7.5.1 Testing and Release

[joncameron]

Release Checklist

Code Changes

• Update code files with version number
• Update license headers in files if needed (will wait until next release)
• Tag dependency repos
• Update gemfile to point to those tags
• Merge develop into staging
• Merge staging into master

Application Testing

• Testing (after merge to staging)

Documentation

• Update Known Issues documentation page
• Create Upgrade Page
• Update Upgrade Page as needed (https://samvera.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AVALON/pages/2090467329/Upgrading+Avalon+7.4+to+Avalon+7.5)
• Update current version number on the documentation wiki
• Update wiki with release notes (once the release is published on Github)

Release and Documentation

• Write a draft of release notes on Github
• Publish release in Github (create tag as well, if the release is not already tagged) https://github.com/avalonmediasystem/avalon/releases
• Update avalon-docker to point at new release docker tag and github tag
• Build and push updated docker images (may already happen via bamboo CI process)
• Rebuild develop from main (our git flow)
• Deploy release to demo.avalonmediasystem.org

Website and Outreach

• Publish blog post announcing the release
• Update homepage with blog post for release announcement
• Update homepage with the updated version and documentation links
• Put announcement on Twitter
• Put announcement on Facebook
• Send out email to Samvera community mailing list
• Publicize in appropriate Slack channels

Included PRs

• Create collection page #5006
• Resize XML editor window to make space in the editor #5010
• Necessary update of dependencies #5011
• Add structural metadata param to additional endpoints #5021
• Fix bad refactoring by passing missing parameter #5029
• Enable rendering of transcript viewer when CDL is disabled #5030
• Fix for broken timeliners with custom scope #5035
• Bump ActiveEncode and update FileLocator #5042
• Allow file uris to include ? or # in filename #5043
• Fix track selection issue when player is paused #5044
• Bump rails for security fix #5045
• Force encoding of IndexedFile original_name to UTF-8 #5046
• Use latest build of development image #5012
• Fix track selection issue when player is paused #5044
• Add ability to display full filenames on the media object edit page #5049
• Fix timeliner bug when splitting segments #5061