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This is the page dedicated to Mageia final releases.
Contents
Technical countdown
- update Release-notes in meta-task (used in installer)
- update mageia-release: product.id, mageia-release
- rebuild drakx-installer-binaries, drakx-installer-images, drakx-installer-rescue, drakx-installer-stage2 and lsb-release with new mageia-release
- check first level of official repository for stable release - still some things to do by hand: autorun, doc, release notes, ...
- update live cds documentation
- check advertising in installer (final images)
- check left background image in installer (final image)
- check gfxboot menu (final version in menu)
- release contrib backgrounds (if we have some)
- remove firefox-aurora, firefox-beta, firefox-beta-l10n, chromium-browser-unstable, chromium-browser-beta, scribus-unstable packages from repository mga#8833
- rebuild hdlist mga#10549
- update mirrorlist api
- update release api
- remove .svn entries in the repository
- check stage1/stage2: must be up to date for final isos
- make a copy in svn of the current svn tree to a branch
- fork cauldron tree directory on mirror to official tree
- clean testing repositories on stable tree
- check errata text
- add config for new release in youri
- unfreeze cauldron
- rewrite media.cfg for stable release and cauldron
- add the new release in bugzilla
Distribution (downloads)
- Sign all ISOs
- upload trees and isos on primary mirror on private directory
- manage torrents files
- manage early seeders
Web organization
- prepare website landing pages (home, product, downloads, support, community)
- prepare product pages
Marketing organization
- prepare release messages and channels
- material for any events: flyer explaining what is Mageia, CD covers, poster, stickers (or at least template to make it done), screen presentation
