Release Che 7.26.0

[nickboldt]

List of pending issues / PRs

• verify machine exec is correctly versioned in both master and 7.26.x branch, as we had a problem w/ that when releasing 7.25.2
• NEW workflow: theia release as GH action
• NEW workflow: Include jwtproxy and KIP in Che release - 17742 17743 create branches for jwtproxy and... che-release#24 Generate branches every sprint for jwtproxy #17743 Generate branches every sprint for kubernetes image puller #17742
  • verify new branches created in https://github.com/eclipse/che-jwtproxy/tree/7.26.x and https://github.com/che-incubator/kubernetes-image-puller/tree/7.26.x
• NEW workflow: trigger che-doc release when che-operator is done - gh18864 new GH action to run che-docs... che-operator#657
  • merge gh18864 fix name of action; remove need to... che-docs#1836 and gh18864 - instead of curl, use GH action... che-operator#660; verify che-operator action triggers che-docs action (correct tokens used)

Release status

In series, the following will be released via che-release:

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile registry,
• che-plugin-registry (once che-theia and machine-exec are done)
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che-workspace-loader, and che (server assembly), including release to Maven Central
• che-operator

Then, these steps will be done, which still require some manual intervention (PR verification is not yet automated):

• generation of OperatorHub PRs
• chectl

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile-registry, che-plugin-registry
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che-workspace-loader, che
• che-operator (depends on all of the above)
• chectl (depends on che-operator)
• Che community operator PRs (depends on che-operator)

If this is a .0 release:

• send reminder to TLs to triage unresolved issues
• complete current milestone
  • move incomplete deferred issues to backlog
  • move incomplete WIP issues to next milestone
  • close completed issues
  • close milestone

Owner	Process	Script	CI	Artifact(s) + Container(s)
@mkuznyetsov	che-theia	cico_release.sh	centos	eclipse/che-theia
@mkuznyetsov	che-machine-exec	cico_release.sh	centos	eclipse/che-machine-exec
@mkuznyetsov	che-devfile-registry	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-devfile-registry
@mkuznyetsov	che-plugin-registry	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-plugin-registry
@mkuznyetsov	che-parent	make-release.sh	centos	che-parent
@mkuznyetsov	che-dashboard	make-release.sh	GH action	che-dashboard
@mkuznyetsov	che-workspace-loader	make-release.sh	GH action	che-workspace-loader
@mkuznyetsov	che	cico_release.sh	centos	che.core, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-endpoint-watcher, eclipse/che-keycloak, eclipse/che-postgres, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-e2e
@mkuznyetsov	che-operator	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-operator
@mkuznyetsov	chectl	make-release.sh	GH action	chectl releases

[ibuziuk]

@mkuznyetsov @nickboldt please, let us know once the artifacts are available on the central - we are planning to promote 7.26.0 to staging today - redhat-developer/rh-che#2043

[mkuznyetsov]

@ibuziuk che-server images have been built about hour ago, and artifacts were released on nexus, though I don't see them available on Central yet

[mkuznyetsov]

release is complete, community operator PRs are merged

[nickboldt]

che-docs PR was stuck, but it's been approved and merged now.

eclipse-che/che-docs#1848