Release of v19.0.0-RC1

[frouioui]

This release is scheduled for Tue 6 Feb 2024

Prerequisites for Release

• Notify the community on Slack.
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean.
• Make sure important Pull Requests are merged, list below.
  • #268
• Make sure release blocker Issues are closed, list below.

Pre-Release

• Code Freeze.
  • #264
• Copy branch protection rules.
• Update the SNAPSHOT version on main.
  • #265
• Create Release PR.
  • #266
• Create new GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/milestone/7
• Create vitess-operator release branch.
• Update vitess-operator Golang version.
• Update vitess-operator compatibility table.

Release

• Merge the Release PR.
  • #266
• Tag the release.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/releases/tag/v19.0.0-rc1
• Create vitess-operator Release PR.
  • ps://github.com/frouioui/vitess-operator/pull/4
  • ps://github.com/frouioui/vitess-operator/releases/tag/v2.12.0-rc1
• Update release notes on main.
  • #267
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
  • #268
• Update the website documentation.
• Make sure the release is benchmarked by arewefastyet.
• Docker Images available on DockerHub.

Post-Release

• Notify the community on Slack for the new release.
• Twitter announcement.
• Close this Issue.

[frouioui]

Release completed.