April 2021 Endgame #122173

• 04/26 Code freeze for the endgame
• 04/30 Endgame done
• 05/05 Expected release date (this may change)

Friday

• Pause scheduled insider builds endgame champion
• 🔖Verification needed
• 🔖Verification
• 🔖Milestone issues
• Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested
  • vscode Eric Amodio (@eamodio)
  • yo generator Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • vsce João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • node debug Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • js-debug Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • node debugadapter node Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • debug adapter protocol Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • custom data for html/css Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
• Fixing (scrutiny sets in - major bugs only - to be discussed in stand-up meeting, labeled as candidate)
• Smoketest (⚠️ MUST run with --stable-build argument ⚠️ )
  • Windows - owner
  • macOS (Universal) - owner
  • Linux - owner
• All release notes updated
  • release notes are collected in a file named v<Major>_<Minor>.md in this repo directory
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Alexandru Dima (@alexdima)
  • Alex Ross (@alexr00)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Robo (@deepak1556)
  • Eric Amodio (@eamodio)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Jackson Kearl (@JacksonKearl)
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
  • Logan Ramos (@lramos15)
  • Ladislau Szomoru (@lszomoru)
  • Megan Rogge (@meganrogge)
  • Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • Rachel Macfarlane (@RMacfarlane)
  • roblourens
  • Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271)
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • SteVen Batten (@sbatten)
  • TylerLeonhardt
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
• Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. We have improved the tooling so that the endgame champion can generate the pull request acknowledgment for all repositories at once. endgame champion
  • debug-adapter-protocol, inno-updater, jsonc-parser, language-server-protocol, lsif-node, vscode, vscode-codicons, vscode-css-languageservice, vscode-debugadapter-node, vscode-dev-containers, vscode-docs, vscode-emmet-helper, vscode-eslint, vscode-extension-samples, vscode-generator-code, vscode-hexeditor, vscode-html-languageservice, vscode-js-debug, vscode-js-debug-companion, vscode-js-profile-visualizer, vscode-jshint, vscode-json-languageservice, vscode-languageserver-node, vscode-loader, vscode-lsif-extension, vscode-node-debug, vscode-node-debug2, vscode-pull-request-github, vscode-recipes, vscode-references-view, vscode-textmate, vscode-vsce
  • 💡localization - Wee Teck Tan (@weeteckt)
• Acknowledge issue trackers from the community Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
• Add notable fixes to the release notes all
• When done fixing/verifying and there are changes since last build at the end of day PT
  • Trigger new insider build and publish it manually endgame champion
• Branch code to release/<x.y> endgame champion
• Bump up the version in package.json on main - endgame champion
• Announce main is open for business endgame champion

Friday/Monday

• Polish release notes redmond
• Fixing (only critical bugs - no string changes)

Monday - Wednesday

• 🔖milestone issues
• 🔖candidate issues
• Polish release notes redmond
• Cherry-pick hand-picked and reviewed changes to release/<x.y> endgame champion
• Build Insider from release/<x.y> endgame champion
• Manually release Insider endgame champion
• Build stable for all platforms as new candidate issues come in endgame champion
• Documentation updated
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Alexandru Dima (@alexdima)
  • Alex Ross (@alexr00)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Robo (@deepak1556)
  • Eric Amodio (@eamodio)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Jackson Kearl (@JacksonKearl)
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
  • Logan Ramos (@lramos15)
  • Ladislau Szomoru (@lszomoru)
  • Megan Rogge (@meganrogge)
  • Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • Rachel Macfarlane (@RMacfarlane)
  • roblourens
  • Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271)
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • SteVen Batten (@sbatten)
  • TylerLeonhardt
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
• Run scripts/test-documentation.sh|bat and add file or fix issues if there are new colors that are not documented.

Note: The Insiders build needs to be in the wild for 24 hours before we can enter the last phase of the endgame. endgame champion

Tuesday/Wednesday (the day before the release)

• Smoketest (⚠️ MUST run with --stable-build argument ⚠️ )
  • Windows - João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • macOS (Universal) - Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Linux - Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)

Wednesday/Thursday - Expected release day (this may change)

• Build stable for all platforms endgame champion
• Sanity check of installable bits
  • Windows 32 bit Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271)
    • signed installer 32-bit
    • signed user installer 32-bit
    • zip 32-bit
  • Windows 64 bit Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271)
    • signed installer 64-bit
    • signed user installer 64-bit
    • zip 64-bit
  • Windows ARM64 SteVen Batten (@sbatten)
    • signed installer ARM64
    • signed user installer ARM64
    • zip ARM64
  • macOS
    • Universal TylerLeonhardt
    • Intel TylerLeonhardt
    • Apple Silicon Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
  • Linux x64
    • deb Rachel Macfarlane (@RMacfarlane)
    • rpm Rachel Macfarlane (@RMacfarlane)
    • archives Rachel Macfarlane (@RMacfarlane)
    • snap (sudo snap install --classic --dangerous <file>.snap) Rachel Macfarlane (@RMacfarlane)
  • Server (instructions) owner
    • Linux TylerLeonhardt
    • macOS TylerLeonhardt
    • Windows roblourens
• Publish website Greg Van Liew (@gregvanl)
• Publish Localization language pack Wee Teck Tan (@weeteckt)
• Publish to stable endgame champion
• Create an official release endgame champion
  • Create a tag: git tag <x.y.z>
  • Push the tag: git push origin <x.y.z>
  • Create a GitHub release: Open the GitHub tags, and click far right ... > Create Release. Use the correct title and description from our release notes. Example
• Publish @types/vscode endgame champion
• Enable scheduled insider builds endgame champion
• Twitter announcement Chris Dias (@chrisdias)