Release plan

[Andersson007]

SUMMARY

(partially copied from ansible-collections/community.crypto#74 , thanks to @felixfontein)

We should decide on how to release this collection (w.r.t. versioning).
Small collections like this one don't need a complex plan like the one for community.general and community.network.
So how about the following?

1. Release minor and patch releases whenever we want (like after adding new features or fixing bugs). Since this collection is small, there's no need to fix things in advance. Just add features, and after a feature either wait a bit longer for more features/bugs, or make a release.

I suggest releasing without branching https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections_without_release_branches.rst
Breaking changes don't work with this schema but we might change the approach and start releasing from branches when needed.

For release support timeline, refer to README (we should keep it updated)

First release will be 0.1.0

[Andersson007]

cc @Andersson007 @Dorn- @andytom @antoinell @archf @b6d @dschep @ilicmilan @jbscalia @jensdepuydt @kostiantyn-nemchenko @matburt @nerzhul @sebasmannem @strk @tcraxs @wrouesnel

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 0.1.0 has just been released

[Andersson007]

FYI: I will likely release community.postgresql 1.0.0 tomorrow 17.11.2020. If anybody has something urgent to review and merge, please let me know

[Andersson007]

1.0.0 has just been released! So the collection will be included in next Ansible releases

[Andersson007]

I'm going to release version 1.1.0 on Monday January 18 (if time allows)

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.1.0 has been released

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.1.1 has been released

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.2.0 has been released

[Andersson007]

I'm gonna release c.postgresql 1.3.0 now

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.3.0 has been released

[Andersson007]

I'm gonna release c.postgresql 1.4.0 now

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.4.0 has been released

[Andersson007]

i'm gonna release community.postgresql 1.5.0 today

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.5.0 has been released (great release, folks!)

[Andersson007]

I'm gonna release c.postgresql 1.6.0 now

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.6.0 has been released. Contains doc fixes and #163.

[Andersson007]

@marcosdiez after #173 is slightly corrected and integration tests added, we could merge it and release 1.6.1.

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.6.1 has been released.

[Andersson007]

@tcraxs @marcosdiez @hunleyd @MichaelDBA ^ is available for installation via ansible-galaxy right now and will be included in the next Ansible package release. It contains the fixes for postgresql_info including the AWS-related (thanks to @marcosdiez).

Also not having an explicit code approval for #177, we can't proceed with the conn_error_msg feature for postgresql_ping module (yeah, the feature is approved by the vast majority but still not the code itself). So, just a fyi, still waiting for the code review.

[Andersson007]

I'm going to release community.postgresql 2.0.0 this week. It will contain only one breaking change #185

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 1.7.0 and 2.0.0 have been released. Many thanks to hunleyd, klando, MichaelDBA, marcosdiez, tcrax, felixfontein, and jtelcontar!

[Andersson007]

I'm going to release community.postgresql 2.1.0 today.

[Andersson007]

community.postgresql 2.1.0 has been released.

[Andersson007]

I'm going to release community.postgresql 1.7.1 today

[hunleyd]

i'm going to release community.postgresql 2.1.1 today

[hunleyd]

community.postgresql 1.7.1 and 2.1.1 have been released. Many thanks to Andersson007, amossc, and telcontar!

[Andersson007]

The milestone for next major release 3.0.0 has been created.
Thanks @hunleyd for doing this!
fyi: I added all related issues and PRs.

[hunleyd]

i plan on releasing 2.1.2 today

[hunleyd]

community.postgresql 2.1.2 has been released. Many thanks to @Andersson007

[Andersson007]

@hunleyd thanks for releasing!

[hunleyd]

i plan on releasing community.postgresql 1.7.3 and 2.1.4 today.

[hunleyd]

community.postgresql 1.7.3 and 2.1.4 have been released. Thanks to our newest contributor @jchancojr and everyone else involved!

[Andersson007]

As ansible-core 2.14 is scheduled for release in November, I suggest releasing c.p. 3.0.0 in ~December 2022/January 2023 (depending on an actual release date of ansible-core Ansible 7 which we expect to happen within a month after the release of ansible-core). Release issue.
Update: imo we should release 3.0.0 after Ansible 7 to make the process smoother for users.

[hunleyd]

i plan on releasing community.postgresql 1.7.4 and 2.1.5 today.

[hunleyd]

community.postgresql 1.7.4 and 2.1.5 have been released.

[betanummeric]

Hi @hunleyd, @Andersson007, when do you plan to make the next release?

[hunleyd]

There's an open question for @Andersson007 on #303 that I'm holding on. Once he's back from vacation and can advise, we'll cut a release shortly thereafter @betanummeric

[Andersson007]

There's an open question for @Andersson007 on #303 that I'm holding on. Once he's back from vacation and can advise, we'll cut a release shortly thereafter @betanummeric

Answered:) feel free to proceed with releasing (if no time, please let me know), thanks!

[Andersson007]

@betanummeric would you like to release the collection yourself? I'll provide all the guidelines needed if yes.

[betanummeric]

@Andersson007 Ok, let me try it. What do I need to do?

[Andersson007]

@betanummeric great, thanks! The process is actually pretty straightforward.

• I've just invited you with "write" access to the repo. Could you please accept it in a corresponding email you'll get? Can we consider you a maintainer after that? There will be nothing obligatory. One thing, do not merge your own PRs without at least one other maintainer's approval
• We release versions 1.* from stable-1. We backport only bugfixes to previous versions (NO new features / NO major changes), so we can see on the tags page that the next 1.* release will be 1.7.5 as the latest one is 1.7.4 currently
• We release versions 2.* (the current latest major version) from main. Looking at the changelog fragments I can see that there are also minor changes, so, as we follow SemVer, we need to release the next minor release, i.e. 2.2.0 (you can also see major_changes: keys in the fragments but they only announce breaking changes that will happen in the next major release in half a year, so ignore them)
• Use the releasing guidelines to release 1.7.5 and 2.2.0
• First release 1.7.5 from stable-1 (when the release PR is ready, please wait for our approval). The order is important as GitHub doesn't care about release numbers but only about an order. If you release 1.7.5 after 2.2.0, 1.7.5 will be shown as the latest release on the home repo page ad we don't want it:)
• Then release 2.2.0 from main (when the release PR is ready, please wait for our approval)

If any questions along the way, feel free to ask. @hunleyd or I should be here. Also you can join https://matrix.to/#/#postgresql:ansible.com on Matrix.

[betanummeric]

community.postgresql 1.7.5 and 2.2.0 have been released.

[hunleyd]

i plan on releasing 1.7.6 and 2.2.1 today

[hunleyd]

community.postgresql 1.7.6 and 2.3.0 have been released finally

[Andersson007]

i plan on releasing 2.3.1 today

[Andersson007]

The community.postgresql collection version 2.3.1 has been released (changelog). Thanks to @vonschultz and @hunleyd !

[betanummeric]

I'm going to release 2.3.2 and 1.7.7 today

[betanummeric]

community.postgresql 1.7.7 and 2.3.2 are released now

[betanummeric]

I plan to release 2.4.0 and 1.7.8 today

[betanummeric]

community.postgresql 1.7.8 and 2.4.0 are released now.

[betanummeric]

community.postgresql 1.7.9 and 2.4.1 have been released now. They revert the breaking change accidentally introduced in the previous version.

[Andersson007]

The community.postgresql collection versions 1.7.10 and 2.4.2 collection have been released!

[Andersson007]

The community.postgresql collection versions versions 1.7.11, 2.4.3, and 3.1.0 were release by @aleksvagachev. Special thanks to @RealGreenDragon and @elpavel who rocked throughout the recent months and out maintainers team: @hunleyd @betanummeric @aleksvagachev @jchancojr for reviewing, merging and releasing stuff.

Also added a note for Bullhorn.

[betanummeric]

community.postgresql 3.2.0 has been released.

[hunleyd]

as per a discussion with @Andersson007 releases will be announced in the forums instead of this issue going forward. as such, unpinning and closing.