Endgame Schedule

• October 30, Code freeze for the endgame
• November 6, Endgame done

Monday, October 30

• Code freeze at 5pm PT
• Ensure we have a green build on all platforms at 5pm PT
• All test items are created (with "complexity" but not necessarily with full description) by 11pm ZRH time (2pm PT)
• All test items contain comprehensive test descriptions by 10pm PT
• Testers who cannot participate in testing check-off from list below:
  • @aeschli
  • @alexandrudima
  • @auchenberg
  • @bpasero
  • @chrisdias
  • @chrmarti
  • @dbaeumer
  • @egamma
  • @isidorn
  • @joaomoreno
  • @jrieken
  • @kieferrm
  • @mjbvz
  • @octref
  • @ramya-rao-a
  • @rebornix
  • @roblourens
  • @sandy081
  • @seanmcbreen
  • @Tyriar
  • @weinand

Tuesday, October 31

• Test plan items assigned
• All closed feature-requests either have a verification-needed or on-testplan tag
• Testing
• Verification needed

Wednesday, November 1

• Remind team members to assign issues that they intend to fix to the October milestone
• Testing
• Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned)
• Verification needed
• Verification

Thursday, November 2

• Fixing last issues
• Verification needed
• Verification
• Run OSS tool after merging shrink-wrap findings endgame master
  • The LCA review of the ThirdPartyNotices.txt files is not needed anymore
  • do not forget to update the distro attribute in the package.json with the commit ID of the distro repo.
• Check new OSS usage is entered into the OSS registry endgame master

Friday, November 3

• Register new components in OSS tool
  • binaryextensions@1.0.1 @mjbvz
  • bindings@1.3.0 @joaomoreno
  • byline@5.0.0 @joaomoreno
  • debug@2.6.8 @weinand
  • escape-string-regexp@1.0.5 @mjbvz
  • gulp-rename@1.2.2 @mjbvz
  • gulp-replace@0.5.4 @mjbvz
  • Ikuyadeu/vscode-R@0.0.0 (?) @aeschli
  • istextorbinary@1.0.2 @mjbvz
  • jschardet@1.5.1 @bpasero
  • keytar@4.0.5 @chrmarti
  • markdown-it@8.4.0 @mjbvz
  • ms@2.0.0 @weinand
  • object-assign@4.1.1 @mjbvz
  • readable-stream@2.3.3 @mjbvz
  • replacestream@4.0.2 @mjbvz
  • safe-buffer@5.1.1 @mjbvz
  • string_decoder@1.0.3 @mjbvz
  • textextensions@1.0.2 @mjbvz
  • windows-foreground-love@0.1.0 @bpasero
  • windows-mutex@0.2.0 @bpasero
• Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested
  • vscode @bpasero
  • yo generator @aeschli
  • vsce @joaomoreno
  • node-debugadapter-node @weinand
  • node-debug @weinand
  • node-debug2 @roblourens
• Check translations (check i18n folder git history for latest translations, then build locally and see the amount of untranslated strings) @dbaeumer
• All issues verified
• Fixing (only critical bugs - no string changes)
• Smoketest
  • Windows - @isidorn
  • OS X - @jrieken
  • Linux - @bpasero
• All release notes updated - release notes are collected in a file named v1_18.md in this repo directory. This includes new features and notable fixes.
  • @alexandrudima
  • @weinand
  • @chrmarti
  • @Tyriar
  • @dbaeumer
  • @bpasero
  • @egamma
  • @isidorn
  • @joaomoreno
  • @jrieken
  • @kieferrm
  • @aeschli
  • @octref
  • @rebornix
  • @ramya-rao-a
  • @roblourens
  • @sandy081
  • @mjbvz
• Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. Use the thankyou tool to generate the initial contents of the section. owner
  • vscode endgame master
  • vscode-node-debug @weinand
  • vscode-node-debug2 @roblourens
  • vscode-debugadapter-node @weinand
  • vscode-filewatcher-windows @bpasero
  • vscode-languageserver-node @dbaeumer
  • language-server-protocol @dbaeumer
  • vscode-textmate @alexandrudima
  • vscode-loader @alexandrudima
  • vscode-generator-code @aeschli
  • vscode-vsce @joaomoreno
  • vscode-docs @gregvanl
  • vscode-css-languageservice @aeschli
  • vscode-json-languageservice @aeschli
  • vscode-html-languageservice @aeschli
  • jsonc-parser @aeschli
  • vscode-jscs @chrisdias
  • vscode-tslint @egamma
  • vscode-eslint @dbaeumer
  • vscode-jshint @kieferrm
  • vscode-recipes @auchenberg
  • localization @danyeh
  • vscode-github-issues-prs @chrmarti
• When done fixing/verifying and there are changes since last build at the end of day PT
  • Trigger new insider build and publish it manually @owner

Friday 3rd/Monday 6th

• Disable continuous insider builds - endgame master
• Branch code to release/<x.y> and release master - endgame master
• Bump up the version in package.json - endgame master
• Announce master is open for business endgame master
• Polish release notes @redmond

Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th

• Polish release notes @redmond
• Cherry-pick hand-picked and reviewed changes to release/<x.y> @owner
• Build Insider from release/<x.y> endgame master
• Manually release Insider endgame master
• Review new multi-root workspaces documentation:
  • workbench: @bpasero
  • search: @roblourens
  • settings: @sandy081
  • debug: @weinand
  • source control: @joaomoreno
  • tasks (currently missing) @dbaeumer
  • extensions: @ramya-rao-a
• Documentation updated
  • @alexandrudima
  • @weinand
  • @chrmarti
  • @Tyriar
  • @dbaeumer
  • @bpasero
  • @egamma
  • @isidorn
  • @joaomoreno
  • @jrieken
  • @kieferrm
  • @aeschli
  • @octref
  • @rebornix
  • @ramya-rao-a
  • @roblourens
  • @sandy081
  • @mjbvz

Note: The Insiders build needs to be in the wild for 24 hours before we can enter the last phase of the endgame.

Thursday 9th/Friday 10th

• Merge translations zurich
• Build stable for all platforms endgame master
• Make rpm signing request @Tyriar
• Sanity check of installable bits
  • Windows
    • signed installer @owner
    • zip @owner
  • OS X - @owner
  • Linux
    • deb package 64-bit @owner
    • deb package 32-bit @owner
    • rpm package 64-bit @owner
    • rpm package 32-bit @owner
    • archives @owner
• Publish website @gregvanl
• Publish to stable @owner
• Publish deb and rpms to repositories manually @Tyriar
• Add version with symbols to HockeyApp @Tyriar
• Add a git tag to HEAD of release/<x.y> in format x.y.z endgame master
• Enable scheduled insider builds endgame master
• Twitter announcement @seanmcbreen #