Checklist/XenHypervisorReleaseWithMarketing: Difference between revisions

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This list contains a complete checklist for making a Xen Release, including PR

Agree a rough schedule of RC's
Plan and communicate a schedule of Checklist/Kicking_off_Test_Days
Start establishing the list of features on publicity@lists.xenproject.org
Reach out to Sarah Conway <sconway@linuxfoundation.org> to get started on the press release (takes about 4 weeks). Ideally Sarah ought to be contacted before we make the first RC

Step 1: See Checklist/XenHypervisorRelease

Step 2: Publish source tarballs
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Step 3: Publish the tarballs on http://xenproject.org/downloads/xen-archives.html - this requires website admin rights and is done in the Docman component. Notes:

If a new x.y release is created you will need to create a new category for the series http://xenproject.org/downloads/xen-archives/supported-xen-43-series.html. You may also need to rename older series such that they become unsupported in line with the following policy: Xen_Maintenance_Releases. Make sure you only change the page name, not the *slug* (called alias in Joomla terminology). Also make sure you do *not* have the text *supported* in any new *slugs* : we made that mistake in the past and now cannot change slugs without breaking incoming links without creating a redirect on the server (this cannot be done via the CMS UI).
Create a new category for x.y.z (see http://xenproject.org/downloads/xen-archives/supported-xen-43-series/xen-430.html as an example).
- For x.y.0 releases, this contains links to release documents, documentation and contribution acknowledgement: check out the example. Note that the slug of the parent category is in the category.
- For maintenance releases, this category contains the changes to the prior release (see http://xenproject.org/downloads/xen-archives/supported-xen-43-series/xen-431.html)
Create a document for the tarballs of the release and the signature : see the following examples

Step 4: Update the *Hypervisor Downloads* module to include a link to the latest release. Remove older ones as appropriate

About 2-3 weeks before the press release, a draft of the press release should be available. Ping Sarah Conway <sconway@linuxfoundation.org>

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-Step 1: See [[Checklist/XenHypervisorRelease]]
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-Step 2: Publish source tarballs
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