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- Officially announce the start of User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
- Check that the release instance uses the latest modules
- Add user account on the QA server
- Do User-Acceptance-Testing (UAT)
RC Phase
- Ensure deployability with Docker (Quickstart installation guide / Docker compose)
- Check that the release instance use the latest modules
- Start collecting the documentation from developers
GA Phase
- Merge release branches with main
- Create release in GitHub, versioned according to Version management and containing complete release notes (should publish automatically the release on PyPi and NPM)
- Update the
openimis.jsonin assemblies main branch to use only official version (not RC) - Update demo server (mark maintenance window on Demo: openIMIS)
- Demo: openIMIS Instance and Wiki page are up to date
- Mark all tickets in release as “Done” or push to the next release
- Check that Installation Guide supports installation of the latest release
- Check and update wiki page on Release 2024-1004
- All links on the release page and release sources page are working and are helpful; Dates are correct and the status is “GA”
- Analyze linked issues as an anonymous user
- “Highlights” of the release are written and coherent
- Check and update Sources Release 20232024-1004
- All source components link to the correct repository on GitHub, have the correct version, valid release notes and are reasonably named to similar repositories / package manager
- Formulate release notes in current release (Releases) and forward it to co-ordination desk for promotion (e.g. newsletter, Twitter)
- Check and update the Wikipedia page, that it refers to the latest release (number) and reflects the technical facts of openIMIS correctly
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Start preparing the next release immediately after the current release.
- Sandbox Landscape Other instances are up to date / compatible with Demo: openIMIS / Release: openIMIS
- Ensure the documentation is up2date
- User Documentation /wiki/spaces/SB/pages/3622502401 / https:/wiki/openimis.atlassian.net/wikispaces/SB/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=SB&title=documentation%20openIMIS%20%28FR%293727130625
- Tutorials on YouTube are up-to-date / not misleading
- Developer Starter Kit reflects latest release
- Installation Guide reflects latest release
- “Technical Requirements” / Connectivity & theoretical infrastructure required reflects latest release
- Prepare the next release
- Create the relevant epics for the new release (e.g. Release 2024-04 ) in Jira and add them to the release page
- Create the release page (e.g. Release 2024-04 ) for the following release and make sure it appears correctly on Releases
- Define milestones according to the framework in Releases
- Create a clean Release Checklist for the next release (e.g. Release 2024-04 )
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