Prep

• Create this release issue make release-issue.
• Set freeze date (2025-01-01 00:00:00).
• Verify that your installed version of galaxy-release-util is up-to-date.

Branch Release (on or around 2025-01-01 00:00:00)

• Ensure all blocking milestone pull requests have been merged, closed, or postponed until the next release.

  make release-check-blocking-prs
  

• Add latest database revision identifier (for release_22.6 and 22.6) to REVISION_TAGS in galaxy/model/migrations/dbscript.py.

• Merge the latest release into dev and push upstream.

  make release-merge-stable-to-next RELEASE_PREVIOUS=release_22.5
  make release-push-dev
  

• Create and push release branch:

  make release-create-rc
  

• Open pull requests from your fork of branch version-22.6 to upstream release_22.6 and of version-22.53.dev to dev.

• Update MILESTONE_NUMBER in the maintenance bot to 22.53 so it properly tags new pull requests.

Issue Review Timeline Notes

• Ensure any security fixes will be ready prior to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 + 1 week, to allow time for notification prior to release.
• Ensure ownership of outstanding bugfixes and track progress during freeze.

Deploy and Test Release

• Update test.galaxyproject.org to ensure it is running the release_22.6 branch.
• Update testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu to ensure it is running a dev at or past branch point (2025-01-01 00:00:00 + 1 day).
• Conduct release testing on test.galaxyproject.org.
• Deploy to usegalaxy.org (2025-01-01 00:00:00 + 1 week).
• Deploy to toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu (2025-01-01 00:00:00 + 1 week).
• Conduct release testing on usegalaxy.org.
• Update BioBlend CI testing to include a release_22.6 target: add - release_22.6 to the galaxy_version list in .github/workflows/test.yaml .
• Update GALAXY_RELEASE in IUC and devteam github workflows
  • https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/blob/master/.github/workflows/
  • https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-devteam/blob/master/.github/workflows/

Create Release Notes

• Review merged pull requests and ensure they all have a milestone attached. Link

• Switch to release branch and create a new branch for release notes

  git checkout release_22.6 -b 22.6_release_notes
  

• Bootstrap the release notes

  make release-bootstrap-history RELEASE_CURR=22.6
  

• Open newly created files and manually curate major topics and release notes.

• Run python scripts/release-diff.py release_22.5 and add configuration changes to release notes.

• Add new release to doc/source/releases/index.rst

• Open a pull request for the release notes branch.

• Merge release notes pull request.

Do Release

• Ensure all blocking milestone issues have been resolved.

  make release-check-blocking-issues RELEASE_CURR=22.6
  

• Ensure all blocking milestone pull requests have been merged, closed, or postponed until the next release.

  make release-check-blocking-prs RELEASE_CURR=22.6
  

• Ensure all pull requests merged into the pre-release branch during the freeze have milestones attached and that they are the not 22.53 milestones

• Ensure release notes include all pull requests added during the freeze by re-running the release note bootstrapping:

  make release-bootstrap-history
  

• Ensure previous release is merged into current. GitHub branch comparison

• Create and push release tag:

  make release-create
  

• Create dev packages:

  cd packages && ./build_packages.sh
  

• Create the first point release (v22.6.0) using the instructions at https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/dev/create_point_release.html

• Open PR against planemo with a pin to the new packages

Announce Release

• Verify release included in https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/index.html.
• Review announcement in https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/doc/source/releases/22.6_announce.rst.
• Announce release on Galaxy Hub as a news content item. An example.
• Post announcement to Galaxy Help. An example.
• Announce release on Galaxy's social media accounts (Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn).
• Email announcement to galaxy-dev and galaxy-announce @lists.galaxyproject.org. An example.
• Adjust http://getgalaxy.org text and links to match current master branch by opening a PR at https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy-hub/

Prepare for next release

• Close milestone 22.6 and ensure milestone 22.53 exists.
• Create release issue for next version make release-issue.
• Schedule committer meeting to discuss re-alignment of priorities.
• Close this issue.