Merge pull request #2999 from sbueringer/pr-update-docs

📖 Document Kubernetes bump

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_tracking.md

@@ -15,8 +15,24 @@ Early in the cycle:
 * [ ] [Prepare main branch for development of the new release](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#prepare-main-branch-for-development-of-the-new-release)
 * [ ] [Remove previously deprecated code](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#remove-previously-deprecated-code)
 
-If and when necessary:
-* [ ] [Bump the Kubernetes version](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#optional-bump-the-kubernetes-version)
+After the Kubernetes minor release:
+* [ ] Bump the Kubernetes version 
+  * [ ] Publish new OVA images
+    * Build new OVA images via image-builder
+    * Make them available in the CI environment
+    * Publish them via a GitHub release (e.g. [templates/v1.30.0](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/tag/templates/v1.30.0))
+    * Update `README.md` accordingly
+  * [ ] Bump e2e tests
+    * Add the new image to `internal/test/helpers/vcsim/model.go`
+    * Bump template env variables in `test/e2e/config/vsphere.yaml` and `test/e2e/config/config-overrides-example.yaml`
+      * Also bump `KUBERNETES_VERSION_*`
+      * Also bump `KUBERNETES_VERSION_LATEST_CI` to the next minor version
+      * Also bump `CPI_IMAGE_K8S_VERSION`
+      * Regenerate `packaging/flavorgen/cloudprovider/cpi/cpi.yaml` by checking out the release tag of `https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-vsphere` and running `helm template charts/vsphere-cpi`
+    * Bump in:
+      * `test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere-govmomi/main/clusterclass/patch-vsphere-template.yaml`
+      * `test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere-supervisor/main/clusterclass/patch-vsphere-template.yaml` 
+  * [ ] Update ProwJob configuration accordingly
 
 Late in the cycle:
 * [ ] [Bump dependencies](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/blob/main/docs/release/release-tasks.md#bump-dependencies)

docs/release/release-tasks.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 - [Prepare main branch for development of the new release](#prepare-main-branch-for-development-of-the-new-release)
 - [Remove previously deprecated code](#remove-previously-deprecated-code)
-- [[Optional] Bump the Kubernetes version](#optional-bump-the-kubernetes-version)
 - [Bump dependencies](#bump-dependencies)
 - [Create a release branch](#create-a-release-branch)
 - [Cut a release](#cut-a-release)
@@ -63,10 +62,6 @@ The goal of this task is to remove all previously deprecated code that can be no
 
 Prior art: TODO(sbueringer): link example PR
 
-## [Optional] Bump the Kubernetes version
-
-TODO(sbueringer): Write this when we do it the next time
-
 ## Bump dependencies
 
 The goal of this task is to ensure that we have relatively up-to-date dependencies at the time of the release.