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Hannah Suarez hcs0 committed Feb 21, 2018
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to make sure no regressions were introduced on the tests executed post-merge.
* Creating high priority tickets in case the tests are failing on master.
* Coordinating story tickets for the milestone.
* When sending branch to production via RQM, edit the protected branch status so that
codecov is not required. After release, edit the branch status so that codecov
is back to being required.
* After sending the release branch to RQM, check that the Downloads page is updated
and that the trial download links (only direct links) are updated.
* When creating the release PR add the release news, staging links, direct links to
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release branch and not the release merge.
* Check that RQM has closed the release PR and associated Trac.
* After the Downloads page is updated, ensure that the release branch is merged
with the master branch.
* Sends the newsletter to the relevant list/s and updates associated customers
that are waiting for the release.
* Update the website with the release news.
with the master branch via RQM.
* Creates and sends the newsletter to the relevant list/s.
* Update the website with the release news and send to production.
* Ensure that customers that are awaiting for the release. Support will know who
the customers are, or check the ticket ID to see which tickets references which
customer.

Release Manager should look into obtaining access to the following:

* Write access to production website (from infrastructure team) to
the news release to the website.
* Ability to stage a release branch to staging server then to production
server.
* Access to Mailchimp to send the release newsletter.
* Access to Mailchimp "Pro:Atria" account to send the release newsletter.
* Access to the Support helpdesk or emails to know which customers should be
contacted directly if the release is awaiting upon them.

When the release is out, the Release Manager organizes the team release
meeting (times and dates), initiates the call and holds the meeting including
a distributed agenda.
Release meeting notes are `located here <https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/0BwQo7116Iy2tZ2M2bDhadFV4R0E>`_

Use the version from the previous meeting, in case there were changes in the agenda document such as different numbers.

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