Krita release task

Schedule:

Feature freeze 3rd of April (NOW)
String freeze: 1st of May.
Alpha tagging: 5th of May.
Beta tagging: 12th of May
Release: Final week of May.

New features:

These all needs to be tested during alpha/beta/release candidate stage, and closed upon release:

Big bugfixes:

Ref this task when you fix a bug, so that we can make a list here :)

Main release TODO :

• Coordinate with #kde-promo
• Notify translators of string freeze!
• Create release announcement and schedule it for the release data
• Write release notes. This is a big release, so the big release notes are stored at https://krita.org/en/krita-4-2-release-notes/

Code side:

See also: https://community.kde.org/ReleasingSoftware

• !! REMOVE THE SURVEY LINK !!

• update 3rdparty dependencies to the latest versions
• update the version of krita.xmlgui
• update the CMakeLists.txt version
• update the appstream file
• update the snapcraft.yaml file
• Update the appstream screenshots
• update org.kde.krita.appdata.xml 's release tag
• make a v4.2.0 tag (git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "krita x.y.z" )
• push the tag ( git push origin --tags)
• update create_tarball_kf5's config.ini to use the new tag
• run create_tarball_kf5.rb (./createtarball/create_tarball_kf5.rb -n -a krita)
• sign the tarball (gpg --output krita-x.y.z.tar.xz.sig --detach-sign krita-x.y.z.tar.xz)
• create a .gz version of the tarball, which is used by AppImage builder
• upload both tarballs and signatures
• Start the binary builds for Windows and Linux appimage (https://phabricator.kde.org/T8231)
• Start the Mac build
• mail KDE release coordination <release-team@kde.org>
• Send release notes for future Krita versions to news@publisher.ch.
• create bugzilla version: https://bugs.kde.org/editversions.cgi?product=krita
• Warn kde sysadmins that we're going to release and that krita.org is going to take load
• Create md5sum file

Packages:

We will mention when packages are done via IRC. You can help us by checking if the package works on your system, and does the following right:

• Krita starts
• Localization works
• Python plugins are available
• Basic painting and most recently fixed bugs are fixed

• Linux:
  • AppImage x64
  • Snap
  • Notify Krita Lime
• Windows
  • ZIP64 + DBG
  • installer x64
  • Update Microsoft store.
  • Ask Emmet to update Steam store
• OSX
  • DMG package

Packages for this release can be found at: https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/4.2.0/

Communication side:

• 1. Pre-release:
• Update Kiki page
• Update press pack and page
• Verify if manual pages are updated, if not annoy @woltherav and add undocumented features to Krita: Manual
• Notify people that they can start making release demonstrations.
• Update download page
• Update IRC topic

Post-release:

• tumblr (wolthera)
• BlenderArtists (wolthera)
• deviantart (wolthera)
• VK (dmitry)
• blendernation (boud)
• twitter (boud)
• facebook (boud)
• 3dpro (boud)
• reddit (raghukamath)

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