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## Take weekend and vacations into account
Ensure that there is enough time to incorporate the findings of the release candidate, etc.
The time is measured in weekdays to compensate for weekends.
Do things on time to prevent problems due to rush jobs or too little testing time.
Make sure that you take into account vacations of maintainers.
## Create an overall issue and follow it
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- [ ] Merge CE master in to EE master via merge request (#LINK)
- [ ] Create CE, EE, CI RC1 versions (#LINK)
- [ ] Determine QA person and notify this person
Xth: (5 working days befor 22th)
- [ ] Do QA and fix anything coming out of it (#LINK)
- [ ] Close the omnibus-gitlab milestone
- [ ] Build rc1 package for GitLab.com (https://dev.gitlab.org/cookbooks/chef-repo/blob/master/doc/administration.md#build-a-package)
Xth: (4 working days befor 22th)
- [ ] Build rc1 package for GitLab.com (https://dev.gitlab.org/cookbooks/chef-repo/blob/master/doc/administration.md#build-a-package)
- [ ] Update GitLab.com with rc1 (#LINK) (https://dev.gitlab.org/cookbooks/chef-repo/blob/master/doc/administration.md#deploy-the-package)
Xth: (3 working days befor 22th)
- [ ] Create regression issues (CE, CI) (#LINK)
- [ ] Tweet about rc1 (#LINK)
- [ ] Start blog post (#LINK)
- [ ] Determine QA person and notify him
- [ ] Prepare the blog post (#LINK)
Xth: (2 working days befor 22th)
- [ ] Merge CE stable branch into EE stable branch
- [ ] Do QA and fix anything coming out of it (#LINK)
- [ ] Check that everyone is mentioned on the blog post (the reviewer should have done this one working day ago)
Xth: (1 working day befor 22th)
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[Follow this How-to guide](howto_rc1.md) to create RC1.
## QA
Create issue on dev.gitlab.org `gitlab` repository, named "GitLab X.X QA" in order to keep track of the progress.
Use the omnibus packages of Enterprise Edition using [this guide](https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlab-ee/blob/master/doc/release/manual_testing.md).
**NOTE** Upgrader can only be tested when tags are pushed to all repositories. Do not forget to confirm it is working before releasing. Note that in the issue.
#### Fix anything coming out of the QA
Create an issue with description of a problem, if it is quick fix fix it yourself otherwise contact the team for advice.
**NOTE** If there is a problem that cannot be fixed in a timely manner, reverting the feature is an option! If the feature is reverted,
create an issue about it in order to discuss the next steps after the release.
## Update GitLab.com with RC1
Merge the RC1 EE code into GitLab.com.
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- Assign to one reviewer who will fix spelling issues by editing the branch (either with a git client or by using the online editor)
- Comment to the reviewer: '@person Please mention the whole team as soon as you are done (3 workdays before release at the latest)'
## QA
Create issue on dev.gitlab.org `gitlab` repository, named "GitLab X.X QA" in order to keep track of the progress.
Use the omnibus packages of Enterprise Edition using [this guide](https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlab-ee/blob/master/doc/release/manual_testing.md).
**NOTE** Upgrader can only be tested when tags are pushed to all repositories. Do not forget to confirm it is working before releasing. Note that in the issue.
#### Fix anything coming out of the QA
Create an issue with description of a problem, if it is quick fix fix it yourself otherwise contact the team for advice.
**NOTE** If there is a problem that cannot be fixed in a timely manner, reverting the feature is an option! If the feature is reverted,
create an issue about it in order to discuss the next steps after the release.
## Create CE, EE, CI stable versions
Get release tools
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## Update GitLab.com with stable version
- Build a package for gitlab.com based on the official release instead of RC1
- Deploy the package (should not need downtime because of the small difference with RC1)
