Prepare for release 1.7

[kashifest]

Here we can track the tasks related to release 1.7

• Add/edit JJBs to acommodate new build jobs and PR jobs for new release branches
  • PR: https://gerrit.nordix.org/c/infra/cicd/+/20875
• Add Prow jobs for new release branches in Project-infra repo
  • PR: 🌱 Update for CAPM3 and IPAM release-1.7 and BMO 0.6.0 project-infra#697
• Prepare dev-env to acommodate release-1.7 related changes and configurations
  • PR: Add release-1.7 branch config for CAPM3 and IPAM metal3-dev-env#1381
• Update Metal3 book.
  • PR: Add release-1.7 support metal3-docs#413
• Release Ironic v24.1.1, also check new image is created in quay.
  • PR: https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image/releases/tag/v24.1.1
• Pin Ironic in BMO and release BMO v0.6.0, also check new image is created in quay.
  • PR: 🌱 Pinning ironic image release-24.1 baremetal-operator#1679
• Release IPAM v1.7.0 (Branch out, add branch protection and required tests, also check new image is created in quay) .
• Bump IPAM and BMO in CAPM3
  • PR: 🌱 Uplift BMO to release-0.6 and IPAM to v1.7.0 #1605
• Release CAPM3 v1.7.0 (Branch out, add branch protection and required tests, also check new image is created in quay).
  • CAPM3 v1.7.0: https://github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-metal3/releases/tag/v1.7.0
• Check CI if new releases are tested properly or not
• Update CAPM3,IPAM and BMO README with the new e2e triggers
  • PR: 🌱 Update README on job triggers in release-1.7 #1618
  • PR: 🌱 Update build badges for release-1.7 ip-address-manager#504
  • PR: 🌱 Update readme on test triggers on release-0.6 baremetal-operator#1694
• Announce the releases

[kashifest]

/triage accepted

[tuminoid]

Ironic is 24.1.1

[kashifest]

Ironic is 24.1.1

Corrected

[elfosardo]

ironic-image 24.1.1 has been released https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image/releases/tag/v24.1.1

[Sunnatillo]

Can we template this in somewhere in docs?