Release 10.6.0-M2

[patriknw]

Release Akka HTTP 10.6.0-M2

Cutting the release

• Check that open PRs and issues assigned to the milestone are reasonable
• Update the Change date in the LICENSE file.
• For minor or major versions, add a release notes entry in docs/src/main/paradox/release-notes/.
• Create a new milestone for the next version
• Close the 10.6.0-M2 milestone
• Make sure all important PRs have been merged
• For recent dependency updates or changes on a minor release branch the Fossa validation can be triggered from the GitHub actions "Dependency License Scanning" (Manually choosing the release branch)
• Update the revision in Fossa in the Akka Group for the Akka umbrella version, e.g. 22.10. Note that the revisions for the release is udpated by Akka Group > Projects > Edit. For recent dependency updates the Fossa validation can be triggered from the GitHub actions "Dependency License Scanning".
• Wait until main build finished after merging the latest PR
• Update the draft release with the next tag version v10.6.0-M2, title and release description. Use the Publish release button, which will create the tag.
• Check that GitHub Actions release build has executed successfully (GitHub Actions will start a CI build for the new tag and publish artifacts to https://repo.akka.io/maven)

Check availability

• Check API documentation
• Check reference documentation. Check that the reference docs were deployed and show a version warning (see section below on how to fix the version warning).
• Check the release on https://repo.akka.io/maven/com/typesafe/akka/akka-http-core_2.13/10.6.0-M2/

When everything is on https://repo.akka.io/maven

• Log into gustav.akka.io as akkarepo

  • If this updates the current version, run ./update-akka-http-current-version.sh 10.6.0-M2
  • otherwise check changes and commit the new version to the local git repository

    cd ~/www
    git status
    git add docs/akka-http/current docs/akka-http/10.6.0-M2
    git add api/akka-http/current api/akka-http/10.6.0-M2
    git add japi/akka-http/current japi/akka-http/10.6.0-M2
    git commit -m "Akka HTTP 10.6.0-M2"
    

  • push changes to the remote git repository

    cd ~/www
    git push origin master
    

• If this updated 'current' docs - trigger a re-index of the docs for search through Run workflow for the scraper

• Update version in _config.yml in https://github.com/akka/akka.io

Announcements

For important patch releases, and only if critical issues have been fixed:

• Send a release notification to Lightbend discuss
• Tweet using the @akkateam account (or ask someone to) about the new release
• Announce on Gitter akka/akka
• Announce internally (with links to Tweet, discuss)

For minor or major releases:

• Include noteworthy features and improvements in Akka umbrella release announcement at akka.io. Coordinate with PM and marketing.

Afterwards

• Add the released version to project/MiMa.scala to the mimaPreviousArtifacts key of all current compatible branches.
• Update version for Lightbend Supported Modules in private project
• Update akka-dependencies bom
• Update Akka Guide samples
• Close this issue