From e02ecc2c8046d7f6517dc50a1373b308027f4fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant168 <61613428+Prashant168@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 20:18:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH]  docs: add "Publishing A Release" in 'MAINTAINING.md' file

 Pasted "Publishing A Release" in the 'MAINTAINING.md' file from line #98
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 docs/MAINTAINING.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/MAINTAINING.md b/docs/MAINTAINING.md
index fb723bc85..f7bcce730 100644
--- a/docs/MAINTAINING.md
+++ b/docs/MAINTAINING.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Maintaining
 
 - [Maintaining](#maintaining)
+- [Maintaining](#maintaining-1)
   - [Workflow](#workflow)
     - [Milestones](#milestones)
     - [Triage](#triage)
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
     - [Changelog](#changelog)
   - [Release](#release)
     - [Release Manager Rotation](#release-manager-rotation)
+  - [Publishing a release](#publishing-a-release)
 
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@@ -99,3 +101,25 @@ If you're the current release manager, follow these steps:
 1. Create a [release issue](../.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md)
 2. Fill out checklist
 3. After release is published, close release milestone
+
+## Publishing a release
+
+1. Run `yarn release:prep` and type in the new version i.e. 3.8.1
+2. GitHub actions will generate the `npm-package`, `release-packages` and `release-images` artifacts.
+   1. You do not have to wait for these.
+3. Run `yarn release:github-draft` to create a GitHub draft release from the template with
+   the updated version.
+   1. Summarize the major changes in the release notes and link to the relevant issues.
+   2. Change the @ to target the version branch. Example: `v3.9.0 @ Target: v3.9.0`
+4. Wait for the artifacts in step 2 to build.
+5. Run `yarn release:github-assets` to download the `release-packages` artifact.
+   - It will upload them to the draft release.
+6. Run some basic sanity tests on one of the released packages.
+   - Especially make sure the terminal works fine.
+7. Publish the release and merge the PR.
+   1. CI will automatically grab the artifacts and then:
+      1. Publish the NPM package from `npm-package`.
+      2. Publish the Docker Hub image from `release-images`.
+8. Update the AUR package.
+   - Instructions on updating the AUR package are at [cdr/code-server-aur](https://github.com/cdr/code-server-aur).
+9. Wait for the npm package to be published.