WikiReleaseTeam/Release log/2014-05-28

This is the internal log mglaser uses to produce tarballs

Versions to be released

It's best to have each REL branch in a separate checkout. Switching between branches will surely produce confusion.

1.19.16
1.21.10
1.22.7

Preparation

Fix security bugs

Patches and respective backports must be available as patch files and reviewed.

Howto:

git reset --hard origin/master
git apply --check path/to/patch
git am path/to/patch

Status:

PATCH - REVIEWED - LOCAL GIT

Bug 1

master -- PATCH - REVIEW - LOCAL GIT
1.19.16 -- PATCH - REVIEW - LOCAL GIT
1.21.10 -- PATCH - REVIEW - LOCAL GIT
1.22.7 -- PATCH - REVIEW - LOCAL GIT
1.23.0-rc.3 -- PATCH - REVIEW - LOCAL GIT

Release notes

Update release notes and DefaultSettings.php

Status:

LOCAL GIT

1.19.16 -- LOCAL GIT
1.21.10 -- LOCAL GIT
1.22.7 -- LOCAL GIT

Prepare Announcement

Status:

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK

Produce the tarball

From here on, combined security and maintenance releases are time critical, as this discloses the security issues.

Push to gerrit and merge

Howto:

git review

Status:

GERRIT - MERGED

master - GERRIT - MERGED

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136131

1.23.0-rc.3 - GERRIT - MERGED

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136133

1.19.16 - GERRIT - MERGED

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136136

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136137

1.21.10 - GERRIT - MERGED

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136139

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136140

1.22.7 - GERRIT - MERGED

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136142

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/136143

Tag versions

Howto

(git checkout BRANCH, git pull, git tag)

Status

OK

1.19.16

git tag -a 1.19.16 -m "Security and maintenance release 1.19.16"
git push --tags

1.21.10

git tag -a 1.21.10 -m "Security and maintenance release 1.21.10"
git push --tags

1.22.7

git tag -a 1.22.7 -m "Security and maintenance release 1.22.7"
git push --tags

Watch Jenkins

Jenkins tarball build jobs are triggered by new tags

https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/view/MediaWiki/job/mediawiki-core-release/

Note: Login to rerun jobs

Status:

JOB <NR> - OK

1.19.16 - JOB 123 - OK
1.21.10 - JOB 124 - OK
1.22.7 - JOB 125 - OK

Get tarball and patch file

Status

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK

Final checks

Howto:

install works
test folder is not included
extension versions are right
empty patch files: put a notice

Status:

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK

Sign tarball and patch files

Status:

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK

Upload to DL-server

Status:

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK

Send announcement

Status

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK

Post release

This is no longer time critical.

Update mediawiki.org

Status

OK

1.19.16 -- OK
1.21.10 -- OK
1.22.7 -- OK