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release documentation: update to current procedure

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<title>Release process</title>
<para>
Going through an example of releasing NixOS 15.09:
Going through an example of releasing NixOS 17.09:
</para>
<section xml:id="one-month-before-the-beta">
@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Send an email to nix-dev mailinglist as a warning about upcoming beta "feature freeze" in a month.
Send an email to the nix-devel mailinglist as a warning about upcoming beta "feature freeze" in a month.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Discuss with Eelco Dolstra and the community (via IRC, ML) about what will reach the deadline.
Any issue or Pull Request targeting the release should have assigned milestone.
Any issue or Pull Request targeting the release should be included in the release milestone.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -34,60 +34,63 @@
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Rename <literal>rl-unstable.xml</literal> -&gt;
<literal>rl-1509.xml</literal>.
Create a new release notes file for the upcoming release + 1, in this
case <literal>rl-1803.xml</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>git tag -a -m &quot;Release 15.09-beta&quot; 15.09-beta &amp;&amp; git push --tags</literal>
<literal>git tag -a -s -m &quot;Release 17.09-beta&quot; 17.09-beta &amp;&amp; git push --tags</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
From the master branch run <literal>git checkout -B release-15.09</literal>.
From the master branch run <literal>git checkout -B release-17.09</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-org-configurations/pull/18">
Make sure channel is created at http://nixos.org/channels/.
Make sure a channel is created at http://nixos.org/channels/.
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/settings/branches">
Lock the branch on github (so developers can’t force push)
Let a GitHub nixpkgs admin lock the branch on github for you.
(so developers can’t force push)
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/bdf161ed8d21...6b63c4616790">bump
<literal>system.defaultChannel</literal> attribute in
<literal>nixos/modules/misc/version.nix</literal></link>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/bdf161ed8d21...6b63c4616790">
Bump the <literal>system.defaultChannel</literal> attribute in
<literal>nixos/modules/misc/version.nix</literal>
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/d6b08acd1ccac0d9d502c4b635e00b04d3387f06">update
<literal>versionSuffix</literal> in
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/d6b08acd1ccac0d9d502c4b635e00b04d3387f06">
Update <literal>versionSuffix</literal> in
<literal>nixos/release.nix</literal></link>, use
<literal>git log --format=%an|wc -l</literal> to get commit
<literal>git log --format=%an|wc -l</literal> to get the commit
count
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>echo -n &quot;16.03&quot; &gt; .version</literal> in
<literal>echo -n &quot;18.03&quot; &gt; .version</literal> on
master.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b8a4095003e27659092892a4708bb3698231a842">pick
a new name for unstable branch.</link>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b8a4095003e27659092892a4708bb3698231a842">
Pick a new name for the unstable branch.
</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Use https://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/ and
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=vulnerabilities&amp;type=Issues">triage vulnerabilities in an issue</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Create two Hydra jobsets: release-15.09 and release-15.09-small with <literal>stableBranch</literal> set to false
Create two Hydra jobsets: release-17.09 and release-17.09-small with <literal>stableBranch</literal> set to false.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Edit changelog at
<literal>nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml</literal>
<literal>nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml</literal>
(double check desktop versions are noted)
</para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Get all new NixOS modules
<literal>git diff release-14.12..release-15.09 nixos/modules/module-list.nix|grep ^+</literal>
<literal>git diff release-17.03..release-17.09 nixos/modules/module-list.nix|grep ^+</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -130,9 +127,25 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="during-beta">
<title>During Beta</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Monitor the master branch for bugfixes and minor updates
and cherry-pick them to the release branch.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="before-the-final-release">
<title>Before the final release</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Re-check that the release notes are complete.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Release Nix (currently only Eelco Dolstra can do that).