Release 15.0.0 - Roadmap

[AndyScherzinger]

Planned RC1: 13th September 2022

Release/EOL Management preparations (do this when creating new roadmap)

• [x] Create milestone
• [x] Check if oldest Android version is EOL by Google and user usage <= 0.5% and drop it if so (in gplay console: "reach and devices")
  • [x] Search for usage of Build.VERSION_CODES.xy
  • [ ] Announce it in changelog

Create stable-x.y branch & use it for release (when releasing RC1)

• [x] Create branch stable-15.0
  • [x] Enable branch to be analyzed on codacy
• [x] Change on App
  • [x] Check that transifex bot still works
• [x] Update versionCode in app/build.gradle on master to next minor version

Test app with all supported Android versions

• Access all activities/controllers
• Chat: previews (media/contacts), text/voice-messages, reply/swipe-reply, delete, share file
• Call: audio/video
• Switch accounts
• Dark/light theme

All tests on

• [x] Android 5
• [x] Android 6
• [x] Android 7
• [x] Android 8
• [x] Android 9
• [x] Android 10
• [x] Android 11
• [x] Android 12

RC1

• [x] Bump versionCode in app/build.gradle file
• [x] Replace screenshots (https://github.com/nextcloud/screenshots/)
• [x] Verify that the new version number is shown in settings

• [x] ~~Verify that it is shown on F-Droid (within 24h)~~
• [x] Inform marketing about changelog and expected release date

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

• [x] Bump versionCode in app/build.gradle file
• [x] Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• [x] Tag version as "v15.0.0" (as in ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$)

• [ ] Verify that it is shown on F-Droid (within 24h)
• [ ] In case there were security issues fixed ping the security team

After release

• x.y - 1
  • [x] Delete stable-14.2 branch
• x.y
  • [x] Create milestone 15.0.1
  • [x] Schedule x.y.1 RC1 3 weeks after stable, release ~4 weeks
  • [x] Create overview issue
• x.y + 1
  • [x] Create milestone 15.1
  • [x] Create overview issue & adjust date, handle bumps

Backports:

• App backport requests

Open PRs:

• Milestone

[AndyScherzinger]

Hi @timkrueger - just assigned you for the remaining tasks, anything else I finished up :)

[timkrueger]

Thank you @AndyScherzinger