Release checklist

[brooksdavis]

• create releng/YY.MM branch
• create release/YY.MM tag
• copy releng/YY.MM snapshot build corresponding to the release/YY.MM to the release directories:
  • login to cheri-dist
  • make YY.MM directories for each of arm64/aarch64, arm64/aarch64c, riscv/riscv64, riscv/riscv64c
  • copy (cp -a) final release snapshot to each of /releases/MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH/YY.MM
    • e.g. for the 24.05 release we did:
      cd /var/www/download.cheribsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/24.05/
cp -a ../../../../snapshots/releng/24.05/arm64/aarch64c/2024-07-19/* .
    • NB: rename aarch64c memstick image to cheribsd-memstick-arm64-aarch64c-YY.MM.img.xz and update ftp/ symlink to match
    • NB2: at the current time (Fall 2024) only aarch64c has a large set of kernels
• update man.cheribsd.org (hosted cheri-dist)
  • copy /var/www/man.cheribsd.org/man/releng-YY.MM to release-YY.MM
  • add release-YY.MM and releng-YY.MM entries in /var/www/man.cheribsd.org/man/manpath.conf
• update index.html for cheribsd.org via PR to CTSRD-CHERI/cheribsd-website.git
• send release annoucement via email and on both Slack instances
• update checklist in CHERI Release: Template