Release Che 7.25.0

[nickboldt]

List of pending issues / PRs (dependencies for release)

• Adapt release script of che-plugin-registry Adapt release script of che-plugin-registry #18834
• Migrate che-machine-exec release process from ci centos to GH action Migrate che-machine-exec release process from ci centos to GH action #18778
• Migrate che-docs release process from ci centos to GH action Migrate che-docs release process from ci centos to GH action #18823
• CRW-1387 use /latest instead of /7.y.z in che.properties CRW-1387 use /latest instead of /7.y.z in che.properties #18822 :: Released Che should reference the latest plugins Released Che should reference the latest plugins #18777
• description #xxx https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/xxx

Release status

In series, the following will be released via che-release:

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile registry,
• che-plugin-registry (once che-theia and machine-exec are done)
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che-workspace-loader, and che (server assembly), including release to Maven Central
• che-operator

Then, these steps will be done, which still require some manual intervention (PR verification is not yet automated):

• generation of OperatorHub PRs
• chectl

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile-registry, che-plugin-registry
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che-workspace-loader, che
• che-operator (depends on all of the above)
• chectl (depends on che-operator)
• Che community operator PRs (depends on che-operator)

If this is a .0 release:

• send reminder to TLs to triage unresolved issues
• complete current milestone
  • move incomplete deferred issues to backlog
  • move incomplete WIP issues to next milestone
  • close completed issues
  • close milestone

Owner	Process	Script	CI	Artifact(s) + Container(s)
@mkuznyetsov	che-theia	cico_release.sh	centos	eclipse/che-theia
@mkuznyetsov	che-machine-exec	cico_release.sh	centos	eclipse/che-machine-exec
@mkuznyetsov	che-devfile-registry	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-devfile-registry
@mkuznyetsov	che-plugin-registry	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-plugin-registry
@mkuznyetsov	che-parent	make-release.sh	centos	che-parent
@mkuznyetsov	che-dashboard	make-release.sh	GH action	che-dashboard
@mkuznyetsov	che-workspace-loader	make-release.sh	GH action	che-workspace-loader
@mkuznyetsov	che	cico_release.sh	centos	che.core, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-endpoint-watcher, eclipse/che-keycloak, eclipse/che-postgres, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-e2e
@mkuznyetsov	che-operator	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-operator
@mkuznyetsov	chectl	make-release.sh	GH action	chectl releases

[mkuznyetsov]

devfile-registry release job has failed, investigating:
https://github.com/eclipse/che-devfile-registry/runs/1734109191?check_suite_focus=true

[mkuznyetsov]

canot trigger other workflows from che-release now, due to "bad credentials", investigating

[mkuznyetsov]

fyi @ibuziuk I'm having similar strange timeouts again when deploying che-server artifacts:
https://ci.centos.org/job/devtools-che-release-che-release/269/console
I'll let you know when che-server will be ready, hopefully later today

[mkuznyetsov]

right now trying to find correct java 11 version to install manually on ubuntu 16.04, so that che-server can be built from GH actions workflow

UPD this is resolved, but the deploying issue above is still present

[ibuziuk]

@mkuznyetsov thanks for following up. Please, let us know once the artifacts are available on https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse.che/che-server since this is a pre-requirement for Hosted Che update

[mkuznyetsov]

@ibuziuk artifacts, including "che-server" are available on Central https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.eclipse.che/che-server/7.25.0/pom
however I'm having a problem with GH workflow, that did not push che-server images to quay.io
I'll let you know once they'll be there

[mkuznyetsov]

@ibuziuk FYI che-server images seems to be correct now for 7.25.0, and I'm waiting for final checks for che-operator to pass now

[mkuznyetsov]

release is complete, community operator PRs are created

[nickboldt]

one of the two PRs is stuck waiting for input operator-framework/community-operators#3059 (comment)

Please talk to @J0zi https://github.com/J0zi to determine next steps so we can be done with this before the next Che community call.

Otherwise we can just drop the 7.25.0 PRs and focus on 7.25.1

[mkuznyetsov]

community operator PRs were merged (tests weren't passing due to image overwrite during che-operator release, for which issue #18925 was created )