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

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lang: en
layout: doc
permalink: /security/qsb/checklist/
redirect_from:
- /security/bulletins/checklist/
- /doc/security-bulletins/checklist/
ref: 215
title: Qubes security bulletin (QSB) 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/qsb/template/)
* Send the content of the news post to the appropriate [mailing
  lists](/support/)
* Share link to news post on social media
Create QSB checklist 2016-11-26 05:13:21 -05:00			`---`
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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Reorganize project security pages - Redirect to templates in qubes-secpack - Standardize titles and URLs 2021-06-22 00:36:06 -04:00			`permalink: /security/qsb/checklist/`
Normalize instances of `redirect_from:` QubesOS/qubes-issues#6701 2021-06-16 01:24:44 -04:00			`redirect_from:`
Reorganize project security pages - Redirect to templates in qubes-secpack - Standardize titles and URLs 2021-06-22 00:36:06 -04:00			`- /security/bulletins/checklist/`
Normalize instances of `redirect_from:` QubesOS/qubes-issues#6701 2021-06-16 01:24:44 -04:00			`- /doc/security-bulletins/checklist/`
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`
Fix capitalization; update terms (QubesOS/qubes-issues#6769) Thank you to @unman for the initial sentence case pass. 2021-07-09 08:10:44 -04:00			`title: Qubes security bulletin (QSB) 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			`## 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`
Wrap text and miscellaneous cleanup 2021-06-18 09:25:06 -04:00			`* Publish a [news post](/news/) using the [QSB`
Update QSB page link 2021-06-22 13:50:12 -04:00			`Template](/security/qsb/template/)`
Wrap text and miscellaneous cleanup 2021-06-18 09:25:06 -04:00			`* Send the content of the news post to the appropriate [mailing`
			`lists](/support/)`
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			`* Share link to news post on social media`