Refactor bin/release-post-assemble to short circuit if the current date is not 4 days out from Release Thursday
Ideally as part of the move to releasing GitLab on the 3rd Thursday of the Month, we'll update Release Post automation to accommodate the new distribution date.
Problem: Date should change to be relative 4 days out from the release Thursday.
Possible Solution:
- Refactor the lib/release_posts/builder.rb script to check if the current date is 4 days out from release Thursday and exiting if not that date.
- Then, change the cron config to run every day at 8am PT.
Workaround as noted in &2215 (comment 1508609516): We could disable the scheduled pipeline, and run this pipeline manually either in the UI or locally. The Release Post Manager or Technical Advisor could run the script locally. Chase Southard as scheduled pipeline owner could run the pipeline manually as well.
Related Issue: #34226 (closed)
Edited by Ian Pedowitz