Publication of Galaxy Release v 18.05

[galaxybot]

• Prep

  • Create this release issue make release-issue RELEASE_CURR=18.05.
  • Set freeze date (2018-05-07).

• Branch Release (on or around 2018-04-23)

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

    make release-check-blocking-prs RELEASE_CURR=18.05
    

  • Merge the latest release into dev and push upstream.

    make release-merge-stable-to-next RELEASE_PREVIOUS=release_18.01
    make release-push-dev
    

  • Create and push release branch:

    make release-create-rc RELEASE_CURR=18.05 RELEASE_NEXT=18.09
    

  • Open PRs from your fork of branch version-18.05 to upstream release_18.05 and of version-18.09.dev to dev.

  • Update next_milestone in P4's configuration to 18.09 so it properly tags new PRs.

  • Set the release_18.05 branch in GitHub settings as protected.

• Deploy and Test Release

  • Update test.galaxyproject.org to ensure it is running a dev at or past branch point (2018-04-23).
  • Update testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu to ensure it is running a dev at or past branch point (2018-04-23).
  • Deploy to usegalaxy.org (2018-04-30).
  • Deploy to toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu (2018-05-07).
  • Update BioBlend CI testing to include a release_18.05 target: add - TOX_ENV=py27 GALAXY_VERSION=release_18.05 to the env list in .travis.yml .

• Create Release Notes (2018-04-30)

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

  • Checkout release branch

    git checkout release_18.05 -b 18.05_release_notes
    

  • Check for obvious missing metadata in release PRs

    make release-check-metadata RELEASE_CURR=18.05
    

  • Bootstrap the release notes

    make release-bootstrap-history RELEASE_CURR=18.05
    

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

  • Commit release notes.

    git add docs/; git commit -m "Release notes for 18.05"; git push upstream 18.05_release_notes
    

  • Open a pull request for new release note branch.

  • Merge release note pull request.

• Do Release (2018-05-07)

  • Ensure all blocking milestone issues have been resolved.

    make release-check-blocking-issues RELEASE_CURR=18.05
    

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

    make release-check-blocking-prs RELEASE_CURR=18.05
    

  • Ensure previous release is merged into current. Github branch comparison

  • Create and push release tag:

    make release-create RELEASE_CURR=18.05
    

  • Add the branch */release_{version} to Jenkins documentation build configuration matrix.

  • Trigger the documentation build.

• Do Docker Release

  • Change the dev branch of the Galaxy Docker container to 18.09
  • Merge dev into master

• Ensure Tool Tests use Latest Release

  • Update GALAXY_RELEASE in https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/blob/master/.travis.yml#L6
  • Update GALAXY_RELEASE in https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-devteam/blob/master/.travis.yml#L6

• Announce Release

  • Verify release included in https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/index.html
  • Review announcement in https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/doc/source/releases/18.05_announce.rst
  • Stage annoucement content (Hub, Biostars, Bit.ly link) on annouce date to capture date tags. Note: all final content does not need to be completed to do this.
  • Create hub highlights and post to http://galaxyproject.org News (w/ RSS) and NewsBriefs. An Example.
  • Tweet docs news highlights via bit.ly link to https://twitter.com/galaxyproject/. An Example.
  • Post highlights type News to Galaxy Biostars https://biostar.usegalaxy.org. An Example.
  • Email highlights to galaxy-dev and galaxy-announce @lists.galaxyproject.org. An Example
  • Adjust http://getgalaxy.org text and links to match current master branch by opening a PR for https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy-hub/

• Prepare for next release

  • Ensure milestone 18.09 exists.
  • Create release issue for next version make release-issue RELEASE_CURR=18.09.
  • Schedule committer meeting to discuss re-alignment of priorities.
  • Close this issue.

[martenson]

possible highlights:

#5365
#4474

[martenson]

freeze date for 18.05 has been changed from on or around 2018-05-07 to on or around 2018-04-23

[martenson]

We have just branched 18.05 : #5980

[martenson]

https://test.galaxyproject.org has been updated to post-branch dev

[martenson]

The plan is to deploy 18.05 to Main on Tuesday.

[martenson]

Release is planned for tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd.

[martenson]

Schedule committer meeting to discuss re-alignment of priorities.

I will try to schedule this next week Wed/Thu/Fri

Thanks to all.