Prepare RC Release

• Bump STD_VERSION
  
• Update strings util/run_xgettext.sh
  
• Update composer autoload cache composer dump-autoload --no-dev
  
• Create RC branch (core, addons, widgets) git checkout -b <new_branch>
  
• Push RC branch upstream git push --set-upstream origin <new_branch>
  
• Bump dev branch STD_VERSION
  
• Announce RC release

DB install/update testing

• Install works (mysql/mariadb)
  
• Update works (mysql/mariadb)
  
• Install works (postgres)
  
• Update works (postgres)

Basic Federation Protocol Testing

Diaspora

• Connecting
  
• Private Messages
  
• Public Posts
  
• Private Posts
  
• Comments
  
• Likes

Activitypub

• Connecting
  
• Public Posts
  
• Private Posts
  
• Comments
  
• Likes

Prepare Release

• All release blocking issues closed
  
• Update changelog
  
• Prepare Release Notes with condensed changelog
  
• Bump STD_VERSION in boot.php and adjust release date in changelog (core) - don't forget to commit the changes
  
• Merge RC branch into MASTER (core) - in MASTER exec git merge -X theirs RC_BRANCHNAME
  
• Merge RC branch into MASTER (addon) - in MASTER exec git merge -X theirs RC_BRANCHNAME
  
• Merge RC branch into MASTER (widget) - in MASTER exec git merge -X theirs RC_BRANCHNAME
  
• Push master branches (core, addon, widget) to repo
  
• Tag release in repo (core)
  
• Tag release in repo (addons)
  
• Tag release in repo (widgets)
  
• Announce release
  
• Get some coffee

How to Upgrade

1. create a backup
2. execute util/udall from the terminal

Breaking Changes

• channelreputation addon moved to addons-unmaintained

Known Issues

Release Blocking Issues