Ceph » Stable releases

Create a new version¶

• http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases/versions/new
• only set the name with release version (for instance firefly v0.80.10)

Create new task¶

• http://tracker.ceph.com/projects/ceph-releases/issues/new
• Title release version (for instance firefly v0.80.10)
• Assign it to the backporter responsible for it
• Set the Release field to the release (for instance firefly)
• Set the Target version field to the version (for instance firefly v0.80.10)

Add a workflow section to the description¶

The issue is used to figure out at what point of the release workflow it currently is. The development workflow must be copied and edited to reflect the specifics of the version being released (i.e. replacing roles by names of people responsible for a given component at this point in time for instance). Here is an example from firefly v0.80.10

• Preparing the release
• Cutting the release
  • Loic gets approval from all leads
    • Yehuda, rgw:
    • Gregory, CephFS:
    • Josh, RBD:
    • Sam, rados:
  • Sage writes and commits the release notes
  • Loic informs Yuri that the branch is ready for testing
  • Yuri runs additional integration tests
  • If Yuri discovers new bugs with severity Critical, the relase goes back to being prepared, it was not ready after all
  • Yuri informs Alfredo that the branch is ready for release
  • Alfredo creates the packages and sets the release tag

Add a release information template to the description¶

This will be used by the person responsible for the publishing the release. Although it is largely redundant with information from the context, it can convenientely be copy pasted and does not require any understanding of the conventions used for backporting. The release manager can publish the release with just this information and nothing else. The commit hash (???) below is in the release branch and has received approval by everyone involved

• branch to build from: firefly, commit:???
• version: v0.80.10
• type of release: point release
• where to publish the release: debian/rpm-$release and debian/debian-$release