Release v3.5.0

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Release

Work Breakdown

Feel free to edit this release checklist in-progress depending on what tasks need to be done:

• Release edc-ui, this might require several steps.
• Release edc-extensions, this might require several steps.
• Decide a release version depending on major/minor/patch changes in the CHANGELOG.md.
• Update this issue's title to the new version
• release-prep PR:
  • Update the CHANGELOG.md.
    • Add a clean Unreleased version.
    • Add the version to the old section.
    • Add the current date to the old version.
    • Write or review the Deployment Migration Notes section.
    • Ensure the Deployment Migration Notes contains the compatible docker images.
    • Write or review a release summary.
    • Remove empty sections from the patch notes.
  • Update the gradle.properties to contain the released edc-extensions version.
  • Set the broker server release version in the docker-compose's .env file.
  • Set the EDC UI release version in the docker-compose's .env file.
  • Set the EDC CE release version in the docker-compose's .env file.
  • Merge the release-prep PR.
• Wait for the main branch to be green.
• Test the docker-compose.yaml with BROKER_IMAGE=ghcr.io/sovity/broker-server-dev:main.
• Create a release and re-use the changelog section as release description, and the version as title.
• Check if the pipeline built the release versions in the Actions-Section (or you won't see it).
• Checkout the release tag and check test the docker-compose.yaml.
  • Ensure with a docker ps -a that all containers are healthy, and not healthy: starting or healthy: unhealthy.
• Check the contents of the Deployment Docs Zip from the GitHub Release.
• Send out a release notification E-Mail to the MDS, the MDS integrator company and the MDS operator company.
  • Check @jkbquabeck for an up-to-date mailing list, separated into "To" and "Cc".
  • Attach the Deployment Docs Zip generated during the GitHub release, which should now contain the CHANGELOG, deployment migration notes, an initial deployment guide and a local demo docker compose.
• Optional, this can be done mid-development if required:
  • Create a release-cleanup PR.
  • Revert the versions in the docker-compose's .env file back to latest for the EDC UI.
  • Revert the versions in the docker-compose's .env file back to latest for the EDC CE.
  • Revert the versions in the docker-compose's .env file back to latest for the Broker Server.
  • Update the gradle.properties to contain the edc-extensions version 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.
  • Merge the release-cleanup PR.
• Revisit the changed list of tasks and compare it with .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md. Apply changes where it makes sense.
• Close this issue.