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Endgame Schedule
- March 27 Code freeze for the endgame
- April 4 Endgame done
Monday, March 27
- Code freeze at 5pm PT
- Ensure we have a green build on all platforms
- All test items contain sufficiently comprehensive test descriptions by 6pm PT
Tuesday, March 28
- Test build starts at 7am CET / 10pm PT on Monday
- Test plan ready by 8am CET / 11pm PT on Monday
- Test plan items assigned
- All closed feature-requests either have a verification-needed or on-testplan tag
- Testing
- Verification needed
Wednesday, March 29
- Testing
- Remind team members to assign issues that they intend to fix to the March milestone
- Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned)
- Verification
Thursday, March 30
- Fixing last issues
- Verification
- Run OSS tool after merging shrink-wrap findings endgame master
- The LCA review of the ThirdPartyNotices.txt files is not needed anymore
- Check new OSS usage is entered into the OSS registry endgame master
Friday
- Pause scheduled
insiderbuilds @zurich - Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested
- vscode @bpasero
- yo generator @aeschli
- vsce @joaomoreno
- node debug @weinand
- Translation input - @dbaeumer
- All issues verified
- Fixing (only critical bugs - no string changes)
- Smoketest
- All release notes updated - release notes are collected in a file named
Month_Year.mdin this repo directory - Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. Use the thankyou utility to generate the initial contents of the section. owner
- Anotable fixes in the release notes @ALL
- When done fixing/verifying and there are changes since last build at the end of day PT
- Trigger new insider build and publish it manually @owner
Friday/Monday
- Freeze
insiderbuilds - endgame master - Branch code to
release/<x.y>and releasemaster- endgame master - Bump up the version in
package.json- endgame master - Announce master is open for business endgame master
- Polish release notes @redmond
Monday - Wednesday
- Polish release notes @redmond
- Cherry-pick hand-picked and reviewed changes to
release/<x.y>@owner - Build
Insiderfromrelease/<x.y>endgame master - Manually release
Insiderendgame master - Documentation updated
Note: The
Insidersbuild needs to be in the wild for 24 hours before we can enter the last phase of the endgame.
Thursday/Friday
- Merge translations @zurich
- Build stable for all platforms endgame master
- Make rpm signing request @Tyriar
- Sanity check of installable bits
- Publish website @gregvanl
- Publish to stable @owner
- Publish deb and rpms to repositories manually @Tyriar
- Add a git tag to
HEADofrelease/<x.y>in formatx.y.zendgame master - Enable scheduled
insiderbuilds endgame master - Twitter announcement @seanmcbreen