qubes-doc/developer/releases/todo.md

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lang: en
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title: Release Checklist
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*the checklist is probably unfinished*

On -rc1
-------

* write schedule
* create package repositories (linux-yum, linux-deb)
* update repository definition (core-agent-linux, installer-qubes-os/qubes-release)
* push all packages to `current-testing`
* draft release notes, one note per feature
* create upgrade package in previous release branch (r2->r3.0, r3.0->r3.1, etc) - core-agent-linux
* make sure that keys for the current release are included in previous release's qubes-release package (for upgrade)
* build ISO and push to mirrors

On subsequent -rc
-----------------

* push packages to `current`
* update release notes
* build ISO and push to mirrors
* notify @Rudd-O about the new ISO for new torrent hosting

On final release
----------------

* push packages to `current`
* finish release notes
* update InstallationInstructions
* build ISO and push to mirrors
* notify @Rudd-O about the new ISO for new torrent hosting
* write blog post
* announce on Twitter
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			`---`
Add lang + ref tags to frontmatter Those are fields used by the language switcher to correlate pages across different languages, even if they have different names/paths/titles. They are generated with the prepare_for_translation.py script. 2021-03-13 13:06:18 -05:00			`lang: en`
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Add lang + ref tags to frontmatter Those are fields used by the language switcher to correlate pages across different languages, even if they have different names/paths/titles. They are generated with the prepare_for_translation.py script. 2021-03-13 13:06:18 -05:00			`ref: 14`
Revert "Remove instances of `title:` from YAML headers" This reverts commit 24e6a8a616bfba80534d5d700b2f6b02745561fe. https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6701#issuecomment-862060759 2021-06-16 02:19:45 -04:00			`title: Release Checklist`
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			`---`


			`the checklist is probably unfinished`

			`On -rc1`
			`-------`
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			`* write schedule`
release checklist - repositories related tasks 2015-09-16 17:55:13 -04:00			`* create package repositories (linux-yum, linux-deb)`
			`* update repository definition (core-agent-linux, installer-qubes-os/qubes-release)`
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			* push all packages to `current-testing`
			`* draft release notes, one note per feature`
release checklist - repositories related tasks 2015-09-16 17:55:13 -04:00			`* create upgrade package in previous release branch (r2->r3.0, r3.0->r3.1, etc) - core-agent-linux`
			`* make sure that keys for the current release are included in previous release's qubes-release package (for upgrade)`
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			`* build ISO and push to mirrors`

			`On subsequent -rc`
			`-----------------`
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			* push packages to `current`
			`* update release notes`
			`* build ISO and push to mirrors`
release checklist: notify @Rudd-O about new ISO, for torrent mirror QubesOS/qubesos.github.io#23 2016-02-02 06:48:27 -05:00			`* notify @Rudd-O about the new ISO for new torrent hosting`
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00
			`On final release`
			`----------------`
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			* push packages to `current`
			`* finish release notes`
releases/todo: add reminder about updating installation instructions 2015-09-16 09:54:49 -04:00			`* update InstallationInstructions`
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			`* build ISO and push to mirrors`
release checklist: notify @Rudd-O about new ISO, for torrent mirror QubesOS/qubesos.github.io#23 2016-02-02 06:48:27 -05:00			`* notify @Rudd-O about the new ISO for new torrent hosting`
Add checklist for releases 2015-09-02 05:43:38 -04:00			`* write blog post`
			`* announce on Twitter`