January Endgame

[egamma]

Endgame Schedule

• January 23 Code freeze for the endgame
• Febuary 1 Endgame done

Endgame Week

Monday, January 23

• Code freeze at 2am CET / 5pm PT
• All test items contain sufficiently comprehensive test descriptions by 3am CET / 6pm PT
• Ensure we have a green build on all platforms

Tuesday, January 24

• Test build starts at 7am CET / 10pm PT Monday
• Test plan ready by 8am CET / 11pm PT Monday
• Testing

Wednesday, January 25

• Morning issue triage
• Testing, Fixing
• Verification Since there are quite some old bugs to verify we verify by age, youngest first. The queries are:
  • Verification needed
  • Issues To Verify

Thursday, January 26

• Fixing last issues
• Verification
• Add/update shrink-wrap files for built-in extensions if needed (see instructions) - endgame master
• Run OSS tool after merging shrink-wrap findings - endgame master
  • The LCA review of the ThirdPartyNotices.txt files is not needed anymore
• Check new OSS usage is entered into the OSS registry - endgame master

Friday, January 27

• Acknowledge Pull Requests in release notes. - endgame master
• Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested, PRs acknowledged
  • vscode @bpasero
  • vscode-generator-code @aeschli
  • vsce @joaomoreno
  • node debug @weinand
• Translation input - @dbaeumer
• Smoketest
  • Windows - @dbaeumer
  • OS X - @sandy081
  • Linux - @joaomoreno
• Update the Release Notes (including notable fixes) and documentation.
  • @alexandrudima
  • @weinand
  • @chrmarti
  • @Tyriar
  • @dbaeumer
  • @bpasero
  • @egamma
  • @isidorn
  • @joaomoreno
  • @jrieken
  • @kieferrm
  • @aeschli
  • @rebornix
  • @ramya-rao-a
  • @roblourens
  • @sandy081
  • @mjbvz
  • @mousetraps
• Freeze insider builds - endgame master
• Branch code to release/<x.y> and release master - endgame master
• Bump up the version in package.json - endgame master

Stabilisation Week: Jan 30 to Feb 3

Preparation

• Polish release notes @gregvanl
• Merge translations @dbaeumer
• Build stable - endgame master
• Smoketest stable, sanity check all release bits
  • Windows - @jrieken
  • OS X - @isidorn
  • Linux - @aeschli

Release

• Tag the release: x.y.z - endgame master
• Unfreeze insider channel - endgame master
• Publish website @gregvanl
• Release stable
• Tweet about the release - @seanmcbreen

[chrisdias]

done!

[daviwil]

This update is really incredible, great work everyone!