From e7eae9d2fb9cbc269e2565cf6489dced2ccb15f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Kratzat Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:34:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add beta testing tasks to release process --- .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_tracking.md | 1 + docs/release/release-tasks.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/release/releases/release-1.5.md | 1 + 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_tracking.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_tracking.md index 09b145691038..5c09abd3c9dd 100644 --- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_tracking.md +++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_tracking.md @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Week 13: * [ ] [Release Lead] [Cut the v1.4.0-beta.0 release](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#repeatedly-cut-a-release) * [ ] [Release Lead] [Cut the v1.3.3 release](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#repeatedly-cut-a-release) * [ ] [Release Lead] [Create a new GitHub milestone for the next release](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#create-a-new-github-milestone-for-the-next-release) +* [ ] [Communications Manager] [Communicate beta to providers](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#communicate-beta-to-providers) Week 14: * [ ] [Release Lead] [Cut the v1.4.0-beta.1 release](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#repeatedly-cut-a-release) diff --git a/docs/release/release-tasks.md b/docs/release/release-tasks.md index 1423d89b0e98..d4ab1ade8cdf 100644 --- a/docs/release/release-tasks.md +++ b/docs/release/release-tasks.md @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ This document details the responsibilities and tasks for each role in the releas - [Change production branch in Netlify to the new release branch](#change-production-branch-in-netlify-to-the-new-release-branch) - [Update clusterctl links in the quickstart](#update-clusterctl-links-in-the-quickstart) - [Continuously: Communicate key dates to the community](#continuously-communicate-key-dates-to-the-community) + - [Communicate beta to providers](#communicate-beta-to-providers) - [CI Signal/Bug Triage/Automation Manager](#ci-signalbug-triageautomation-manager) - [Responsibilities](#responsibilities-2) - [Tasks](#tasks-2) @@ -373,6 +374,30 @@ Stakeholders are: (TBD) * Provider implementers * ... +#### Communicate beta to providers + +The goal of this task is to inform all providers that a new beta.0 version a release is out and that it should be tested. We want to prevent issues where providers don't have enough time to test before a new version of CAPI is released. This stems from a previous issue we are trying to avoid: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/issues/8498 + +We should inform at least the following providers via a new issue on their respective repos that a new version of CAPI is being released (provide the release date) and that the beta.0 version is ready for them to test. + + - Addon provider helm: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-addon-provider-helm/issues/new + - AWS: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-aws/issues/new + - Azure: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-azure/issues/new + - Cloudstack: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-cloudstack/issues/new + - Digital Ocean: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-digitalocean/issues/new + - GCP: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-gcp/issues/new + - Kubemark: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-kubemark/issues/new + - Kubevirt: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-kubevirt/issues/new + - IBMCloud: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-ibmcloud/issues/new + - Nested: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-nested/issues/new + - OCI: https://github.com/oracle/cluster-api-provider-oci/issues/new + - Openstack: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-openstack/issues/new + - Operator: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/issues/new + - Packet: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-packet/issues/new + - vSphere: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/issues/new + +TODO: Right now we don't have a template for this message but the Comms Team will provide one later. + ## CI Signal/Bug Triage/Automation Manager ### Responsibilities diff --git a/docs/release/releases/release-1.5.md b/docs/release/releases/release-1.5.md index d56ce6aa5fba..ec4dd6fb4f5e 100644 --- a/docs/release/releases/release-1.5.md +++ b/docs/release/releases/release-1.5.md @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The following table shows the preliminary dates for the `v1.5` release cycle. | *v1.3.x & v1.4.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd May 2023 | week 5 | | *v1.3.x & v1.4.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 30th May 2023 | week 9 | | v1.5.0-beta.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 27th June 2023 | week 13 | +| Communicate beta to providers | Comms Manager| Tuesday 27th June 2023 | week 13 | | *v1.3.x & v1.4.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 27th June 2023 | week 13 | | v1.5.0-beta.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th July 2023 | week 14 | | release-1.5 branch created (**Begin [Code Freeze]**) | Release Lead | Tuesday 11th July 2023 | week 15 |