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Release Process
Osma Suominen edited this page Feb 10, 2026
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Steps to perform a Skosmos 3 release:
- Check that we are ready for release: no open issues or PRs in the Milestone, all the recently closed issues/PR:s have been tagged with the Milestone (unless there is a good reason not to).
- In your own dev environment: Make sure you have the latest
mainbranch. Make sure package dependencies are up to date and installable without any breakage:php composer.phar self-update && php composer.phar update && npm install - Update the Skosmos version number in
composer.jsonto match the upcoming release (i.e. remove the-devsuffix) and commit this to themainbranch (git commit composer.json -m "set version 3.2 for release"), create a new tag (git tag v3.2) and push both the commit and the tag to GitHub (git push; git push --tags) - Wait for GitHub Actions CI tests for the new tag/commit to complete, to make sure nothing is broken. Make sure that the build for the tag passes and pushes the Docker image to Quay.io natlibfi/skosmos. If CI jobs fail due to transient issues, restart them until they pass.
- Create a new branch "v3.2-maintenance" and push it to GitHub
- Make a release using the GitHub Releases UI: Use the tag "v3.2", the previous release tag is "v3.1", the title is "Skosmos 3.2", enter the release notes (you can use the Generate release notes button for a starting point), and press Publish
- Update the Upgrading page with information about how to upgrade to the new release
- Update the InstallTutorial git clone command to checkout the new release branch
- Announce the release on skosmos-users: copy the text from the GitHub release page into a new post
- In your own dev environment: Switch back to the "main" branch. Update the Skosmos version number in
composer.jsonto the next expected version (with-devsuffix) and commit to themainbranch:git commit composer.json -m "mark the start of 3.3 development" - Push the commit to GitHub:
git push - Add a tag to mark the beginning of a new development cycle:
git tag v3.3-dev - Push the new tag to GitHub:
git push --tags - Adjust milestones: mark the completed milestone as closed and create a new one for the next cycle
- Adjust issues and PRs: search for open issues and PRs tagged with the closed milestone and move them to the next one (or some other future milestone)
- In this document, change the version numbers for the next release