Plan to release bbolt 1.4.0

[ahrtr]

Some notable changes in bbolt 1.4.0:

• Code refactoring, e.g moving some common logic into package internal/common;
• Big improvement on the surgery commands;
• Add logger into bbolt;
• Some performance improvements;

Please see the complete changes to be included in 1.4.0 in milestone 1.4.0.

Note that etcd 3.6.0 will depend on bbolt 1.4.0. Previously I mentioned that etcd 3.6.0 will depend on bbolt 1.3.8, it is a typo. I already updated the ticket #542, sorry for the confusion. etcd 3.4 and 3.5 will continue to depend on bbolt 1.3.x.

We need to cut branch release-1.4, based on which the bbolt 1.4.0 will be released. Afterwards, it only accepts bug fixes, and any feature changes will only be merged into the master branch.

@mitake @ptabor @serathius @spzala @wenjiaswe @tjungblu @cenkalti @fuweid @jmhbnz

[ahrtr]

Rough plan:

• Release 1.4.0-alpha.0 after the following tickets are done. Will not cut branch, and it will be released against the master branch.
  • Add logger to bbolt #509
  • bbolt CLI surgery commands #370
• Continuously testing bbolt 1.4.0-alpha.0 in etcd.
• [Optional] Release 1.4.0-beta.X if there are any major issues.
• Cut branch release-1.4 and release 1.4.0-rc.X or 1.4.0.

[jo-chemla]

Quick question: is it possible to use the bbolt 1.4.0 release before the actual release without building myself? Just tried this command with no luck:

# v1.4.0 Not found
go install go.etcd.io/bbolt/cmd/bbolt@v1.4.0
go: go.etcd.io/bbolt/cmd/bbolt@1.4.0: go.etcd.io/bbolt/cmd/bbolt@1.4.0: invalid version: unknown revision 1.4.0

Edit: It seems that this command does exactly this, downloading bbolt latest master branch, although version command says it is version 1.3.7, which does make sense.

# seem to download 1.3.7 but bbolt version command seem to work, 
C:\portainer>go install go.etcd.io/bbolt/cmd/bbolt@master
go: downloading go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.7-0.20231025151518-d094cd712c9a

C:\portainer>bbolt version
bbolt Version: 1.3.7
Go Version: go1.21.3
Go OS/Arch: windows/amd64

[ahrtr]

I am planning to create tag 1.4.0-alpha.0 this week per plan above #553 (comment). Please let me know if anyone has any comment or concern.

[ahrtr]

Tag v1.4.0-alpha.0 was just created.

[ahrtr]

Planning to release v1.4.0-alpha.1

Please read #745 to get all the changes since 1.4.0-alpha.0

[ahrtr]

Tag v1.4.0-alpha.1 was created.

[ahrtr]

Tag v1.4.0-beta.0 was just created.