release 8.1.1

We are ready to release OTB version 8.1.1. The following steps need to be done:

Release

1. Branches

• Make sure the version number in CMakeLists.txt is 8.1.1

2. Housekeeping

• In this story, make a list of blocking issues for the release (if any)
• Fix compilation warnings on CI
• Update the date in RELEASE_NOTES.txt
• Check SonarQube
• Run Debian spelling checker
• Run shellcheck script from OTB-Devutils/Scripts/
• Update translation for Monteverdi and Mapla
• Sanity check the binary packages
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Test QGIS on qgis docker image

3. Actual release

Once all blocking issues are closed, and the previous steps are done:

• Tag the release
• (if patch release): Backport fixes
• Update GIT_TAG for all official remote modules (if needed)

4. Publish and plan next release

• Prepare and upload source packages
• Promote staging packages
• Update documentation
  • Cookbook
  • Doxygen
  • WordPress page "Home" and "Download" pages
• Upload OTB source archive to Zenodo to create a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
• Update the SuperBuild archive
• Release announcement
  • On the forum
  • On the blog
  • On Twitter
• Forward announcement to news_item@osgeo.org (OSGeo news)
• Remove public branches related to MR or bugfix merged before the release