OTB 10 Release

We are ready to release OTB version 10.0.0. The following steps need to be done:

Release Candidate

1. Branches

  • (if major or minor release) Feature freeze: create the new release branch
  • (if patch release) Work on the already existing branch release-MAJOR-MINOR
  • Make sure the version number in CMakeLists.txt is 10.0.0

2. Housekeeping

3. Actual release candidate

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

4. Publish and plan next release

Release

1. Branches

  • Make sure the version number in CMakeLists.txt is MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH

2. Housekeeping

  • In this story, make a list of blocking issues for the release (if any)
  • Fix compilation warnings on CI
  • Update release notes (walk the GitLab MR merged history and log all improvements)
  • Update the date in RELEASE_NOTES.txt
  • Check SonarQube
  • Run Debian spelling checker
  • Run shellcheck script from OTB-Devutils/Scripts/
  • Sanity check the binary packages
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • QGIS plugin

3. Actual release

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

  • Tag the release
  • (if major or minor release): Merge the release into develop
  • (if it's the latest release): Merge the release into master
  • (if patch release): Backport fixes
  • Update GIT_TAG for all official remote modules (if needed)

4. Publish and plan next release

Edited by Tristan Laurent