Release 2.4.2

[johanandren]

Release Akka gRPC 2.4.2

Cutting the release

• [x] Check that open PRs and issues assigned to the milestone are reasonable
• [x] Update the Change date and version in the LICENSE file.
• [x] Update the Akka gRPC version in the samples to 2.4.2, otherwise the published zip files of the samples will have the old version.
• [x] Create a new milestone for the next version
• [x] Close the 2.4.2 milestone
• [x] Make sure all important PRs have been merged
• [x] Wait until main build finished after merging the latest PR
• [x] For recent dependency updates or changes on a minor release branch the Fossa validation can be triggered from the GitHub actions "Dependency License Scanning" (Manually choosing the release branch)
  • [ ] Update the revision in Fossa in the Akka Group for the Akka umbrella version, e.g. 22.10. Note that the revisions for the release is updated by Akka Group > Projects > Edit.
• [x] Update the draft release with the next tag version v2.4.2, title and release description. Use the Publish release button, which will create the tag.
• [x] Check that GitHub Actions release build has executed successfully (GitHub Actions will start a CI build for the new tag and publish artifacts to https://repo.akka.io/maven)

Check availability

• [x] Check API documentation
• [x] Check reference documentation. Check that the reference docs were deployed and show a version warning (see section below on how to fix the version warning).
• [x] Check the release on https://repo.akka.io/maven/com/lightbend/akka/grpc/akka-grpc-scalapb-protoc-plugin_2.12/2.4.2/akka-grpc-scalapb-protoc-plugin_2.12-2.4.2.pom

When everything is on https://repo.akka.io/maven

• [ ] Log into gustav.akka.io as akkarepo
  • [x] If this updates the current version, run ./update-akka-grpc-current-version.sh 2.4.2
  • [x] otherwise check changes and commit the new version to the local git repository

     cd ~/www
     git status
     git add docs/akka-grpc/current docs/akka-grpc/2.4.2
     git add api/akka-grpc/current api/akka-grpc/2.4.2
     git commit -m "Akka gRPC 2.4.2"

Announcements

For important patch releases, and only if critical issues have been fixed:

• [ ] Send a release notification to Lightbend discuss

For minor or major releases:

• [ ] Include noteworthy features and improvements in Akka umbrella release announcement at akka.io. Coordinate with PM and marketing.

Afterwards

• [x] Update akka-dependencies bom and version for Akka module versions in akka-dependencies repo

• [x] Update Akka Guide samples

• [x] Update Akka Projection gRPC samples

• [x] Update sbt new (g8) template:

  • [x] Akka gRPC Scala

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