qubes-doc/project-security/security-bulletins-checklist.md

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# Security Bulletin Checklist

## Preparation

* Draft QSB and push to private repository
* Build fixed packages
* Finalize QSB, sign, and add signed tags

## Announcement

* Upload packages to `security-testing` and `current-testing` repositories
* Push QSB to public repository
* Publish a [news post](/news/) using the [QSB Template](/security/bulletins/template/)
* Send the content of the news post to the appropriate [mailing lists](/support/)
* Share link to news post on social media
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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			`lang: en`
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Remove all instances of `permalink:` in YAML frontmatter Converts existing permalink paths into redirect_from entries. QubesOS/qubes-issues#6701 2021-06-16 01:33:51 -04:00			`- /security/bulletins/checklist/`
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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: 215`
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: Security Bulletin Checklist`
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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			`# Security Bulletin Checklist`
Create QSB checklist 2016-11-26 05:13:21 -05:00
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			`## Preparation`
Create QSB checklist 2016-11-26 05:13:21 -05:00
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			`* Draft QSB and push to private repository`
			`* Build fixed packages`
			`* Finalize QSB, sign, and add signed tags`
Create QSB checklist 2016-11-26 05:13:21 -05:00
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			`## Announcement`
Update QSB checklist 2019-02-21 21:49:19 -05:00
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			* Upload packages to `security-testing` and `current-testing` repositories
			`* Push QSB to public repository`
			`* Publish a [news post](/news/) using the [QSB Template](/security/bulletins/template/)`
			`* Send the content of the news post to the appropriate [mailing lists](/support/)`
			`* Share link to news post on social media`