weinand

opened on Mar 25, 2019

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This is the endgame schedule for March 2019 Iteration.

Schedule

• End game master: @weinand / Zurich
• End game buddy: @octref / Redmond
• 03/25 Code freeze for the endgame
• 03/29 Endgame done
• 04/04 Expected release date (this may change)

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

Monday 03/25

• Run OSS tool @weinand

  • The LCA review of the ThirdPartyNotices.txt files is not needed anymore

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Code freeze at 5pm PT
Ensure we have a green build on all platforms at 5pm PT
All test items contain test meta data by 5pm PT and sufficiently comprehensive test descriptions by 8am CET
Update your availability for testing here - https://vscode-tools.azurewebsites.net/

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Tuesday 03/26

• Test plan items assigned (using https://vscode-tools.azurewebsites.net/)

  • Run the tool multiple times to balance load if test items come in later and assignments are already made

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All closed feature-requests either have a verification-needed or on-testplan tag
Test build starts at 7am CET
Test plan ready by 8am CET
Testing
Verification needed

Wednesday 03/27

• Testing

  Remind team members to assign issues that they intend to fix to the current milestone

  Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned)

  Verification
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Thursday 03/28

• Fixing (scrutiny sets in - major bugs only - to be discussed in stand-up meeting, labeled as candidate)

  Verification

  Run OSS tool and pass list of changed OSS usage (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-build-tools/blob/master/distro-tools/license/third_party_1.nn.0_diff.txt) to @isidorn for verification @weinand
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Friday 03/29

• • Pause scheduled insider builds @weinand
  • Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested

    • vscode @bpasero
    • yo generator @aeschli
    • vsce @joaomoreno
    • node debug @weinand
    • node debug2 @roblourens
    • node debugadapter node @weinand
    • debug-adapter-protocol @weinand

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  • All issues verified
  • Fixing (only critical bugs - no string changes)
  • Smoketest (⚠️ MUST run with --stable-build argument ⚠️ )

    • Windows - @dbaeumer
    • OS X - @alexandrudima
    • Linux - @aeschli

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  • All release notes updated

    • release notes are collected in a file named Month_Year.md in this repo directory. ⚠️We are now doing release notes via Git LFS. Please read what this means here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/README.md#git-lfs-setup⚠️
    • @aeschli
    • @alexandrudima
    • @alexr00
    • @bpasero
    • @chrmarti
    • @dbaeumer
    • @egamma
    • @isidorn
    • @joaomoreno
    • @jrieken
    • @kieferrm
    • @mjbvz
    • @octref
    • @rebornix
    • @RMacfarlane
    • @roblourens
    • @sandy081
    • @sbatten
    • @Tyriar
    • @weinand

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  • Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. Use the thankyou tool to generate the initial contents of the section. owner

    • vscode @weinand
    • vscode-node-debug @weinand
    • vscode-node-debug2 @roblourens
    • vscode-debugadapter-node @weinand
    • debug-adapter-protocol @weinand
    • vscode-languageserver-node @dbaeumer
    • language-server-protocol @dbaeumer
    • vscode-textmate @alexandrudima
    • vscode-loader @alexandrudima
    • vscode-generator-code @aeschli
    • vscode-vsce @joaomoreno
    • vscode-docs @gregvanl
    • vscode-css-languageservice @aeschli
    • vscode-json-languageservice @aeschli
    • vscode-html-languageservice @aeschli
    • jsonc-parser @aeschli
    • vscode-jscs @chrisdias
    • vscode-tslint @egamma
    • vscode-eslint @dbaeumer
    • vscode-jshint @RMacfarlane
    • vscode-recipes @auchenberg
    • localization @shawndon
    • vscode-github-issues-prs @chrmarti
    • inno-updater @joaomoreno

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  • Review pull requests acknowledgements with NOT MERGED - PLS REVIEW. @weinand
  • Acknowledge issue trackers from the community @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 @weinand

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Friday/Monday

• Branch code to `release/ @weinand

  Bump up the version in package.json - @weinand

  Announce master is open for business @weinand

  Polish release notes redmond
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Monday - Wednesday

• Polish release notes redmond

  Cherry-pick hand-picked and reviewed changes to release/<x.y> @weinand

  Build Insider from release/<x.y> @weinand

  Manually release Insider @weinand

  Build stable for all platforms as new candidate issues come in @weinand
• Documentation updated

  • @aeschli
  • @alexandrudima
  • @alexr00
  • @bpasero
  • @chrmarti
  • @dbaeumer
  • @egamma
  • @isidorn
  • @joaomoreno
  • @jrieken
  • @kieferrm
  • @mjbvz
  • @octref
  • @rebornix
  • @RMacfarlane
  • @roblourens
  • @sandy081
  • @sbatten
  • @Tyriar
  • @weinand

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