Release Web 2021.11

Before the deploy

• Set the deploy day (Most servers are busy on Mondays and Tuesdays. Web deploys are usually done on Wednesday.)
• Before the MR freeze, discuss regularly in the team what remains to do
• Clean older logs (vdj#1274)

Tuesday 26 October (D-8)

• Notification on the server
• MR Freeze (everything except urgent fixes or bikeshed strings/doc/screenshots)
• Move issues/MR that are still opened to a new milestone for the next release
• Push on feature-cs/release

Deploy week

• Deploy on dev, either with git pull or with Docker
• Live tests on dev

On feature-cs/release:

• Bikeshed strings
• List all the changes, checking that the milestone contains all relevant issues/MR
• Finalize CHANGELOG.web
• Finalize doc
• Finalize docker/CHANGELOG

Tuesday 2 November (D-1)

• MR Freeze (everything)

Deploy day

Wednesday 3 November (D0)

• Morning: update notification on the server
• MR feature-cs/release to prod-client !XXX and prod-server !XXX
• Disconnect the client through conf.js
• Deploy
• Link vidjil-algo to latest if needed
• Live test on the prod server
• Reconnect the client
• Notification "Maintenance finished" + news
• Possibly mail to users
• Merge feature-cs/release into dev and master, and git push github