End of Release Check List

Owned by Megan Forbes
Last updated: May 01, 2020
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The /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666275203 describes how the team scopes, designs, develops, and QAs a release.

This is a checklist of activities that wrap up a Release Cycle.

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Closing an Interim Release

  1. handler

    Tech Lead ensures no open (or reopened, or in progress) issues are still assigned to the given release.

    Priority MEDIUM
    jesse
    Jan 31, 2012
  2. handler

    Release Manager review all VMs in use and retire any that are not essential for development and/or outreach.

    Priority MEDIUM
    jesse
    Jan 31, 2012
  3. handler

    Release Manager copies forward the previous release's Documentation in the wiki for this release

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
  4. handler

    Release Manager QAs the manual installation instructions and modifies if necessary

    Priority MEDIUM
    kaspermarkus
    N/A
  5. handler

    When the release is available, email the Talk list that the release is available for download and include the link to the install instructions

    Priority MEDIUM
    N/A
  6. handler

    If the release did not stick to the schedule, update the Road Map and release dates associated with each release in JIRA

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
  7. handler

    Update release page with Schema changes

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
  8. handler

    Update release page with any system requirements changes, including tools (e.g. Ant, Maven ...) version requirement changes

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
  9. handler

    Update release page with link to JIRA issues completed during that release (example for v2.0: http://issues.collectionspace.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=10120)

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
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    Mark the release as 'released' in JIRA

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
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Closing Out a major release

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    Release Manager creates release branches

    Priority MEDIUM
    remillet
    Jul 24, 2015
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    Release Manager updates demo to use release branches

    Priority MEDIUM
    remillet
    Jul 24, 2015
  3. handler

    Tech Lead ensures no open (or reopened, or in progress) issues are still assigned to the given release.

    Priority MEDIUM
    jesse
    Jan 31, 2012
  4. handler

    Release Manager review all VMs in use and retire any that are not essential for development and/or outreach.

    Priority MEDIUM
    remillet
    Jan 31, 2012
  5. handler

    Release Manager copies forward the previous release's Documentation in the wiki for this release

    Priority MEDIUM
    mforbes@movingimage.us
    N/A
  6. handler

    Outreach manager writes a release announcement

    Priority MEDIUM
    mforbes@movingimage.us
    N/A
  7. handler

    Outreach manager posts summary of work on collectionspace.org as news post and on wiki release page.

    Priority MEDIUM
    mforbes@movingimage.us
    N/A
  8. handler

    Outreach Manager - Email to Talk with the link to download and post on Twitter

    Priority MEDIUM
    mforbes@movingimage.us
    N/A
  9. handler

    Release manager updates Current Release info on collectionspace.org

    Priority MEDIUM
    N/A
  10. handler

    Release Manager - Update Current and Past Releases

    Priority MEDIUM
    kaspermarkus
    N/A
  11. handler

    Outreach manager Update release page with Schema changes

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
  12. handler

    Release manager updates release page with any system requirements changes, including tools (e.g. Ant, Maven ...) version requirement changes

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
  13. handler

    Release manager updates release page with steps required to upgrade to new version

    Priority MEDIUM
    chadnelson
    Jul 24, 2015
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    Release Manager updates release page with link to JIRA issues completed during that release (example for v2.0: http://issues.collectionspace.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=10120)

    Priority MEDIUM
    heather hart
    N/A
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    Release manager marks the release as 'released' in JIRA

    Priority MEDIUM
    N/A