76159 - 2.12 Release Tracking Bug

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, defect)

Description

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

This bug is for tracking the release of 2.12.  At least the following needs to
be done:

1.  All bugs closed.
2.  Maybe run on b.m.o for a couple of days?
3.  Release announcement written.
4.  Work out where to send release announcement (mozilla.org front page/webtools
newsgroup/where else?)
5.  Make a branch for 2.12?
6.  Stamp released version with v2.12.
7.  Stamp CVS HEAD with v2.13.
8.  Whatever is necessary to post the tarball on mozilla.org.

Please include anything else that needs to be done, as well as comments about
the progress of the release.

Comment 1

[Henrik Lynggaard Hansen]

addding CC

Comment 2

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

Well break an egg and call it art!  Apparently we have a web page at
"http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/".  This will need an update for 2.12
too.  Not sure if all the addresses are still valid after the Blue Martini
shakeup but you can add mine in there if you're short of them.  =)

Henrik, please don't add comments that don't do anything to explain your
change.  They don't achieve anything, and you're causing people to receive
notifications who have elected to receive comments but not CC changes.

Comment 3

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

We should put the 2.12 Release Notes on the web page as well, once we've
released.

Comment 4

[Stephen Rasku]

Adding bugs with 2.12 milestone.

Comment 5

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

Adding dependencies on bugs with this milestone is not a good idea because they
can be dropped off the radar, and I intend a release tracking bug to be a
permanent practice throughout the cycle of 2.14, so it will be impractical and
of little benefit to track things this way.

Comment 6

[Stephen Rasku]

I am not sure I understand.  The purpose of adding them to this bug was to put
them ON the radar.

Comment 7

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

They are already on the radar, I would rather not have a second copy of that
information.  I don't want to have to edit long lists of dependencies if and
when they do drop off.

Comment 8

[Jacob Steenhagen]

It's already possible with a simple query to see all open bugs targeted for 2.12
(or any other milestone, for that matter).  Having to manage an extra dependany
list for the same thing is sub-optimal.

Comment 9

[Stephen Rasku]

I realize that.  Can I get mail whenever a 2.12 bug is changed or added?

Comment 10

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

Nah, but a periodic query isn't too inconvenient, at least when we're down to
this few bugs (which is the only time we could feasibly do the dependencies
thing anyway).

Adding this sort of functionality comes under the banner of bug #14137.

Comment 11

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

It's looking like tommorowish, assuming Barnboy gets bug #76156 done as he says.

Dave, hope you've got the web page update for 2.12 ready.

Comment 12

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

I'll drop into IRC sometime tonight and work on it and get suggestions.  I'm busy 
at work at the moment.

Comment 13

[Jacob Steenhagen]

Is step "3.  Release announcement written." done yet?
  Will there be a short version for http://www.mozilla.org/index.html and a 
  longer one for the newsgroup/project page?

And for "5.  Make a branch for 2.12?" is it gonna be branched or just tagged?

I assume the same person will do 6, 8a, and 7...
  And what is neccessary for 8b?

8a being actually making the tarball
8b being posting the tarball at 
 - http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/webtools/bugzilla-2.12.tar.gz
 - http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/webtools/bugzilla-LATEST.tar.gz

Comment 14

[Tara Hernandez]

We're finally SHIPPING this mother!

SEEEEEE YAAAAAAA

Comment 15

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

Bug #77548 is the 2.14 release tracking bug.

Comment 16

[Tara Hernandez]

tag: BUGZILLA-2_12
tarball: bugzilla-2.12.tar.gzcvs l

Comment 17

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

That should be just tarball bugzilla-2.12.tar.gz but it won't be there until
Dawn puts it there.

Comment 18

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

V.

Comment 19

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Moving closed bugs to Bugzilla product