Release Che 7.28.0

[mkuznyetsov]

List of pending issues / PRs

• Workspace stuck on importing zip project Workspace stuck on importing zip project #19377
• Code clean up part Update DTD for GWT-module descriptors #1 Code clean up part #1 che-operator#730
• Unexpected restart workspace when it is stopping from opened IDE Unexpected restart workspace when it is stopping from opened IDE #19379
• Stop workspace doesn't work properly Stop workspace doesn't work properly #19307
• description #xxx https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/xxx

Release status

In series, the following will be released via che-release:

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile registry,
• che-plugin-registry (once che-theia and machine-exec are done)
• che-parent, che-dashboard, and che (server assembly)
  • Note that release to Maven Central is deprecated
• che-operator

Then, these steps will be done, which still require some manual intervention (PR verification is not yet automated):

• generation of OperatorHub PRs
• chectl

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile-registry, che-plugin-registry
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che
• che-operator (depends on all of the above)
• chectl (depends on che-operator)
• Che community operator PRs (depends on che-operator)
• che-docs PR (depends on che-operator)

If this is a .0 release:

• send reminder to TLs to triage unresolved issues
• complete current milestone
  • move incomplete deferred issues to backlog
  • move incomplete WIP issues to next milestone
  • close completed issues
  • close milestone

Process [1]	Script	Action	Container(s) + Artifact(s)
che-release	cico_release.sh	Action	n/a
che-theia	make-release.sh	Action	eclipse/che-theia
che-machine-exec	make-release.sh	Action	eclipse/che-machine-exec
che-devfile-registry	make-release.sh	Action	eclipse/che-devfile-registry
che-plugin-registry	make-release.sh	Action	eclipse/che-plugin-registry
che-parent	make-release.sh	Action	che-server [2]
che-dashboard	make-release.sh	Action	che-dashboard
che	make-release.sh	Action	che.core [2], eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-endpoint-watcher, eclipse/che-keycloak, eclipse/che-postgres, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-e2e
che-operator	make-release.sh	Action	eclipse/che-operator
chectl	make-release.sh	Action	chectl releases

^[1] Overall process owner: @mkuznyetsov

^[2] Note that release of artifacts to Maven Central is deprecated and will be removed in the future.

[nickboldt]

Per mattermost channel:

• Che Server 7.28.0 release has failed: https://github.com/eclipse/che/actions/workflows/release.yml - fix in actions/create-release@v1 is dead, use... #19400

• Devworkspace Operator v0.2.0 release has failed: https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator/actions/workflows/release.yml - possibly fixed by add/commit only if dirty workspace; tag only if VERSION file changed devfile/devworkspace-operator#354

and the che-theia release has succeeded but failed the MM notification because of this problem: eclipse-che/che-theia#1050

[mkuznyetsov]

Che Operator had several failing checks. Now only 2 remaining (investigation will be resumed on Monday) eclipse-che/che-operator#737