ReleaseChecklist
Revision 15 as of 2006-10-23 07:59:19
Clear message
These are things that needed to be checked for any release (preview, release candidate, and final) by the release manager:
Before building candidates
replace references to code names with references to the formal version number. See CodeNamesToVersionNumbers for relevant places
- Ensure all pre-release markers are removed from artwork
- Ensure that release notes are updated in ubuntu-docs
- change the description in dists/xxx/Release
- check the volume labels on ISO's for all architectures (cdimage/debian-cd/CONF.sh, OFFICIAL variable)
- check CD boot loader help text against menu configuration
- check the lsb-release output for accuracy
- check /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net for accuracy
- check standard /etc/apt/sources.list for accuracy and ensure all suites exist
- ensure that the "about ubuntu" documents refer to the correct version, if at all
- ensure the debsearch firefox plugin searchs in the right package repository.
- prepare release announcement
- make sure the announcement has links to all derivatives being released
Once final image is ready
- push isos to mirror pool and verify that all servers (releases, archive, cdimage) have the images
Before announcement
- push links to mirrors and verify
check that http://releases.ubuntu.com/ has the proper links and text
- check torrent functionality
Announcement
Email ubuntu-announce
Modify meta-release file to notify users of the availability of the new release
- make sure that the upgrade tool has the proper release notes (or link to them)
Replace upgrade instructions with simplified version (update-manager no longer requires -d option)