Aluminium SR1 Release Checklist

Pending	Complete

Event / Timeline	Status	Comments	Who
Communicate code freeze to projects	Complete16 Oct 2020	1 weeks before code freeze happens	Daniel De La Rosa
Code freeze (stable branch lock)	Complete 29 Oct 2020	1 weeks before any release.	Anil Shashikumar Belur
Pick RC and produce CSIT spreadsheet	Complete 29 Oct 2020	All blocker bugs must be closed before picking the RC. This is tentative date.	Daniel De La Rosa JamO Luhrsen
Vet CSIT failures	Complete 02 Nov 2020	Max 1 week after CSIT spreadsheet is shared	all projects
TSC votes the Managed release	Complete04 Nov 2020		TSC
Publish released artifacts to Nexus	Complete05 Nov 2020		Anil Shashikumar Belur
Communicate Managed release to Self Managed projects	Complete 05 Nov 2020		Daniel De La Rosa
Unlock stable branch	Complete 05 Nov 2020		Anil Shashikumar Belur
Release All SM projects (including "official" distribution)	Complete 12 Nov 2020	Max 1 week after Managed release.	All SM projects (including int/dist)
Update docs	Pending 12 Nov 2020	downloads page managed projects Platform Versions Page release notes release notes job (only for service releases) (jira to do this for major release). For GA projects PTLs have to push patch to docs. Main landing page Make sure the Managed projects and Self-managed project lists are up to date.