Release procedure 3.7.2

[WojciechMazur]

• Publish artifacts to Maven via CI

  • Ensure scala-steward is blocking automatic upgrades for 3.7.2
  • On release-3.7.2 branch:
    • In project/Build.scala: Set baseVersion = "3.7.2" and ensure referenceVersion is set to stable version
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure MinorVersion is set to 7
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure ExperimentalVersion is set to stable (0)
    • Create changelog file in changelogs/3.7.2.md
    • Tag the branch as 3.7.2
    • Wait for CI to publish artifacts
    • Audit and release artifacts on https://oss.sonatype.org/

• Wait for releases/confirmation from tooling:

  • Scala CLI - test
  • Scala Native - publish compiler plugin
  • Scastie - update available versions - [chore] Add Scala 3.7.1 and 3.7.2 scalacenter/scastie#1123
  • Scala DAP - publish compiler plugin
  • Scalameta Parser - test chore: Test 3.7.2 on scalameta scalameta/scalameta#4276

• Prepare the documentation

  • Generate stable documentation for 3.7.2 using scaladoc and upload to remote server to 3.7.2/ directory
  • Add 3.7.2 to API docs versions.json
  • Update symlink 3.x to target 3.7.2/ directory
  • Update https://docs.scala-lang.org/: Add API links for Scala 3.7.2 docs.scala-lang#3203
  • Merge release 3.7.2 into language-reference-stable

• Announce the release

  • Publish release on GitHub Releases (convert to public)
  • Publish an announcement for 3.7.2 blogpost on https://scala-lang.org/blog/announcements/ Add release notes for Scala 3.7.2 scala-lang#1826
  • Update the tracking thread for 3.7.2 on https://contributors.scala-lang.org

• Update the ecosystem

  • Release 3.7.2 to SDKMAN
  • Release 3.7.2 to Chocolatey
  • Release 3.7.2 to WinGet
  • Update the templates and examples projects:
    • scala3-mill-example-project
    • scala3-cross.g8
    • scala3-staging.g8
    • scala3-tasty-inspector.g8
    • scala3.g8
  • Update Scala Steward config: Update Scala to 3.7.2 scala-steward-org/scala-steward#3680
    • Unlock automatic upgrades for 3.7.2
    • Block automaitc upgrades for next planned version
  • Update Bazel Scala rules repositories config to use 3.7.2 Upgrade Scala 3.7 to 3.7.2 (was 3.7.1) bazel-contrib/rules_scala#1757

[tgodzik]

The expression evaluator should be good.