Closed
Description
New Feature / Enhancement Checklist
- I am not disclosing a vulnerability.
- I am not just asking a question.
- I have searched through existing issues.
Current Limitation
see parse-community/parse-server#7271
Feature / Enhancement Description
This PR adds release automation to Parse Dashboard.
Roadmap
Phase 1 (add release automation):
- Add release automation for
master
branch - Only allow "squash & merge" for all branches
- Add docker release job for automated release
- Add docker release job for manual release
- Remove changelog CI check from code and repo settings
- Remove changelog TODO from PR template
- Adapt GH issue labels
Phase 2 (change branch model):
- Rename default branch to
alpha
- Add
release
,beta
branches - Adapt release automation to new branch model
- Adapt docker release jobs to get triggered on
alpha
/beta
commits - Inform contributors that PRs needs to be opened against
alpha
branch- Add pinned issue
- Add to Parse GitHub assistant --> only allows PRs against default branch
- Add to contribution docs
- Adapt synk to watch
alpha
andrelease
branches (notbeta
branch) only for security fix PR, not for regular dependency upgrade PRs
Phase 3 (monitor workflows):
- Execute one full
alpha
->beta
->release
merge workflow (contribution) to ensure it works - Execute one full
release
->alpha
->beta
merge workflow (hotfix) to ensure it works - Find and document a working mode for PRs opened by Snyk on
alpha
andrelease
branches - Monitor contributor feedback
- Monitor merge workflows
Phase 4 (long-term support):
- Add LTS branch
release-N
whereN
is the major version based onrelease
branch - Add LTS branch to snyk to monitor
Release Flow
alpha
- release time: spontaneous
- merge:
- contributor pull request into
alpha
- contributor pull request into
beta
- release time: monthly; this gives the beta release 1 month to mature
- merge:
alpha
intobeta
once at the beginning of a monthalpha
intobeta
only fixes during the month (feature freeze)
release
- release time: monthly; gives the beta release 1 month to mature
- merge:
beta
intorelease
once at the beginning of a month- urgent security hotfixes into
release
during a month (have to be back-ported toalpha
)
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