Anuket Project
Release Process Milestone Planning Update for community release management
This page contains a proposal to modify the Anuket release milestone criteria to support Anuket releases without a dedicated Release Manager.
Milestone | Original criteria | Proposed criteria |
|---|---|---|
M0 | Release milestones are defined by a volunteer TSC member Release milestones approved by the TSC | |
M1 | RC Workstream lead(s) recommend RM and RA versions to the TSC for use in the release RI workstream lead(s) recommend RM and RA versions to the TSC for use in the release Release string "Orinoco Release" created in Jira Release string "Orinoco Release" created in GitHub Release milestone dates added to GitHub | Release string "Orinoco Release" created in Jira by a volunteer TSC member or LF staff Release string "Orinoco Release" created in GitHub by a volunteer TSC member or LF staff Release milestone dates added to GitHub by a volunteer TSC member or LF staff PTLs of non specification sub-projects submit project-level release plans if they plan to participate in the release |
M2 | RC2 - ready to begin validation testing (statement in TSC meeting or email to TSC list) RC2 - coverage of RA specified Jira issues assigned to release for each participating project (should reflect work described in project release plan) High level issues identified by specification team and appear on dashboard. | For non specification sub-projects participating in the release Jira issues assigned to release (should reflect work described in project release plan) by the PTL-s and reported to the TSC in a mail High level issues identified by specification sub-project teams and appear on the GitHub dashboard by the PTL-s and reported to the TSC in a mail |
M3 | RC2 - RC workstream lead confirms successful completion of validation test plan (statement in TSC meeting or email to TSC list) High priority Jira issues resolved (closed or assigned to future release) Preliminary documentation completed (confirmed by DOCs team) RI2 development completed (confirmed by workstream lead) | For non specification sub-projects participating in the release high priority Jira issues resolved (closed or assigned to future release) last resolved issue is reported to the TSC on mail or in the TSC meeting by the PT For non specification sub-projects participating in the release preliminary documentation completed (confirmed by volunteer TSC members) |
M4 | RI validation testing completed. The lead for each RI presents the validation plan and results to the TSC. High priority Jira issues resolved (closed or assigned to future release) Software projects create release branch Specification content created matching high level issues (M2) (Note: moved from M3, per TSC agreement Mar 29, 2022) Workstream leads review PR status with TSC PRs indicated as closed on the specification dashboard | Non specification sub-projects have a release branch created by a committer of the sub-project or LF staff Specification content created matching high level issues (M2) Specification sub-project leads review PR status with TSC PRs indicated as closed on the specification dashboard |
M4-S | Proofreading completed | Proofreading completed |
M5 | Final documentation completed RI cookbook completed Remaining Jira issues assigned to the release closed or pushed to next release Prepare release artifacts Standalone project testing completed Verify that there are no unmerged patches Release content finalized Creation and submission of marketing highlights Finalize version numbering for RM, RA1, RA2 Traceability matrix updated | Final documentation completed For non specification sub-projects the remaining Jira issues assigned to the release closed or pushed to next release by the PTL-s. Movement of the issues reported to the TSC in a mail or in a TSC meeting. Prepare release artifacts PTL-s verify that there are no unmerged patches or PR-s. In case of any unmerged patches or PR-s notify the TSC. A volunteer TSC member or LF staff creates release branch for GitHub PTL-s create sub-project specific release highlights and report the creation to the TSC TSC drafts release announcement blog post and sends it to LF staff for publication TSC member finalizes version numbering for the specification projects |