Node.js v4.0.0 Release Checklist for nodejs.org

[nodejs]

Node.js v4.0.0 Release Checklist for nodejs.org

[fhemberger]

• Run scripts/load-versions.js after release once to get the full versions list (needed to determine current version and full release history).
• Remove the comment here: https://github.com/nodejs/new.nodejs.org/blob/master/layouts/download-releases.hbs#L13 (and remove the class from h2, we're not using this style any longer).

I'd love to get #98 and #100 merged before the release as well.

[sambthompson]

• Repoint Changelog on front page from https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/blob/master/ChangeLog to https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md, reversing fix in #84

[fhemberger]

I've created a separate node-4.0-release branch (I checked off the tasks which have already been done). Please commit required changes there, so we just need to merge it once the release is finished.

[phillipj]

The release-post.js script found in #88 could be worth testing, atleast for filling in the changelog, files and shasums. It'll create locale/en/blog/release/v4.0.0.md locally and can be edited by hand from there..

It fetches data from three different sources, which all have to be updated / merged into node's repo master before running the script:

• https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/CHANGELOG.md
• https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.0.0/SHASUMS256.txt.asc

[fhemberger]

@phillipj 👍 Let's do this.

[rvagg]

So I can edit the resulting file and add some custom text about the release after it's been created? And release-post.js is run by hand to do the generating, not on the server at deploy time?

[phillipj]

So I can edit the resulting file and add some custom text about the release after it's been created?

Yes, followed by you commiting it to the repo.

It's all manual by hand atm. We could ofc discuss something fancier / automatic later.

[rvagg]

• Update the ES6 documentation @ https://nodejs.org/en/docs/es6/, note the talk of arrow functions is no longer correct for v4. We need a volunteer to update this.

[rvagg]

all done I think

[fhemberger]

@rvagg https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md still shows v3.3.0 as latest version.

[rvagg]

fixed now with a merge of nodejs/node#2742, I probably could have got away with not waiting for review but pehaps we ought to use tagged links to CHANGELOG.md in future, e.g. https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v4.0.0/CHANGELOG.md

[fhemberger]

Yes, we have already switched the link on the home page to the tagged one.