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This is a chronological list of things to do before, on and after a release day.
 
This is a chronological list of things to do before, on and after a release day.
 
{{important|WIP|This page is still a work in progress and tasks might be added or changed.}}
 
  
 
= Before release day =
 
= Before release day =
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* Run [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.publish_infocenter_pipeline/ simrel.publish_infocenter_pipeline job] on SimRel JIPP
 
* Run [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.publish_infocenter_pipeline/ simrel.publish_infocenter_pipeline job] on SimRel JIPP
 
* Set up infocenter on help.eclipse.org
 
* Set up infocenter on help.eclipse.org
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* Update second most recent infocenter to show the "past release" header (Run job with "past_release" option turned on)
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* Add new info center to the shell script in this job: https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.check_infocenter
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
| Check mirrors
 
| Check mirrors
 
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* Add URL of current release to [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.tools/+/master/checkMirrorsUtility/checkMirrors.sh org.eclipse.simrel.tools/checkMirrorsUtility/checkMirrors.sh script]
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* Run the [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.tools/+/master/checkMirrorsUtility/checkMirrors.sh org.eclipse.simrel.tools/checkMirrorsUtility/checkMirrors.sh script] from a local machine
* Run the script from local machine
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* Result should show 25+ mirrors for current release
* Result should show 40+ mirrors for current release
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| SimRel release engineer
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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! Responsibility
 
! Responsibility
 
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| Update "latest" composite repository
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| Update "latest" composite repository (15min before release)
 
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* Run [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.releng.update_latest_repo simrel.releng.update_latest_repo]
 
* Run [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.releng.update_latest_repo simrel.releng.update_latest_repo]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
| Announce to user community
 
| Announce to user community
| Send announcements to media like
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* Twitter (with @EclipseJavaIDE)
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* Post to "Announcements" and "Community News" on Eclipse website
* Reddit
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** https://newsroom.eclipse.org/
* ...
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** https://newsroom.eclipse.org/eclipse/community-news/
| Developers Community
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* Send announcements to social media like (Twitter (with @EclipseJavaIDE), Reddit, ...)
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| Marketing team / Developers Community
 
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* Update TRAIN_NAME in [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.build/+/master/Jenkinsfile Jenkinsfile]
 
* Update TRAIN_NAME in [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.build/+/master/Jenkinsfile Jenkinsfile]
 
* Update trainName, referenceRepo, eclipse.repo.url in [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.build/+/master/pom.xml pom.xml]
 
* Update trainName, referenceRepo, eclipse.repo.url in [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.build/+/master/pom.xml pom.xml]
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* Update release name label in simrel.aggr (see [https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.build/+/170670 an example])
 
=> Use [https://git.eclipse.org/c/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.tools.git/tree/nextReleaseUtils/update_build_configuration.sh update_build_configuration.sh] script (execute on local machine for now)
 
=> Use [https://git.eclipse.org/c/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.tools.git/tree/nextReleaseUtils/update_build_configuration.sh update_build_configuration.sh] script (execute on local machine for now)
 
* Update [https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/simrel/org.eclipse.simrel.tools/+/master/promoteUtils/promoteToReleases.sh promoteToReleases.sh] (FIXME)
 
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
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* Re-enable [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.runaggregator.pipeline simrel.runaggregator.pipeline]
 
* Re-enable [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.runaggregator.pipeline simrel.runaggregator.pipeline]
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| SimRel release engineer
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| Remove milestones and release candidate repos
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|
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* Use [https://ci.eclipse.org/simrel/job/simrel.releng.clean_up_old_builds simrel.releng.clean_up_old_builds]
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| SimRel release engineer
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| Move old release repos to archive.eclipse.org
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* Only keep the last 8 releases on download.eclipse.org
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
| SimRel release engineer
 
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[[Category:Coordinated]]
 
[[Category:Coordinated]]

Revision as of 12:05, 8 December 2021

This is a chronological list of things to do before, on and after a release day.

Before release day

Task Description Responsibility
Add info center SimRel release engineer
Check mirrors SimRel release engineer
Fix historical reports on SimRel JIPP main page SimRel release engineer

On release day

Task Description Responsibility
Update "latest" composite repository (15min before release) SimRel release engineer
Create P2 composite repository for next release SimRel release engineer
Update SimRel wiki pages SimRel release engineer
Send announcement email to cross-project-issues-dev mailing list SimRel release engineer
Update various eclipse.org websites Webdev team
Upgrade community documentation Upgrade https://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclipse_IDE%3F Developers Community
Announce to user community Marketing team / Developers Community

After release day

Task Description Responsibility
Tag simrel aggregator repo SimRel release engineer
Update build configuration
  • Update TRAIN_NAME in Jenkinsfile
  • Update trainName, referenceRepo, eclipse.repo.url in pom.xml
  • Update release name label in simrel.aggr (see an example)

=> Use update_build_configuration.sh script (execute on local machine for now)

SimRel release engineer
Re-enable aggregator job SimRel release engineer
Remove milestones and release candidate repos SimRel release engineer
Move old release repos to archive.eclipse.org
  • Only keep the last 8 releases on download.eclipse.org
SimRel release engineer

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