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title: Release checklist
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Release checklist
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*the checklist is probably unfinished*

On -rc1
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* 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
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* push packages to `current`
* update release notes
* build ISO and push to mirrors

On final release
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* push packages to `current`
* finish release notes
* build ISO and push to mirrors
* write blog post
* announce on Twitter