🚀 Release todo 19.0.0-rc.6 #12182

Get branches/versions to release from https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/milestones

💺 Preparation

• Check there are no pending backports: backport-request
  • fix(NewMessage): clear debounce queue when posting a message #12177
  • fix(messagesStore): compare message ids as values of the same type #12178
• Check all milestones don't have priority issues still open
  • https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/milestone/252?closed=1
• On first RC of a major release
• Create a PR against master CHANGELOG.md with the changelog of all milestones that are subject to the release
  • chore(release): Add changelog for 19.0.0-rc.6 #12180
• Merge the PR

🚀 v19.0.0-rc.6

Start with the oldest version here, so the appstore and github releases show the newest version as "Last release"

• Backport the changelog

  • [stable29] chore(release): Add changelog for 19.0.0-rc.6 #12184
  • Remove changelog entries in CHANGELOG.md of higher versions
  • Bump the version in appinfo/info.xml
  • Bump the version in package.json. The following command will return a new version name, make sure it matches what you expect:

  # Make sure the printed version matches the info.xml version
  npm version --no-git-tag-version $(xmllint --xpath '/info/version/text()' appinfo/info.xml)

• Merge the backport

• Make sure you pull the latest stable branch:

  git checkout stable29
  git pull origin stable29

• Clean the dev instance and update all dependencies with the lock file versions and build the production javascript:

  make production-setup
  # On 24 and older versions run:
  # make dev-setup build-js-production

• Do a quick smoke test by starting a call with:

  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Desktop client (Talk 16+)
  • Android app
  • iOS app

• Create tag (note that the leading v in v19.0.0-rc.6 will be automatically added to the tag)

  make create-tag version=19.0.0-rc.6

• Push the git tag to https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/spreed

  git push releases v19.0.0-rc.6

• Prepare a (pre-)release in https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/releases/new?tag=v19.0.0-rc.6

  • Make sure that chosen tag is v19.0.0-rc.6, target is stable29, and previous tag is v19.0.0-rc.5
  • Add the respective CHANGELOG.md section from merged PR
  • Use the Generate release notes button and wrap the output result into

    ## What's Changed
    
    <details>
    
    </details>
    

  • Set as a (pre-)release
  • Publish release

• Prepare a (pre-)release in https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/spreed/releases/new?tag=v19.0.0-rc.6

  • Copy the release description and follow instructions from step above

• Check that the GitHub Action started: https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/spreed/actions

• Rename milestone 💚 Next RC (29) to v19.0.0-rc.6 in https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/milestones
  Unless last release of the stable branch:

  • Create a follow up milestone for 💚 Next Patch (29) (Due date in ~4 weeks, ~4 days for beta/RC)
  • Move all open PRs and issues from milestone v19.0.0-rc.6 to 💚 Next Patch (29)

• Close the v19.0.0-rc.6 milestone

• Ensure that the GitHub Action finished successfully: https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/spreed/actions

• In case there were security issues fixed ping the security team