Checklist for release 14.8

[emmaco]

Improvements #104 (comment)

• Update configs
• Change hard-coded paths
• Clan compete redundancy

From 14.7

• Update RNAcentral sequence search
• Rfam to RNAcentral export (.json)
• Rfam to ENA export (private FTP)
• Update Rfam models in R2DT

Data updates

• Export annotated CM and SEED files
• Update PDB mapping
• Run view processes
• Run clan competition
• Run make_rfam_keywords_table.pl
• Update family_ncbi
• Update the family table (number_of_species and num_full fields)
• Update the version table
• Update RNAcentral descriptions

Update FTP archive

• Create .release FTP directory
• database_files
• fasta_files
• genome_browser_hub
• rfam2go
• COPYING
• README including Section 5
• Rfam.clanin
• Rfam.cm.gz
• Rfam.full_region.gz
• Rfam.pdb.gz
• Rfam.seed.gz
• Rfam.seed_tree.gz
• Rfam.tar.gz
• USERMAN

Pre Announce

• Update EBI text search on wwwdev
• Update the website
• Add release graphic
• Update pages with new data (e.g. microRNA or viral project pages)
• Merge new code into rfam-website master
• Update the REL MySQL database
• Stop Apache in OY
• Update the OY web production MySQL database
• Update rfamweb_local.conf (fields ebi_search and connect_info) in OY
• Deploy new website code in OY
• Start Apache in OY
• Verify OY VMs directly
• Repeat for PG
• Move.release FTP directory to release
• Update CURRENT FTP symlink
• Update public MySQL database using Sequel Ace
• Load new data into a new database called rfam_xx_x
• Rename the Rfam database to rfam_xx_y
• Rename the rfam_xx_x database to Rfam
• Delete old databases to save space
• Update EBI cmscan search - check that it automatically picks up the new covariance models from the production FTP location
• Update RNAcentral sequence search
• update rfam_local.py config to latest db

Announce

• Publish blog post with the Rfam tag
• Post on Twitter

Post Announce

• Close GitHub release project
• Review GitHub issues
• Backup old text search files
• Update EBI text search in production
• Make sure production website uses production search index
• Update Rfam models in R2DT
• Update Rfam taxonomy and create a new GitHub release
• Create a release checklist for the next release