1 [[!meta title="Release Manager"]]
5 ## In the beginning of your shift
7 - Check the Mozilla release calendars:
8 * [Google calendar](https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mozilla.com_2d37383433353432352d3939%40resource.calendar.google.com)
9 * [Release schedule](https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar)
10 - Send the release schedule to <tails-dev@boum.org> and
11 <tails-l10n@boum.org>.
12 Ask the core team and contributors for availability at the
13 dates designated for testing the RC and final image.
14 - Update [[contribute/calendar]] accordingly.
15 - Update the due date on [[!tails_roadmap]] accordingly.
16 - Ask to be added to the `rsync_tails` group on `rsync.lizard`,
18 - Make sure you have access to the various systems used to do
20 - Check when the SSL certificate for https://tails.boum.org/ expires.
21 If that's before, or soon after, the scheduled date for the release
22 _after_ the one your shift is about, then:
23 * Get in touch with <root@boum.org> to know about their plans.
24 * Create a ticket for the release your shift is about, so that we
25 update the CA bundle that's used by Tails Upgrader and the
27 - Check when our OpenPGP signing key expires.
28 If that's before, or soon after, the scheduled date for the release
29 _after_ the one your shift is about, then shout.
31 ## Around two weeks before the freeze
33 - Have a look at recent changes
34 in [Torbutton](https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git), and
35 do whatever is needed to get the fixes we need in the release.
36 - Have Kill Your TV upgrade I2P if needed. See [[contribute/design/I2P]].
37 - If needed, update the list of Tor authorities in the test
42 The RM is still the fallback for reviewing'n'merging stuff relatively
43 promptly. If a ticket is flagged "Ready for QA", but the RM cannot or
44 doesn't want to take care of the review'n'merge, it's the RM's
45 responsibility to ask for help. The "Release Manager View" is probably
46 the best place to track such tickets.
48 ## Make the release happen
50 No kidding. See [[contribute/release_process]].
54 The release manager shifts could be done by a team. They start right after the
55 publication of the previous release to the publication and announcement of the
56 release they are taking care of, which should be 6 weeks long if everything goes
63 * [Release Manager View](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails/issues?query_id=130)
64 * [Ready for QA](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails/issues?query_id=117)