Release Flatcar Container Linux Alpha 3572.0.0, Beta 3549.1.0, Stable 3510.2.0, LTS 3033.3.11

[dongsupark]

Release Flatcar Container Linux Alpha 3572.0.0, Beta 3549.1.0, Stable 3510.2.0, LTS 3033.3.11

The release of Flatcar Container Linux Alpha 3572.0.0, Beta 3549.1.0, Stable 3510.2.0, LTS 3033.3.11 is planned for Apr. 13th 2023.

Tasks

1. Blockers

• runc 1.1.5
  • docker 20.10.24 (blocked by runc 1.1.5)
  • containerd 1.6.20 (blocked by runc 1.1.5)

2. Should be done

• Go 1.19.8
• Linux firmware 20230404
• Rust 1.68.2
• Kernel 5.15.106
• Kernel 5.10.177

3. Usual procedures

• Go / No Go hackmd doc created from previous one for test tracking and release notes: link (@dongsupark)
• Check that the kernel PR are merged for the channel(s) to be released. (@dongsupark)
• All planned changes are merged & blocker bugs are fixed, last nightly reviewed for problems (@dongsupark)
• Branch off main (only new major) (@sayanchowdhury)
• Tag build branch (@sayanchowdhury)
• Start Jenkins builds, post links as comment (@sayanchowdhury)
• Test status captured in hackmd doc (@sayanchowdhury)
• All tests are green (@sayanchowdhury)
• Release notes / announcements added to Go/No Go doc from container/image_changes job by selecting Timestamps: None ()
• QA: check diff for image file list, packages, and image size in the image job output (@dongsupark)
• Matrix Go/No Go meeting (inc. release notes review) ()
• Update payload signed/uploaded (@tormath1 )
• scripts release created on GitHub (@sayanchowdhury )
• Release job container/release ran (@sayanchowdhury )
• Images uploaded with copy-to-origin.sh (@sayanchowdhury )
• Azure offer updated & publishing started (@sayanchowdhury )
• Azure Go Live (@sayanchowdhury )
• GCP offers updated (@sayanchowdhury )
• For new Stable: Manually run ./azure-sig.sh to create new Shared Community Gallery Images (@sayanchowdhury)
• For new Stable: build and provide images for supported Cluster API providers (@tormath1)
  • 🌱 ci: bump flatcar to latest major stable kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack#1524
• Symlink to "current" updated with set-symlink.sh (@sayanchowdhury )
• Website updated with ./update-flatcar-versions.sh and PR merged (@sayanchowdhury )
• Release package published in Nebraska (@tormath1)
• Send announcement to Mailing Lists (@sayanchowdhury )
• Send Toot out (@ahrkrak)
• Brief version announcement in slack (k8s slack #flatcar) and the Flatcar matrix channel (@sayanchowdhury )

[sayanchowdhury]

Alpha: http://jenkins.infra.kinvolk.io:8080/job/container/job/sdk/762/cldsv/
Beta: http://jenkins.infra.kinvolk.io:8080/job/container/job/packages_all_arches/1651/cldsv/
Stable: http://jenkins.infra.kinvolk.io:8080/job/container/job/packages_all_arches/1652/cldsv/
LTS: http://jenkins.infra.kinvolk.io:8080/job/container/job/packages_all_arches/1653/cldsv/

[sayanchowdhury]

Flatcar website PR: flatcar/flatcar-website#264