2.2 Release Checklist

[dleach02]

Add items as required

• Major enhancements merged

• Pre RC1 Steps

  • Verify that all external components and external dependencies are up to date, for example
    • mbedTLS
    • tinycrypt
    • FatFS
  • Check known vulnerabilities, and fix exploitable vulnerabilities or verify them as un-exploitable (Security working group).

See https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/development_process/release_process.html#tagging for tagging details

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• Release Notes WIP
  • Create draft doc/release-notes-2.2.rst with feature summary from https://www.zephyrproject.org/developers/#releases-overview
  • Update doc/release-notes-2.2.rst detailed sections (relative to 2.1.0 release) as important issues are addressed (subsystem owners)

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• Release data
  • Update version in VERSION
  • Run sanitycheck with --all --release and checking resulting file scripts/sanity_chk/sanity_last_release.csv @nashif

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• Finalize Release Notes
  • Add list of GitHub issues (spell check issue list and fix in GitHub as needed) using scripts/release/list_issues.py
  • Review doc/releases/release-notes-2.2.rst overview summary and details sections (see Sign-off below)
    • Request summary details from code owners
  • Update doc/conf.py (add version to pick list)
  • Update doc/LICENSING.rst for new components that do not have a license
  • Create release and add notes on https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/releases
  • Final tagged release as zephyr-v2.2.0 (with release notes)
  • Update https://www.zephyrproject.org/developer-resources/#current-release
  • Update doc generation (in future should be automatic based on tag) ping @nashif
  • Email devel@lists.zephyrproject.org & announce@lists.zephyrproject.org lists about release

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• Final Release Notes Sign-off
  • Subsystems
    • Networking - @jukkar
    • Bluetooth - @jhedberg , @carlescufi
  • Architectures
    • ARC - @ruuddw
    • ARM - @galak, @MaureenHelm
    • X86 - @nashif, @andrewboie
    • RISCV - @pgielda @nategraff-sifive
    • Xtensa, NIOS-II - @nashif, @andrewboie
  • Security - @d3zd3z

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• After Release
  • Update patchlevel in Makefile (PATCHLEVEL = 99)
  • Marketing Blog for announcing release (https://www.zephyrproject.org/blog)
  • Create branch for 2.2.x releases, update github protections for branch
  • Create checklist issue for next release 2.3 Release Checklist #22637
  • Add a comment to this issue linking to the next release checklist issue
  • Move all PRs/Issues in the 2.2 milestone to the next milestone
  • Close v2.2.0 milestone
  • Create v2.3.0 milestone
  • Update current release dates in https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki/Program-Management and add next release timeline if missing

[dleach02]

The main website changed from (or during) the last release so I'm not sure https://www.zephyrproject.org/developers/#downloads has a new place to resolve to. Probably should remove it from the checklist unless someone knows where this should resolve to.

[jhedberg]

Next release's checklist is here: #22637

[jhedberg]

Closing since all items have been completed (blog post text was just sent to the marketing team)