan for version 8.2-rc-1

Version 10.1 by Marius Dumitru Florea on 2016/07/13 08:24
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Release Date: 13/07/2016
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Use these icons to mark the release progress: cancel not done, accept done, error not done for a good reason (explain reason)

  • accept Verify that the xwiki-commons's top level POM has a xwiki.compatibility.previous.version property correctly pointing to the latest stable (non-milestone) release and if not, change it.
  • accept Verify that there are no Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
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  • error Verify that no tests are failing on the CI Server (or that failures are understood, see known flickering tests).
  • accept Verify that there are no Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
  • accept Ensure that the Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
  • Release JIRA versions and create new versions for the next development iteration on the following JIRA projects:
  • accept Since the release is performed on agent-1-1, mark it offline in the Jenkins admin screen to avoid using it in the CI. Put as comment Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
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  • accept Log on the release machine, set up your identity and update the release scripts
  • accept Update translations
  • accept Build the release
  • accept Clean up your identity
  • accept Mark agent-1-1 online again in the  Jenkins admin screen (button on the right).
  • accept Publish backward compatibility reports in the Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
  • accept Push distribution files to OW2 and release them
  • cancel Force rebuild of the Debian repository index
  • accept Update the Download page (make sure to use bullets points for the major features to make it easy to read)
  • accept Force extensions update
  • accept Ensure that there's a line pointing to the Release Notes for version Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
    on the Release Notes home page
  • accept Publish news on OW2
  • cancel Create blog post on xwiki.org
  • cancel Update the API doc, including Rendering
  • cancel Update Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia (fr) and Wikipedia (compare wiki software)
  • accept Wikimatrix with Ludovic's account
  • cancel Announcement Mail
  • cancel Announce on Twitter with the xwikiorg account
  • accept Update the Release Plan page to move yourself to the bottom of the list for your next release.
  • accept Ensure that the Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [dev:ReleasePlans.ReleasePlan82RC1]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
    corresponds to the date when the release was finished
  • accept Update the release date on the Roadmap page for non bugfix releases and move the roadmap items to the archive page (for final releases)
  • accept Push Commons and Rendering to Maven Central
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