Release 3.7.0 - Roadmap

[tobiasKaminsky]

Planned RC1: 27.05.19

Create stable-x.y branch & use it for release

• create branch stable-x.y (no ".x" anymore due to backport bot)
  • make it protected
  • set up Codacy, Drone as required status
  • enable branch to be analyzed on codacy
• change
  • drone.yml
  • getBranchName.sh
  • analysis-wrapper.sh
  • add to backport transifex stable branch, use latest two stable branches
  • check that transifex bot still works

Bump

• release new library version & use this is in app
• Bump version name and version code in build.gradle files
• Update CHANGELOG.md adding new features
• check if code is outdated due to last supported server version @NextcloudServer annotation
• bump version in MainApp
  • OUTDATED_SERVER_VERSION: NC 13
  • MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION: remains NC12
  • add these versions to changelog
• remove support for server older MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION
• add what's new slides

Test app with all supported Android version

• access all activities
• auto upload
• upload / download files/folders
• use external sdcard
• what's new slides correctly shown on first start

All tests on

• Android 4
• Android 5
• Android 6
• Android 7
• Android 8
• Android 9

RC1

• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• Verify that logging is enabled
• add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• Tag new version as rc-x.y.z-01 with private dev key (not on github)
• Build and release to Play Store as beta release and
• Publish it on f-droid as optional release: edit metadata and open new merge request on gitlab
• Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

RC2

• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• Verify that logging is enabled
• add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• Tag new version as rc-x.y.z-02 with private dev key (not on github)
• Build and release to Play Store as beta release and
• Publish it on f-droid as optional release: edit metadata and open new merge request on gitlab
• Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

RC3

• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• Verify that logging is enabled
• add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• Tag new version as rc-x.y.z-03 with private dev key (not on github)
• Build and release to Play Store as beta release and
• Publish it on f-droid as optional release: edit metadata and open new merge request on gitlab
• Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

RC4

• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• Verify that logging is enabled
• add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• Tag new version as rc-x.y.z-04 with private dev key (not on github)
• Build and release to Play Store as beta release and
• Publish it on f-droid as optional release: edit metadata and open new merge request on gitlab
• Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

Final Release, after two weeks time (max) of latest RC release

• replace screenshots (https://github.com/nextcloud/screenshots/tree/master/android/phone)
• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• Verify that logging is disabled
• update translations from transifex
• Test that what's new is shown correctly on upgrade
• add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• Tag new version as stable-x.y.z with private dev key (not on github)
• Build and release to Play Store as stable release and
• Publish it on f-droid as release: edit metadata, bump "current version" and open new merge request on gitlab https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests/5047
• Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

Backports:

• App
• Library

Open PRs:
https://github.com/nextcloud/android/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+milestone%3A%22Nextcloud+App+3.7.0%22

[tobiasKaminsky]

TODO

• Move PowerUtils to dedicated power management service #4073
• Check if app is excluded from battery optimization #3589 Backport 3589: Check if app is excluded from battery optimization #4120
• Support for Chromebook #4076
• Bump to 3.7.0 RC1 #4116

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC1 released

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC2 released as of #4123

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC3 released

[AndyScherzinger]

@tobiasKaminsky not a single, stable release on f-droid since 3.6.0 (April...) ❗️

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC4:

• Remove DI from NContentObserverJob #4171 --> Backport #4171 #4186
• Allow "save as" and "print" to be downloaded from Collabora #4145 --> Backport #4145 #4174
• get rename message from RichDocuments #4114 --> Backport of #4114 #4175

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC4 is released.
Sorry for the delay, but one week vacation and then directly Contributor Week just delayed everything :/

[helmo]

Thanks, however rc4 is not visible in f-droid yet. I'd like to get rid of #4168

[AndyScherzinger]

@helmo #4181 should be part of rc4, it usually takes some days (or weeks) for f-droid to publish RCs and the stable releases

[helmo]

Ah surprising that it needs manual steps ... I'v now found the Gitlab merge request

[AndyScherzinger]

erm @tobiasKaminsky
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests/5018/diffs

• previous RCs aren't marked obsolete! ❗️

@helmo yes, f-droid are doing releases themselves, nothing we can do to speed it up.

[tobiasKaminsky]

@AndyScherzinger thanks for pointing out.
Since they changed txt to yml the syntax was a bit different and thus my regex for disabling old RCs did not worked.
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests/5027/diffs fixes the old ones and I also tested the new system.

[AndyScherzinger]

RC4 is out in the wild for some days now. Looking at the dev console I'd say we can do a stable release. What do you think @tobiasKaminsky ?