Commit f6bed511 authored by Sytse Sijbrandij's avatar Sytse Sijbrandij

Merge pull request #8126 from bbodenmiller/cleanup-release

cleanup monthly release details
parents ddc4e656 aa923847
......@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NOTE: This is a guide for GitLab developers.
# **15th - Code Freeze & Release Manager**
### **1. Stop merging in code, except for important bugfixes**
### **1. Stop merging in code, except for important bug fixes**
### **2. Release Manager**
......@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Name it "Release x.x.x" for easier searching.
* Deploy to GitLab.com (#LINK)
```
### **4. Update Changelog**
### **4. Update changelog**
Any changes not yet added to the changelog are added by lead developer and in that merge request the complete team is asked if there is anything missing.
......@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ The RC1 release comes with the task to update the installation and upgrade docs.
### **1. Update the installation guide**
1. Check if it references the correct branch `x-x-stable` (doesn't exist yet, but that is okay)
1. Check the [GitLab Shell version](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L782)
1. Check the [Git version](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L794)
1. Check the [GitLab Shell version](/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L782)
1. Check the [Git version](/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L794)
1. There might be other changes. Ask around.
### **2. Create an update guides**
### **2. Create update guides**
1. Create: CE update guide from previous version. Like `from-6-8-to-6.9`
1. Create: CE update guide from previous version. Like `7.3-to-7.4.md`
1. Create: CE to EE update guide in EE repository for latest version.
1. Update: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/6.0-to-6.x.md to latest version.
1. Update: `6.x-or-7.x-to-7.x.md` to latest version.
It's best to copy paste the previous guide and make changes where necessary.
The typical steps are listed below with any points you should specifically look at.
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#### 3. Do users need to update dependencies like `git`?
- Check if the [GitLab Shell version](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L782) changed since the last release.
- Check if the [GitLab Shell version](/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L782) changed since the last release.
- Check if the [Git version](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L794) changed since the last release.
- Check if the [Git version](/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake#L794) changed since the last release.
#### 4. Get latest code
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Check if any of these changed since last release:
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/lib/support/nginx/gitlab>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl>
- [lib/support/nginx/gitlab](/lib/support/nginx/gitlab)
- [lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl](/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl)
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/commits/master/config.yml.example>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/config/gitlab.yml.example>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/config/unicorn.rb.example>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/config/database.yml.mysql>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/config/database.yml.postgresql>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example>
- <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/config/resque.yml.example>
- [config/gitlab.yml.example](/config/gitlab.yml.example)
- [config/unicorn.rb.example](/config/unicorn.rb.example)
- [config/database.yml.mysql](/config/database.yml.mysql)
- [config/database.yml.postgresql](/config/database.yml.postgresql)
- [config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example](/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example)
- [config/resque.yml.example](/config/resque.yml.example)
#### 8. Need to update init script?
Check if the `init.d/gitlab` script changed since last release: <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/lib/support/init.d/gitlab>
Check if the `init.d/gitlab` script changed since last release: [lib/support/init.d/gitlab](/lib/support/init.d/gitlab)
#### 9. Start application
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### **2. Update installation.md**
Update [installation.md](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md) to the newest version in master.
Update [installation.md](/doc/install/installation.md) to the newest version in master.
### **3. Push latest changes from x-x-stable branch to dev.gitlab.org**
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