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Update Release Drafter for Dev Branches #387

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Changes the way release drafter handles drafting releases on repos with release branches (which have dev branches now).

Ultimately, a release is drafted for the dev branch and the release branch. The releases are differentiated by both their release title and tag.

  • Release Branch
    • Title: release-v<version>
    • Tag: v<version>
  • Dev Branch
    • Title: dev-v<version>
    • Tag: dev-v<version>

Note that the tag for the release branch follows the same convention as existing release tags.

The "release branch" release includes all pull requests made to the dev branch with the type:backport label since the last "dev branch" release. For this reason, the "dev branch" and "release branch" should be released at the same time. Then, this effectively results in the "release branch" having all relevant changes since the last release. The "dev branch" release will be based at the same point in history as the "release branch" release but include all changes not just those with the type:backport label.

The "release branch" release for the current release branch should be marked as "latest". For example, if "release/202311" and "release/202405" exist, the "release/202405" "release branch" release would be marked as latest.

The release-drafter/release-drafter action is still used.

@makubacki makubacki added the type:feature-request A new feature proposal label Nov 18, 2024
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Note: Need to update the change log link at the bottom of the release draft to refer to the correct previous tags:

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@makubacki makubacki marked this pull request as ready for review December 17, 2024 01:41
@makubacki makubacki force-pushed the release_drafter_update_for_release_branches branch from f9c1823 to ec2ac0e Compare December 17, 2024 01:59
Changes the way release drafter handles drafting releases on repos
with release branches (which have dev branches now).

Ultimately, a release is drafted for the dev branch and the release
branch. The releases are differentiated by both their release title
and tag.

- Release Branch
  - Title: `release-v<version>`
  - Tag: `v<version>`
- Dev Branch
  - Title: `dev-v<version>`
  - Tag: `dev-v<version>`

Note that the tag for the release branch follows the same convention
as existing release tags.

The "release branch" release includes all pull requests made to the
dev branch with the `type:backport` label since the last "dev branch"
release. For this reason, the "dev branch" and "release branch"
should be released at the same time. Then, this effectively results
in the "release branch" having all relevant changes since the last
release. The "dev branch" release will be based at the same point in
history as the "release branch" release but include all changes not
just those with the `type:backport` label.

The "release branch" release for the current release branch should be
marked as "latest". For example, if "release/202311" and
"release/202405" exist, the "release/202405" "release branch" release
would be marked as latest.

The `release-drafter/release-drafter` action is still used.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <[email protected]>
@makubacki makubacki force-pushed the release_drafter_update_for_release_branches branch from ec2ac0e to 8998875 Compare December 17, 2024 02:00
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