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- After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following: | - After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following: | ||
- Tarballs have been updated with the correct naming conventions. | - Tarballs have been updated with the correct naming conventions. (for release prior to 4.0) | ||
- BSP tarballs have been generated. | - BSP tarballs have been generated. | ||
- rpm and deb directories have been removed. | - rpm and deb directories have been removed. (Discontinued after 4.0.x) | ||
- Machines subdirectories have been cleaned up. (Symlinks removed, dupes deleted, etc.) | - Machines subdirectories have been cleaned up. (Symlinks removed, dupes deleted, etc.) | ||
- Eclipse plugins/archives have been published to http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/ and https://ep.yocto.io/. | - Eclipse plugins/archives have been published to http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/ and https://ep.yocto.io/. (Discontinued after 2.6.x) | ||
- ADT has been published, if applicable. (Deprecated with Yocto 2.0 release and later.) | - ADT has been published, if applicable. (Deprecated with Yocto 2.0 release and later.) | ||
- | - sha256sum file for the entire release has been generated. (Discontinued after 3.4.x) | ||
- Release Notes have been created, finalized, and approved. | - Release Notes have been created, finalized, and approved. | ||
- Release Notes have been signed. | - Release Notes have been signed. | ||
- Repos have been tagged. | - Repos have been tagged with correct commit and signature. | ||
- Release and BSP pages have been created on yoctoproject.org website. | - Release and BSP pages have been created on yoctoproject.org website. (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) | ||
- The README for each BSP has been checked and updated if necessary. | - The README for each BSP has been checked and updated if necessary. | ||
- Documentation links have been created on yoctoproject.org website. | - Documentation links have been created on yoctoproject.org website. (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) | ||
- Update the release dates and QA link on website backend. | - Update the release dates and QA link on website backend. (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) | ||
- Download links have been tested. | - Download links have been tested. (Deprecated with new website page in Nov 2023) | ||
- The mirror sync has been triggered and completed successfully. | - The mirror sync has been triggered and completed successfully. | ||
- Copy symlinked files into release sstate | - Copy symlinked files into release sstate (Deprecated) | ||
- Update the idlebuild weekly build script to include any new branches | - Update the idlebuild weekly build script to include any new branches | ||
- Update the slider at www.yoctoproject.org with the new release dates (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) | |||
- The release announcement has been sent to the appropriate mailing lists. (yocto and yocto-announce) | - The release announcement has been sent to the appropriate mailing lists. (yocto and yocto-announce) | ||
Latest revision as of 06:27, 11 December 2023
Major Release
- Week prior to build of release candidate
- Updates to the following packages will have occurred. DO NO PANIC, these come late in the release cycle
- wic
- meta-yocto-bsp
- meta-yocto
- linux-firmware
- bootloaders (grub, syslinux, u-boot, gummiboot, etc..)
- hwdata
- pciutils
- util-linux
- i2c-tools
- alsa
- graphics drivers
- cryptodev
- systemtap
- perf
- linux-yocto
- Prior to build of the first release candidate
- Is DISTRO_VERSION updated in poky.conf? - Is SDK_VERSION updated in poky.conf? - Is SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS updated in poky.conf? - Are yocto-docs merged to the release branch? - Has bitbake -f -c distrodata universe been run? - Has an updated distro_alias.inc patch been accepted?
- After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following:
- Tarballs have been updated with the correct naming conventions. (for release prior to 4.0) - BSP tarballs have been generated. - rpm and deb directories have been removed. (Discontinued after 4.0.x) - Machines subdirectories have been cleaned up. (Symlinks removed, dupes deleted, etc.) - Eclipse plugins/archives have been published to http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/ and https://ep.yocto.io/. (Discontinued after 2.6.x) - ADT has been published, if applicable. (Deprecated with Yocto 2.0 release and later.) - sha256sum file for the entire release has been generated. (Discontinued after 3.4.x) - Release Notes have been created, finalized, and approved. - Release Notes have been signed. - Repos have been tagged with correct commit and signature. - Release and BSP pages have been created on yoctoproject.org website. (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) - The README for each BSP has been checked and updated if necessary. - Documentation links have been created on yoctoproject.org website. (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) - Update the release dates and QA link on website backend. (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) - Download links have been tested. (Deprecated with new website page in Nov 2023) - The mirror sync has been triggered and completed successfully. - Copy symlinked files into release sstate (Deprecated) - Update the idlebuild weekly build script to include any new branches - Update the slider at www.yoctoproject.org with the new release dates (Deprecated with new page introduced in Nov 2023) - The release announcement has been sent to the appropriate mailing lists. (yocto and yocto-announce)
