| | 1 | == R1/beta4 Timeline == |
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| | 3 | A lot of these actions will be coordinated by the release coordinator and a sysadmin. |
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| | 5 | * **31 October - 4 November**: one week - last minute scramble. |
| | 6 | * **Policy** Don't commit anything risky. |
| | 7 | * **Promotion team** begin investigating physical CD's or USB sticks? |
| | 8 | * **Policy** "Soft" strings freeze begins. |
| | 9 | * **Testing** Testing starts ramping up. |
| | 10 | * **1 November**: branch! |
| | 11 | * **Sysadmin** Branch {{{r1beta4}}} |
| | 12 | * **Policy** {{{r1beta4}}} branch bug fix only! |
| | 13 | * **Sysadmin** Add {{{r1beta4}}} to concourse |
| | 14 | * **Sysadmin** Concourse and Buildmaster should be generating {{{r1beta4}}} TCs when forced. |
| | 15 | * **Sysadmin** No haikuports branch, not enough infrastructure. We didn't branch Haikuports for prior releases |
| | 16 | * **Sysadmin** Generate an image and name it "Test Candidate 0" |
| | 17 | * **Sysadmin** Upgrade HaikuPorter Buildmaster to beta branch TC0 image |
| | 18 | * ICU upgrades?, build new webkit? |
| | 19 | * Opened logo contest for installer logo |
| | 20 | * **2 November - 16 November**: two weeks of **xtreme** testing |
| | 21 | * **Sysadmin** Generate additional "Test Candidate" images as needed for testing. |
| | 22 | * **Development** Work on fixing issues? |
| | 23 | * **Testing** ''All hands on deck'' testing of test images. |
| | 24 | * Unless any unfixable showstoppers are found, don't halt the release. |
| | 25 | * Do general polishing of release notes, website, etc. during this time. |
| | 26 | * **16 November - 23 November**: one week to "get the goods" |
| | 27 | * One final strings synchronization |
| | 28 | * **Sysadmin** Generate an image and name it "Release Candidate 0". |
| | 29 | * Begin work on draft https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/release page (Draft = true) |
| | 30 | * MOAR TESTING! |
| | 31 | * **23 November - 30 November**: one week of ham-fisting final images |
| | 32 | * **Promotion team** physical CD's or USB sticks? |
| | 33 | * **Sysadmin** Rename your latest release candidate to {{{r1beta4}}}, move from haiku-r1beta3/XXX to haiku-release/r1beta3/ |
| | 34 | * **Sysadmin** Double and triple check sha256 sums |
| | 35 | * **Sysadmin** Generate a torrent, begin seeding and get a few other people to seed. |
| | 36 | * **Sysadmin** Give a few hours for release to make it to the mirrors. |
| | 37 | * **Sysadmin** Force a sync to Wasabi |
| | 38 | * DO not advertise final release images on Wasabi.. too much bandwidth. |
| | 39 | * **Sysadmin** Sync up working mirrors and release-r1b4 |
| | 40 | * **Sysadmin** Push final images to IPFS repos and alert folks pinning to repin |
| | 41 | * **Sysadmin** Pin R1 / Beta 4 release folder CID on Pinata |
| | 42 | * **Sysadmin** Update website |
| | 43 | * Release when ready; some window to account for unexpected delays. |
