Release v4.6.8 Calamari

[rioug]

1. Preparation on Thursday

• Merge pull requests in the Ready To Go column
• Include translations: script/release/update_locales
  • You need the Transifex Client installed on your local dev environement to run the script.
• Increment version number: git push upstream HEAD:refs/tags/vX.Y.Z
  • Major: if server changes are required (eg. provision with ofn-install)
  • Minor: larger change that is irreversible (eg. migration deleting data)
  • Patch: all others. Shortcut: script/release/tag
• Draft new release. Look at previous releases for inspiration.
  • Select new release tag
  • Generate release notes and check to ensure all items are arranged in the right category.
• Notify #instance-managers of user-facing 👀, API ⚠️ and experimental 🚧 changes.

2. Testing

• Move this issue to Test Ready.
• Notify @testers in #testing.
• Test build: Deploy to Staging with release tag.

3. Finish on Tuesday

• Publish and notify #global-community (this is automatically posted with a plugin)
• Deploy the new release to all managed instances.
  Command line instructions

  cd ofn-install
  git pull
  ansible-playbook --limit all_prod --extra-vars "git_version=vX.Y.Z" playbooks/deploy.yml
  

• Notify #instance-managers:

  @instance_managers The new release has been deployed.

• Create issue for next release and confirm with next release manager in #core-devs.

The full process is described at https://github.com/openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork/wiki/Releasing.

[filipefurtad0]

Hey @mkllnk,
I've re-drafted the release to include a last-minute tested PR with a user facing-change.

I've tested it and found it to be ready to go:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KbvIIt6wfW1XnQdt51yNLaXWzVk4GiX9ZDjip70421o/edit