Publication of Galaxy Release v 16.07

[galaxybot]

• Prep
  • Create this release issue make release-issue RELEASE_CURR=16.07.
  • Set freeze date (2016-07-04).
• Branch Release (on or around 2016-07-04)

  • Ensure all blocking milestone PRs have been merged, delayed, or closed.

    make release-check-blocking-prs RELEASE_CURR=16.07
    

  • Merge the latest release into dev and push upstream.

    make release-merge-stable-to-next RELEASE_PREVIOUS=release_16.04
    make release-push-dev
    

  • Create and push release branch:

    make release-create-rc RELEASE_CURR=16.07 RELEASE_NEXT=16.10
    

  • Open PRs from your fork of branch version-16.07 to upstream release_16.07 and of version-16.10.dev to dev.

  • Update next_milestone in P4's configuration to 16.10 so it properly tags new PRs.

• Deploy and Test Release
  • Deploy to test (2016-07-04 + 1 day).
  • Deploy to usegalaxy.org (2016-07-04 + 1 week).
• Create Release Notes

  • Review merged PRs and ensure they all have a milestones attached. Link

  • Checkout release branch

    git checkout release_16.07 -b 16.07_release_notes
    

  • Check for obvious missing metadata in release PRs

    make release-check-metadata RELEASE_CURR=16.07
    

  • Bootstrap the release notes

    make release-bootstrap-history RELEASE_CURR=16.07
    

  • Open newly created files and manually curate major topics and release notes.

  • Commit release notes.

    git add docs/; git commit -m "Release notes for 16.07"; git push upstream 16.07_release_notes
    

  • Open a pull request for new release note branch.

  • Merge release note pull request.

• Do Release

  • Ensure all blocking milestone issues have been resolved.

    make release-check-blocking-issues RELEASE_CURR=16.07
    

  • Ensure all blocking milestone PRs have been merged or closed.

    make release-check-blocking-prs RELEASE_CURR=16.07
    

  • Ensure previous release is merged into current. (TODO: Add Makefile target or this.)

  • Create release tag:

    make release-create RELEASE_CURR=16.07
    

  • Push branches and tags as commented out in Makefile target for release-create.

• Do Docker Release
  • Change the dev branch of the Galaxy Docker container to 16.10
  • Merge dev into master
• Announce Release
  • Finalize https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/doc/source/releases/16.07_announce.rst
  • Post release notes to https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/index.html
  • Stage annoucement content (Wiki News, Email, Twitter, Biostars)
  • Post to http://galaxyproject.org News (w/ RSS) and NewsBriefs
  • Tweet wiki news highlights to https://twitter.com/galaxyproject/
  • Post highlights type News to Galaxy Biostars https://biostar.usegalaxy.org
  • Email highlights to galaxy-dev and galaxy-announce @lists.galaxyproject.org
  • Adjust http://getgalaxy.org text and links to match current master branch (seems deprecated to mention actual branch .. if so, can remove from checklist)
• Prepare for next release
  • Ensure milestone 16.10 exists.
  • Create release issue for next version make release-issue RELEASE_CURR=16.10.
  • Close this issue.

[dannon]

TODO: Fix the makefile so that it's compatible with osx. (I'll do this, but documenting: Issues w/ sed, issues with conditional logic determining whether upstream exists)

Edit: Also failed towards the end on linux attempting to delete a branch that the (local, fortunately) repository was on.

[martenson]

The latest version is now on Test. https://test.galaxyproject.org

@galaxyproject/core please test new features (and old :)

[dannon]

Addressed the Makefile problems in #2688 and #2695, so it should work for the next person.

[martenson]

I just talked to @natefoo and he is going to update Main to 16.07 now.

[martenson]

Main is on 16.07 now. @galaxyproject/core

[martenson]

The release notes PR is opened at #2821

[martenson]

The release notes have been merged. Looking for volunteer to do the next step.

[jmchilton]

Pushed release 16.07 just now - opened a PR #2857 to automate a little bit more - lets merge that before creating the 16.10 issue.

[jennaj]

Annoucement content prepped for review: https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2016_07_GalaxyRelease

[nsoranzo]

@jennaj I think the "Get Galaxy" section should be updated to the new recommended instructions in https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/16.07_announce.html#github

[jennaj]

@nsoranzo ok, will update, thanks!!