List of tasks for the release

Project board: spack-stack-1.9.x (2024 Q4 - 2025 Q3) (view)

• Create release branches for spack and spack-stack, update doc/source/conf.py and .gitmodules to use release/1.9.0 instead of develop
• Clear project board (no open pull requests other than for specific site configs or documentation)
• Prepare Wiki page for release information
• Roll out release 1.9.1 and update documentation (readthedocs), site config, and wiki page each time - blocked by "Clear project board"
  • acorn (@AlexanderRichert-NOAA)
  • atlantis (@climbfuji)
  • blueback (@climbfuji; not yet available)
  • derecho (@rickgrubin-noaa or @RatkoVasic-NOAA --> @climbfuji)
  • discover-scu16 no longer required
  • discover-scu17 [@ashley314]
  • gaea-c5 (@rickgrubin-noaa or @RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • gaea-c6 (@rickgrubin-noaa or @RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • hera (@RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • hercules (@rickgrubin-noaa)
  • jet no longer maintained by EPIC
  • narwhal (@climbfuji)
  • nautilus (@climbfuji)
  • navy-aws (@climbfuji; not yet available)
  • noaa-aws (@RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • noaa-azure (@RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • noaa-gcloud (@RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • orion (@RatkoVasic-NOAA)
  • s4 (@InnocentSouopgui-NOAA)
  • ursa (@ulmononian )
  • JCSDA AWS Parallelcluster [no release unless requested]
  • JCSDA AWS AMI [@stiggy87 ]
  • JCSDA CI containers [@eap] - [complete; updated aws and hub.docker.com]
• Tag spack, update doc/source/conf.py and .gitmodules to use tag instead of release branch, tag spack-stack (@climbfuji)
• Prepare and publish release notes (@climbfuji): https://github.com/JCSDA/spack-stack/releases
• Close GitHub project