release: 8.0rc2

[wxtim]

Release Progress

Issue to track the coordinated release of multiple Cylc components.

Required for all minor releases of cylc-flow.

See the release docs for first time instructions and more info.

Prep:

• [x] The release lead should be assigned to this issue.
• [x] Ensure all milestones complete.
• [x] Test cylc-doc (run a test build, perform any required fixes). https://github.com/cylc/cylc-doc/actions/runs/2023367714
• [x] Run cylc-flow functional tests against locally available platforms.
• [x] List the milestones for release below (delete entries as appropriate).

Non-bumpable PRs

• [x] https://github.com/cylc/cylc-rose/pull/120 & https://github.com/metomi/rose/pull/2557
• [x] https://github.com/metomi/rose/pull/2555
• [x] https://github.com/cylc/cylc-flow/pull/4733

Milestones for release:

• cylc-flow:
• cylc-ui:
• cylc-uiserver:
• metomi/rose:
• cylc-rose:
• cylc-doc:

PyPi / GitHub releases:

Ensure all Cylc components are pinned to the correct version of cylc-flow.

Trigger releases via GitHub actions.

• [x] metomi-isodatetime
• [x] cylc-flow (bump metomi-isodatetime if required)
• [x] cylc-ui
• [x] cylc-uiserver (update the ui version before releasing)
• [x] metomi-rose (bump metomi-isodatetime if required)
• [x] cylc-rose

Forge (check dependencies match):

Pull requests will be automatically opened on the conda-forge feedstocks after the pypi releases.

If not, create a new branch, change the version, reset the build number and update the hash from the PyPi website. Finally trigger a rerender in a comment.

Ensure dependencies are up to date and follow instructions on the PR. Some repos may maintain a list of conda dependencies locally.

• [x] cylc-flow
• [x] cylc-ui
• [x] cylc-uiserver
• [x] metomi-rose
• [x] cylc-rose

It make take a couple of hours for a release to become available. Use conda search <package> to determine when it's ready.

Misc (after the above has been completed):

• cylc-doc
  • [x] bump instersphinx versions if required
  • [x] review installation instructions
  • [x] deploy (run the "deploy" workflow on GitHub Actions) (can be re-deployed later if necessary)
• metomi-rose
  • [x] build & deploy documentation (manual process ATM)
• [x] discourse post

Metadata:

Update project versions to the next milestone AND pin downstream components to the next cylc-flow dev release.

• [x] cylc-flow
• [x] cylc-uiserver (pin to latest cylc-flow)
• [x] cylc-rose (pin to latest cylc-flow)

Finally:

• [x] close this issue :rocket: