Release 14.2.0 - Roadmap

[AndyScherzinger]

Planned RC1: 16th August 2022

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

• [x] Create milestone
• [ ] Check if oldest Android version is EOL by Google and user usage <= 0.5% and drop it if so
  • [ ] 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-14.2
  • [ ] Enable branch to be analyzed on codacy
• [ ] Change on App
  • [ ] Check that transifex bot still works
• [ ] 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

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

RC1

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

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

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

• [ ] Bump versionCode in app/build.gradle file
• [ ] Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• [ ] Tag version as "v14.2.0" (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
  • [ ] Delete stable-14.1 branch
• x.y
  • [ ] Create milestone 14.2.1
  • [ ] Schedule x.y.1 RC1 3 weeks after stable, release ~4 weeks
  • [ ] Create overview issue
• x.y + 1
  • [x] Create milestone 15.0
  • [x] Create overview issue (#2158) & adjust date, handle bumps

Backports:

• App backport requests

Open PRs:

• Milestone