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(WIP) Release Process Checklist

Kamil Jozwiak edited this page Sep 10, 2018 · 43 revisions

Release Process Checklist

Feel free to copy this into an issue if you want to keep track of items per-milestone. Be super sure that is replaced with the version you wish to use.

Prerequisites

  • consult with the security team to ensure that all security issues have been included

First-time Setup

  • git clone [email protected]:brave/vault-updater && cd vault-updater
  • git clone [email protected]:brave/release-tools
  • npm install
  • install the heroku toolbelt https://toolbelt.heroku.com/ , ask @mrose17 to add you
  • git remote add heroku-staged https://git.heroku.com/brave-laptop-updates-pre.git
  • git remote add heroku https://git.heroku.com/brave-laptop-updates.git
  • *(optional) you can check logs : heroku logs --tail --app brave-laptop-updates-pre

Every time thereafter

  • cd vault-updater
  • git pull
  • git checkout -b dev-<version>
  • cd ../release-tools
  • node bin/promotePreview.js --location ../vault-updater/data --overwrite --channel=dev --notes='Notes go here'
  • cd ../vault-updater
  • git add -u
  • git commit -m "<version>" -m "Auditors: @bsclifton"
  • git push (alternatively: git push --set-upstream origin dev-<version>)
  • git push heroku-staged dev-<version>:master

Fastly

  • Log into Fastly and purge the cache

Test Staging

  • Install a prior version of the app
  • BRAVE_UPDATE_HOST=https://laptop-updates-pre.brave.com open -a ./Brave.app
  • Confirm SHA in about:brave matches expectations

Merge Into Master

  • git checkout master
  • git merge dev-<version>
  • git push

Release Notes

Push To Production

  • git push heroku

Updates And Broadcast

  • Wait for confirmation that Windows live update works
  • Wait for confirmation that Linux live update works
  • Wait for confirmation that macOS live update works
  • Update the Brave Snap Package under Ubuntu
  • Notify #browser, #community, #general, #pr, #testers of the latest release with a link to the release notes
  • Add a screenshot to the #pr channel for social broadcast

Download Binaries from Brave.com

Update Release channel wiki

Branch Channel Maintenance

  • Create branch channel if needed

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