Avalon 7.8 Release

[joncameron]

Release Checklist

Code Changes

• Update code files with version number
• Tag dependency repos and update gemfile
• Merge develop into staging
• Merge staging into main

Application Testing

• Full Test Suite Completed (after merge to staging)

Documentation

• Update Known Issues documentation page - Ramp Fix facet word-wrap [skip ci] #473 (details about captions in native player) and Ramp Change default structure to use filename if label isn't defined. #585
• Update configuration documentation
• Update current version number on the documentation wiki
• Update wiki with release notes (once the release is published on Github)
• Create upgrade page (https://samvera.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AVALON/pages/2580086785/Upgrading+Avalon+7.7+to+Avalon+7.8)
• API documentation updates for supplemental files

Release and Documentation

• Write a draft of release notes on Github
• Publish release in Github (create tag as well, if the release is not already tagged) https://github.com/avalonmediasystem/avalon/releases
• put link in release notes to Github-provided changelog (i.e. v7.7.2...v7.8)
• Update API documentation as needed to include supplemental file changes
• Update avalon-docker to point at new release docker tag and github tag
• Add bundling of db gems to docker image
• Rebuild develop from main (our git flow)
• Deploy release to demo.avalonmediasystem.org

Website and Outreach

• Publish blog post announcing the release
• Update homepage with blog post for release announcement
• Update homepage with the updated version and documentation links
• Send announcement email to Samvera community mailing lists
• Send announcement to avalon-l mailing list
• Publicize in appropriate Slack channels