Documentation/releases: Add more details about release notes

There are some steps when updating the release notes that are easily
missed (see: I missed them for 4.14), so document them.

Change-Id: Icdb69eb74f8dd3a7189eb8803b0259c4e6a31f96
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/54032
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>
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Patrick Georgi 2021-05-10 23:25:59 +02:00
parent 6aa3238dc1
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@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ be more frequent than was needed, so we scaled it back to twice a year.
- [ ] If there are any deprecations announced for the following release, - [ ] If there are any deprecations announced for the following release,
make sure that a list of currently affected boards and chipsets is make sure that a list of currently affected boards and chipsets is
part of the release notes. part of the release notes.
- [ ] Finalize release notes (as much as possible), without specifying - [ ] Finalize release notes as much as possible
release commit ids. - [ ] Prepare release notes template for following release
- [ ] Update `Documentation/releases/index.md`
- [ ] Run `util/vboot_list/vboot_list.sh` script to update the list of - [ ] Run `util/vboot_list/vboot_list.sh` script to update the list of
boards supported by vboot. boards supported by vboot.
@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ be more frequent than was needed, so we scaled it back to twice a year.
- [ ] Select a commit ID to base the release upon, announce to IRC, - [ ] Select a commit ID to base the release upon, announce to IRC,
ask for testing. ask for testing.
- [ ] Test the commit selected for release. - [ ] Test the commit selected for release.
- [ ] Update release notes with actual commit id, push to repo. - [ ] Submit release notes
- [ ] Create new release notes doc template for the next version. - [ ] Create new release notes doc template for the next version.
- [ ] Fill in the release date, remove "Upcoming release" and other filler - [ ] Fill in the release date, remove "Upcoming release" and other filler
from the current release notes. from the current release notes.