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This updates RELEASE.md file to understand the release process
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The Kubespray Project is released on an as-needed basis. The process is as follows: The Kubespray Project is released on an as-needed basis. The process is as follows:
1. An issue is proposing a new release with a changelog since the last release 1. An issue is proposing a new release with a changelog since the last release. Please see [a good sample issue](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/8325)
2. At least one of the [approvers](OWNERS_ALIASES) must approve this release 2. At least one of the [approvers](OWNERS_ALIASES) must approve this release
3. The `kube_version_min_required` variable is set to `n-1` 3. The `kube_version_min_required` variable is set to `n-1`
4. Remove hashes for [EOL versions](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/patch-releases.md) of kubernetes from `*_checksums` variables. 4. Remove hashes for [EOL versions](https://github.com/kubernetes/website/blob/main/content/en/releases/patch-releases.md) of kubernetes from `*_checksums` variables.
5. An approver creates [new release in GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/releases/new) using a version and tag name like `vX.Y.Z` and attaching the release notes 5. Create the release note with [Kubernetes Release Notes Generator](https://github.com/kubernetes/release/blob/master/cmd/release-notes/README.md). See the following `Release note creation` section for the details.
6. An approver creates a release branch in the form `release-X.Y` 6. An approver creates [new release in GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/releases/new) using a version and tag name like `vX.Y.Z` and attaching the release notes
7. The corresponding version of [quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:vX.Y.Z](https://quay.io/repository/kubespray/kubespray) and [quay.io/kubespray/vagrant:vX.Y.Z](https://quay.io/repository/kubespray/vagrant) docker images are built and tagged 7. An approver creates a release branch in the form `release-X.Y`
8. The `KUBESPRAY_VERSION` variable is updated in `.gitlab-ci.yml` 8. The corresponding version of [quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:vX.Y.Z](https://quay.io/repository/kubespray/kubespray) and [quay.io/kubespray/vagrant:vX.Y.Z](https://quay.io/repository/kubespray/vagrant) docker images are built and tagged
9. The release issue is closed 9. The `KUBESPRAY_VERSION` variable is updated in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
10. An announcement email is sent to `kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com` with the subject `[ANNOUNCE] Kubespray $VERSION is released` 10. The release issue is closed
11. The topic of the #kubespray channel is updated with `vX.Y.Z is released! | ...` 11. An announcement email is sent to `kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com` with the subject `[ANNOUNCE] Kubespray $VERSION is released`
12. The topic of the #kubespray channel is updated with `vX.Y.Z is released! | ...`
## Major/minor releases and milestones ## Major/minor releases and milestones
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then Kubespray v2.1.0 may be bound to only minor changes to `kube_version`, like v1.5.1 then Kubespray v2.1.0 may be bound to only minor changes to `kube_version`, like v1.5.1
and *any* changes to other components, like etcd v4, or calico 1.2.3. and *any* changes to other components, like etcd v4, or calico 1.2.3.
And Kubespray v3.x.x shall be bound to `kube_version: 2.x.x` respectively. And Kubespray v3.x.x shall be bound to `kube_version: 2.x.x` respectively.
## Release note creation
You can create a release note with:
```shell
export GITHUB_TOKEN=<your-github-token>
export ORG=kubernetes-sigs
export REPO=kubespray
release-notes --start-sha <The start commit-id> --end-sha <The end commit-id> --dependencies=false --output=/tmp/kubespray-release-note --required-author=""
```
If the release note file(/tmp/kubespray-release-note) contains "### Uncategorized" pull requests, those pull requests don't have a valid kind label(`kind/feature`, etc.).
It is necessary to put a valid label on each pull request and run the above release-notes command again to get a better release note)