Backdrop 1.13.0 Release checklist

[jenlampton]

Scheduled for May 15, 3:30pm - 5:30pm PT

Pre-release tasks

• Merge commits @quicksketch
• Move all unfinished issues to the next minor release milestone @jenlampton
• Create a new minor release milestone @jenlampton
• Draft Release notes @jenlampton
  • Short, descriptive summary of the release
  • Note if any changes were made to files outside the core directory
  • Note if updates (update.php) needs to be run
  • Include changelog since last version (generated with drush rn)
• Draft roadmap updates for backdropcms.org @klonos
• Draft blog post @jenlampton
• Draft tweet announcing the release of 1.13.0

Release tasks

• Update bootstrap.inc with version number @quicksketch
• Tag for release, and push tag to GitHub @quicksketch
• Branch for new minor number (e.g. 1.10.x) and push to GitHub @quicksketch
• Revert version number back on 1.x branch with minor number increased @quicksketch
• Revert version number back on new minor number branch (e.g. 1.10.x-dev) @quicksketch
• Create release notes on GitHub @jenlampton
• Unpublish preview release on backdropcms.org @jenlampton
• Update the front page download link on b.org @klonos
• Tweet that a new release is out @jenlampton

Post-release tasks

• Push the minor release to the TugBoat Backdrop repository @quicksketch
• Push the minor release to the Pantheon repository @quicksketch
• Push the minor release to the Platform.sh Backdrop repository @jenlampton
• Push the minor release to the Docker repository @drupol
• Publish blog post @jenlampton
• email katie@phpweekly.com for a note in the PHP Weekly Newsletter @jenlampton
• Publish roadmap updates for backdropcms.org @klonos
• Send a newsletter via MailChimp @FacetInteractive
• Update the Wikipedia articles @klonos @stpaultim @docwilmot @herbdool
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdrop_CMS
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

See the Accompanying Bug-Fix Release Checklist: #3786

See a recent Bug-Fix Release Checklist: #3838

[jenlampton]

Backdrop CMS version 1.13 is here!

The Backdrop community is proud to release this most recent version following our 4-month release cycle. This version of Backdrop includes great new features including:

• An administrative Dashboard (and a redirect there on login)
• More attributes or links added via the Rich-Text editor
• A 'Reset' button for the filter on the Modules page
• The addition of a entity_access() function.
• More!

Notes for updating:

• It will be necessary to run the update script (located at /update.php) for this release.
• This release does not modify files outside the core directory. Updating customized copies of those files is not necessary.

Changes since 1.12.7

• Issue #361: Move default views to their respective modules
• Issue #3745: Fixed: Dashboard menu shows even if user doesn't have dashboard permission
• Issue #3655: Add number of terms column to vocabulary overview page
• Issue #3742: Add field_formatter_settings module to backdrop_merged_modules()
• Issue #495: Add a useful dashboard to backdrop
• Issue #1777: Add support for more link attributes in rich-text editor (id, rel, target, title)
• Issue #1376: Port and merge Field Formatter Settings in core
• Issue #3455: Identify translatable strings in core static config files
• Issue #3011: Add function to entity: entity_access
• Issue #3657: Add vertical tabs to the taxonomy term edit form
• Issue #3453: Enable manual self-updates on new sites
• Issue #574: Change default setting for Who can register accounts? to Administrators only
• Issue #2595: Fix double-clicking "Save" when editing content causes an error
• Issue #3690: Add $entity->getFieldValue() method to match field_get_value()
• Issue #461: Add field_get_value() to get single value from field
• Issue #3673: Improve the documentation of settings.local.php
• Issue #3581: Add 'Reset' button to Modules page
• Issue #3505: Move the translation settings for content types to its own tab
• Issue #3558: Consolidate the warning about theme_debug being enabled in a single place
• Issue #3464: Extend the translation module to include a block that can hold translated content.

[jenlampton]

Tweet announcement will read:

Hello there version 1.13 of #BackdropCMS, my what a nice #dashboard you have.

or maybe...

Welcome to the world, version 1.13 of #BackdropCMS

[klonos]

Roadmap page and home page download links updated 👍

[jenlampton]

Blog post is up: https://backdropcms.org/news/backdrop-113-released (finally) and I emailed the folks at phpweekly about it.

[klonos]

Docker image PR has also been merged 😉: docker-library/official-images#6006

[jenlampton]

Newsletter draft is getting reviewed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ql-bn5YM4Cjwj4Ql9EkEAgyGoqBFWJcUwCM_l0ruRi0/edit?ts=5cf6e68f#

[klonos]

Let's close this one :)