Tracking issue for minor release: 20.04 OTA-6

Info for the release

• Series: 20.04 OTA-x
• Version: 20.04 OTA-6
• Release coordinator: Ratchanan Srirattanamet
• Schedules:
  • Freeze date, first RC: 4 October 2024
  • Release date: 18 October 2024 8 Nov

Release status

• 20.04 OTA-6 is released and phasing is in progress. Freeze to ubports/focal branch is lifted.

Current blockers:

• There's a report that mobile data is broken on Volla Phone X23. We're investigating this issue. https://forums.ubports.com/post/82525 Reverted the suspected cause.

Tasks for release candidate(s)

• Smoke tests (boot, WiFi, mobile data, phone, SMS)
  • Halium 7 (Sony Xperia X)
  • Halium 9 (Volla Phone)
  • Halium 10 (???)
  • Halium 11 (Fairphone 4)
  • Halium 12 (Volla Phone X23)
• Promote images from /daily//devel to /rc (pull-and-promote-rc.sh)
• Call for testing forum post: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10475/call-for-testing-ubuntu-touch-20-04-ota-6
• Call for testing announced on Telegram QA group.
• Call for testing blog post: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-6-call-for-testing-3940

Tasks for actual release

• Verify image has no blocking issue.
• Promote images from /rc to /stable.
• Set up phaser in Ansible Playbook.
• Release announcement blog post: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-6-focal-release-3942
• After ~5 days, ensure that phased percentage reaches 100%