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Release Matomo 4.x.0 #15537

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mattab opened this issue Feb 10, 2020 · 0 comments
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Release Matomo 4.x.0 #15537

mattab opened this issue Feb 10, 2020 · 0 comments
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mattab commented Feb 10, 2020

Checklists for a successful Matomo release

Work on Beta cycle, towards Release Candidate 1:

  • Beta release cycle has started with the first beta release
  • Tag a new release for matomo-org/referrer-spam-blacklist and matomo-org/searchengine-and-social-list
  • Fetch our latest and greatest home-made libraries with composer update matomo-org/referrer-spam-blacklist matomo-org/searchengine-and-social-list matomo-org/matomo-php-tracker matomo-org/component-network,matomo-org/component-ini,matomo-org/component-decompress,matomo-org/component-cache
  • Fetch the latest composer libraries for all with composer update
  • Up to date submodules
  • Tag the RC candidate
  • Check that the build is green
  • Package & release the Release Candidate
  • Post sticky thread in forum about RC
  • Let translators know about the new RC by posting an announcement here
  • inform RC release on social media
  • update tag manager submodule

Triage PRs and issues:

The final checks before the stable release:

  • Release candidate cycle (at least 1 week cycle)
  • Fix all remaining issues in the milestone
  • All open source plugins builds are green on master with latest RC
  • Plugins that needed a version bump are now released on the marketplace
  • Synchronise translations from Weblate
  • Submodules are up to date

Prepare the Changelog entry:

  • Mark that the release has a major DB upgrade
  • Use our github changelog generator to generate the changelog using this config.js
  • Add to changelog any new issues or FAQ added since first RC
  • Add to changelog the security issues fixed, if any
  • Do not publish publicly the changelog yet. This also ensures security issues are not publicly visible until the stable release.
  • Change changelog published date to the release day

Check the developer changelog is complete, by looking over each issue:

  • is this issue relevant to developers? let's mention it in the Developer changelog
  • is this issue's title descriptive and useful to people scanning our changelog?
  • are the right labels applied to the issue? (issues tagged with labels such as Bug, Enhancement, Major are grouped together in the changelog)
  • if this issue was sponsored, we note the sponsor organisation in the changelog.

Merge 4.x-dev branch into master:

💥 Release 🚀

  • Close milestone on Github
  • Release publicly the new stable version by running ./scripts/build-package.sh 4.x.y from here and waiting 5 minutes
  • In Github release we write
## [Matomo x.y.0 Changelog](https://matomo.org/changelog/matomo-y-x-0/)

This Github download (below) is only meant for developers and it will require extra work to install it. 
 * Latest stable production release can be found at https://matomo.org/download/ ([learn more](https://matomo.org/docs/installation/)) (recommended)
 * Beta and Release Candidates releases can be found at https://builds.matomo.org/ ([learn more](http://matomo.org/faq/how-to-update/faq_159/))

  • Take screenshots of new features + draft a blog post showcasing what's new
  • Create this 'Release Matomo 3.*' issue in the next release milestone
@mattab mattab added this to the 4.1.0 milestone Feb 10, 2020
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: 4.1.0, 4.2.0 Dec 21, 2020
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: 4.2.0, 4.3.0 Feb 22, 2021
@mattab mattab changed the title Release Matomo 4.1.0 Release Matomo 4.x.0 Mar 25, 2021
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: 4.3.0, 4.4.0 May 26, 2021
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: 4.4.0, 4.5.0 Jul 28, 2021
@justinvelluppillai justinvelluppillai modified the milestones: 4.5.0, 4.6.0 Oct 7, 2021
@tsteur tsteur closed this as completed Oct 7, 2021
@tsteur tsteur added the not-in-changelog For issues or pull requests that should not be included in our release changelog on matomo.org. label Oct 7, 2021
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