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TO BE ARCHIVED

Review closed (2024-04-30) - approved content move to Meta-release Milestones page. - this page is kept to resolve comments and will be archived.

UPDATED PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW (2024-04-23)

Please review the table on this page - proposal is that it replaces the table on CAMARA Release Process the Meta-release Milestones page.


Milestone / start date

Actors & Actions for next milestone

Timeline

Week Nr

pre-M0

Release Management

  • Prepare meta-release page
  • Request TSC to declare kickoff

Commonalities & ICM (from previous M2)

  • Prepare release scope definition for meta-release.
  • Implement scope in one or more alpha releases

TSC

  • Declare meta-release kickoff


M0 

Meta-release kickoff

M00
starts @ M0

Release Management

(before M0)

  • Send kick-off message to
release@lists
Notify Outreach Committee
  • Once available, check the final alpha release of Commonalities & ICM and, if OK, submit to TSC for approval
  • After TSC approval, announce M1 milestone

Commonalities & ICM

Finalize release
  • Define the scope
definition
  • for meta-release.
    • Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue.
    • Submit scope issue for TSC review
  • Develop Commonalities & ICM scope through one or more alpha
release(s)
Submit
  • Create final alpha
releases PRs for TSC review:If OK: create
  • release PR and submit to Release Management
  • After TSC approval, create approved final alpha release for Commonalities & ICM
Send Commonalitie & ICM alpha release message to release@lists.camaraproject.org

TSC

Review
  • Approve final alpha
releases
  • release PRs of Commonalities & ICM
2 weeks

M1

Alpha Commonalities & ICMM0 + 2 weeks2
starts @ M1

Commonalities & ICM

  • Fix bugs raised by users through one or more release-candidates
  • Update release tracker on
target
Submit
  • Create final release-
candidates PRs for
  • candidate PR and submit to Release Management
  • After TSC approval
If approved
  • :
    • Create the final release-
candidates
    • candidate for Commonalities & ICM
Prepare public
    • Update the meta-release
PR
    • page for Commonalities & ICM
for M5
    • with release-candidate tag

Release Management

  • Check final release-candidate PRs of Commonalities and ICM and, if OK, submit to TSC for approval
  • After TSC approval, and commit of Commonalities and ICM final release-candidate PRs, announce M2 milestone

TSC

Approval of
  • Approve final release-
candidates
  • candidate PRs of Commonalities & ICM
10
7 weeks

M2

Release-candidate Commonalities & ICMM1 +
10
7 weeks
12
9
starts @ M1

API Sub-projects

  • Create API release tracking page for the API if it does not yet exist
  • Create API release tracker for the API version to be released
  • Define scope of API release
.
  • :
    • Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue.
    • Submit scope for TSC review
Create API
    • Update the release tracker
for the API version
    • with the scope issue link
  • Develop API scope through one or more alpha release(s)
  • Update the API release tracker with each alpha release
  • Create first release-candidate PR and submit to Release Management
  • After Release Management approval:
    • Create first release
  • Submit final alpha API release PR for TSC review:
  • If OK: create final alpha releases for the API
  • TSC

    • Review final alpha API release PR
    8 weeks

    M3

    Alpha APIs

    M1 + 8 weeks

    10
      • -candidate for the API
      • Update the API release tracker with the release-candidate tag

    Release Management, for each API

    • Once available, check the API release-candidate PR
    • If OK, approve creation of first release-candidate
    • If NOK, or in case of questions, notify TSC for checking the API release-candidate PR
    • Announce M3 milestone with all approved API release-candidates.

    TSC

    • Review API release-candidate PRs on request of Release Management and approve (or reject)
    9 weeks

    M3

    Release-candidate APIs (Code Freeze)

    M1 + 9 weeks

    9
    starts @ M3

    API Sub-projects

    • Fix bugs raised by API testers through one or more release-candidates
    • Update API release tracker with each release-candidate
    • Submit
    final API
    • public-release
    -candidates
    • PR to Release Management for checking
    • After TSC approval
    If approved
    • :
      • Create
    final
      • API public-release
      • Update the API release
    -candidatePrepare
      • tracker with public-release tag

    Release Management

    • Once available, check API public-release PR
    for M5
    • and, if OK, submit to TSC for approval
    • Announce M4 milestone when all API public-releases are approved by TSC

    TSC

    • Approval of
    final
    • API public-release
    -candidate
    • PR for all proposed APIs
    10
    9 weeks

    M4

    Release
    Public-
    candidate
    release APIs

    M3 +

    10

    9 weeks

    20
    18

    starts @

    M2 for Commonalities & ICMstarts @

    public-release PR for an API

    Release Management

    (this can start for each item, whenever the item public-release PR is made available)
  • For Commonalities and ICM, check that all release assets are available in the public-release PR
  • If OK: approve creation of public-release of Commonalities and ICM
  • For each API release-candidate, check that all release assets are available in the API public-release PR

    • Check that all API release trackers are updated for the meta-release
    • Propose meta-release content to TSC
    On
    • After TSC approval,
     
  • notify approval on release@lists.camaraproject.org
  • notify Outreach Committee
    • publish the meta-release
    information
    send
    • Announce the M5 meta-release
    announcement to all CAMARA 

    TSC:

    • Meta-release approval

    Commonalities & ICM

    Publish new release through approved PR
  • Update public-release information on meta-release plan
  • API Sub-projects

    • Publish new API release through approved PR
    • Update API release tracker to reflect public-release API version & tag
    2 weeks

    M5

    Meta-releaseM4 + 2 weeks
    22
    20
    starts @ M5

    Release Management

    • Review release process with all teams and identify areas for improvement. 
    • Propose improvements for TSC approval

    TSC

    • Meta-release improvements approval.
    2 weeks

    M6

    Post Release AssessmentM5 + 2 weeks24