Release version 1.2

[dblock]

Coming from opensearch-build#567, release version 1.2. Please follow the following checklist.

Preparation

• Assign this issue to a release owner.
• Finalize scope and feature set and update the Public Roadmap.
• Create, update, triage and label all features and issues targeted for this release with v1.2.0. #77

CI/CD

• Increment version on main to 1.2.0.0.
• Ensure working and passing CI.
• Re(add) this repo to the manifest.

Pre-Release

• Branch and build from a 1.2 branch.
• Update your branch in the manifest. #90
• Feature complete, pencils down. #89
• Fix bugs that target this release. #88

Release

• Complete documentation.
• Gather, review and publish release notes.
• Verify all issued labeled for this release are closed or labelled for the next release.

Post Release

• Create a release tag.
• Suggest improvements to this template.
• Conduct a postmortem, and publish its results.

[peternied]

@opensearch-project/job-scheduler Could we assign someone to this issue to drive the 1.2 release?

[peternied]

@opensearch-project/job-scheduler Could we update this ticket to reflect who is assigned to the 1.2 release?

[peternied]

@qreshi Until Friday the 12th at noon PST, any tests that use distribution downloader were running against old bits and need to be rerun. Can you please see if your team was impacted, rerun the tests, and then mark the tests run as completed in opensearch-project/opensearch-build#954?

[qreshi]

@peternied Thanks for the heads up. I reran the tests on the 1.2 branch locally and it passes so we should be good.

[qreshi]

The template being linked in this issue that asks us to suggest improvements (https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-plugins/templates/release.md) doesn't exist. I'll be leaving that step unchecked for now.

[dblock]

We have the parent template in https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/blob/main/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_template.md and are instructing the release manager to clone the template from the previous version in https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/tree/main/meta/templates/releases. Could you please clone the 1.2 into 1.3 and suggest changes? Or maybe we should have a release-template.md in there and change the instructions?

[dblock]

1.2 has shipped a long time ago, closing