Alpine 3.14 Release checklist
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check that kernel version are in sync (eg linux-lts and linux-rpi) -
check that raspberrypi-bootloader is up-to-date -
create new milestone https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/milestones -
change milestone to version-next on all unresolved issues -
set version in main/alpine-base. see git log for commit message format -
git tag -a <version>
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before git push, verify that builders are idle. don’t push until they are -
git push && git push --tags
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For new stable branch -
create new remote stable branch: git checkout -b 3.14-stable && git push --set-upstream origin 3.14-stable
on each builder do:-
cd ~/aports && git fetch origin && git checkout -b 3.14-stable -t origin/3.14-stable
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sudo sed -i -e 's/git_branch=master/git_branch=3.14-stable/' /etc/conf.d/mqtt-exec.aports-build
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Wait til build server is idle -
reboot
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write release notes and publish on alpinelinux.org -
change the latest-stable symlink on dl-master.alpinelinux.org -
update alpine-mksite/alpine-releases.conf.yaml -
verify that builders complete the release build successfully (check if release is uploaded to dl-master) -
sign releases -
make docker image release PR (https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pull/10366) -
update topic in IRC channels -
send release announcement to mailto:~alpine/announce@lists.alpinelinux.org with BCC distro@distrowatch.org -
Make sure pkgs.alpinelinux.org syncs the new release -
Invalidate /alpine/latest-stable/* on dl-cdn -
post a tweet (https://tweetdeck.twitter.com) -
Celebrate 🎉