Release 10.6.0-rc5
RC5
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Create preparation MRs by following the instructions in release-tools. -
Cherry-pick changes into preparation MRs following their instructions -
Cherry-pick remaining merge requests labeled ~"Pick into 10.6" using this Merged MRs list -
Check the following list of critical issues/MRs which are to be included in
10.6.0
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Follow the Creating subsequent RCs guide for
10.6.0-rc5
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If you didn't merge CE into EE in the preparation branches, or if the CE stable branch had additional commits, merge CE 10-6-stable
into EE10-6-stable-ee
following the Merging a CE stable branch into its EE counterpart guide. (In general this should be unnecessary.) -
Ensure builds are green on Omnibus CE stable branch and Omnibus EE stable branch -
Sync stable branches: CE, EE, and Omnibus to dev
, CE and Omnibus togithub
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Sync master branches to dev
andgithub
, as the CHANGELOG will be automatically updated on master during tagging -
If needed, sync tags for dependencies ( gitlab-shell
,gitlab-workhorse
,gitlab-pages
,gitaly
) todev
andgithub
(when applicable. Builds should fail if this is needed.) -
Check for any problematic migrations in EE (EE migrations include CE ones), and paste the diff in a snippet: git diff v10.6.0-rc1-ee..10-6-stable-ee -- db/migrate db/post_migrate
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Tag the 10.6.0-rc5
version using therelease
task:```sh # In the release-tools project: bundle exec rake "release[10.6.0-rc5]" ```
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Check progress of EE packages build and CE packages build -
Get confirmation from a production team member to deploy staging. Use !oncall prod
if needed to find who's on call. -
On video call, deploy release 10.6.0-rc5
to staging.gitlab.com# In the takeoff project: bin/takeoff-deploy -e staging -v 10.6.0-rc5.ee.0
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Share the output of the migrations from the takeoff script in this issue via a snippet. Flag any migrations that take more than 5 minutes to run. -
Announce on the #releases
Slack channels:10.6.0-rc5
has been deployed to staging. Blog post draft: MERGE_REQUEST_URL -
Announce with an @product-team
mention on the#product
Slack channel: @product-team10.6.0-rc5
has been deployed to staging. Blog post draft: MERGE_REQUEST_URL -
Create a "QA Task" issue in the gitlab-org/release/tasks repo. => #131 (closed) -
Wait for the QA Task deadline to pass. -
Get confirmation from a production team member to deploy canary. Use !oncall prod
if needed to find who's on call. -
On video call, deploy release 10.6.0-rc5
to canary.gitlab.com# In the takeoff project: bin/takeoff-deploy -e canary -v 10.6.0-rc5.ee.0
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Announce on the #releases
Slack channels:10.6.0-rc5
has been deployed to canary. Blog post draft: MERGE_REQUEST_URL -
Wait for confirmation from @bjgopinath
that testing succeeded on canary and the release can proceed -
Get confirmation from a production team member to deploy production. Use !oncall prod
if needed to find who's on call. -
If downtime is expected, publicly announce the deployment on Twitter and with the GitLab.com deploy alert banner in the #production
channel, 1 hour in advance!broadcast --start X:Y --end A:B "We will deploying GitLab EE 10.6.0-rc5 starting at X:Y. GitLab will be unavailable for Z minutes. For status updates, please follow https://twitter.com/GitLabStatus"
!tweet "We will be deploying GitLab EE 10.6.0-rc5 starting at X:Y UTC, 15 mins of downtime expected"
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On video call, deploy release 10.6.0-rc5
to GitLab.com# In the takeoff project: bin/takeoff-deploy -e production -v 10.6.0-rc5.ee.0
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Tweet in the #production
channel that the deployment has finished:!tweet "GitLab EE 10.6.0-rc5 has been deployed."
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Take notes of the time it took for the migrations to complete on the deployment to production. # On the takeoff repo bundle exec rake "follow_migrations[production]"
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Verify that packages appear on packages.gitlab.com
: EE & CE -
Post a tweet about the 10.6.0-rc5
release in the#releases
channel:!tweet "GitLab 10.6.0-rc5 is available: https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/unstable This is a release candidate, we'll release 10.6 on the 22nd of this month."