Release 2021.04

Before the release

Documentation

• New features are described in doc/vidjil-algo.md
• Breaking changes (and needed configuration changes) are understood

On the feature-a/release branch, the last commit is the release commit updating the three following files:

• CHANGELOG
• doc/vidjil-algo.md with the proper release tag
• algo/release with the proper release tag

Pipelines

https://gitlab.inria.fr/vidjil/vidjil/-/pipelines/242713 (if tests passed on different pipelines, indicate below the relevant pipelines)

Usual tests should pass, but also:

• prepare_release #4109 (closed)
• valgrind_unit
• valgrind_functional : voir ci-dessous, ok modulo #4706
• multiple_tests

Benchmarks

• almost no change...
• ... or significant changes are understood

Profiling

• cpu: PointerACAutomaton.getResults, ~37% ?
• mem: PointerACAutomaton.insert, ~73% ?
• almost no change...
• ... or significant changes are understood

The release, publish, tag and push

• merge this MR to master and tag: git tag release-20XX-XX
• push: git push origin master release-20XX-XX
• mirror to GH: git push github master release-20XX.XX
• deploy to vidjil.org/releases and app.vidjil.org: click on copy_release (there may be changes to CD...)
• deploy the doc: click on deploy_doc

After these steps, we merge back the release in dev:

• merge this MR to dev

After the release: deploy

• Click deploy_release_prod in the deploy_prod stage, deploying the release on vidjil-algo-next on the public server

• Open a new internal issue with the Deploy (vidjil-algo) template : vdj#1238

• Possibly fix things in merge_request_templates/Release (vidjil-algo).md on a new MR