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This updates RELEASE.md file to understand the release process easily based on hands-on experience.
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# Release Process
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The Kubespray Project is released on an as-needed basis. The process is as follows:
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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)
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2. At least one of the [approvers](OWNERS_ALIASES) must approve this release
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3. The `kube_version_min_required` variable is set to `n-1`
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4. Remove hashes for [EOL versions](https://github.com/kubernetes/website/blob/main/content/en/releases/patch-releases.md) of kubernetes from `*_checksums` variables.
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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.
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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
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7. An approver creates a release branch in the form `release-X.Y`
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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
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9. The `KUBESPRAY_VERSION` variable is updated in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
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10. The release issue is closed
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11. An announcement email is sent to `kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com` with the subject `[ANNOUNCE] Kubespray $VERSION is released`
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12. The topic of the #kubespray channel is updated with `vX.Y.Z is released! | ...`
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## Major/minor releases and milestones
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* For major releases (vX.Y) Kubespray maintains one branch (`release-X.Y`). Minor releases (vX.Y.Z) are available only as tags.
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* Security patches and bugs might be backported.
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* Fixes for major releases (vX.Y) and minor releases (vX.Y.Z) are delivered
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via maintenance releases (vX.Y.Z) and assigned to the corresponding open
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[GitHub milestone](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/milestones).
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That milestone remains open for the major/minor releases support lifetime,
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which ends once the milestone is closed. Then only a next major or minor release
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can be done.
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* Kubespray major and minor releases are bound to the given `kube_version` major/minor
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version numbers and other components' arbitrary versions, like etcd or network plugins.
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Older or newer component versions are not supported and not tested for the given
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release (even if included in the checksum variables, like `kubeadm_checksums`).
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* There is no unstable releases and no APIs, thus Kubespray doesn't follow
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[semver](https://semver.org/). Every version describes only a stable release.
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Breaking changes, if any introduced by changed defaults or non-contrib ansible roles'
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playbooks, shall be described in the release notes. Other breaking changes, if any in
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the contributed addons or bound versions of Kubernetes and other components, are
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considered out of Kubespray scope and are up to the components' teams to deal with and
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document.
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* Minor releases can change components' versions, but not the major `kube_version`.
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Greater `kube_version` requires a new major or minor release. For example, if Kubespray v2.0.0
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is bound to `kube_version: 1.4.x`, `calico_version: 0.22.0`, `etcd_version: v3.0.6`,
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then Kubespray v2.1.0 may be bound to only minor changes to `kube_version`, like v1.5.1
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and *any* changes to other components, like etcd v4, or calico 1.2.3.
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And Kubespray v3.x.x shall be bound to `kube_version: 2.x.x` respectively.
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## Release note creation
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You can create a release note with:
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```shell
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export GITHUB_TOKEN=<your-github-token>
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export ORG=kubernetes-sigs
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export REPO=kubespray
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release-notes --start-sha <The start commit-id> --end-sha <The end commit-id> --dependencies=false --output=/tmp/kubespray-release-note --required-author=""
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```
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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.).
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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)
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