Release Play 2.8.8

[ignasi35]

Preparing the release

Better to do this in advance:

• [ ] Make sure that other teams inside Lightbend are aware of the upcoming release, even if it is a minor/patch one
  • [ ] Lightbend Telemetry Team
  • [ ] Akka Team
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Do the Release (Full document)

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  • [ ] ~release play-json~
  • [ ] ~Look for PRs that should be merged.~
  • [ ] ~Look at status:needs-backport, status:needs-forwardport issues/PRs (including closed ones).~
  • [ ] ~Look at issues/PRs tagged milestone version (including closed ones).~
  • [ ] ~Update any dependencies that are needed. (e.g JDK, Scala)~
  • [x] release play-ws
  • [x] Look for PRs that should be merged.
  • [x] Look at status:needs-backport, status:needs-forwardport issues/PRs (including closed ones).
  • [x] Look at issues/PRs tagged milestone version (including closed ones).
  • [x] Update any dependencies that are needed. (e.g JDK, Scala)
  • [x] Make sure play-ws uses new play-json
  • [x] release twirl
  • [x] Look for PRs that should be merged.
  • [x] Look at status:needs-backport, status:needs-forwardport, status:needs-backport-1.3 issues/PRs (including closed ones).
  • [x] Look at issues/PRs tagged milestone version (including closed ones).
  • [x] Update any dependencies that are needed. (e.g JDK, Scala)

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  • [x] Look for PRs that should be merged.
  • [x] Look at status:needs-backport, status:needs-forwardport, status:needs-backport-2.6 issues/PRs (including closed ones).
  • [x] Look at issues/PRs tagged milestone version (including closed ones).
  • [x] Update any dependencies that are needed. (e.g JDK, Scala)
  • [x] Make sure play uses new play-json, play-ws, twirl

• [ ] ~Release external modules~

  • [ ] ~release play-slick~
  • [ ] ~release scalatestplus-play~
  • [ ] ~release play-grpc~

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  • [ ] Write a blog post on https://playframework.ghost.io/ghost/24 about the release.
  • [x] Write a topic on https://discuss.lightbend.com/
  • [x] Write a release on https://github.com/playframework/playframework/releases
  • [x] Send an internal email to eng-updates
  • [ ] Tweet about the new release.

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[gokhanoner]

@ignasi35 @mkurz do you have an ETA for this one?

[ignasi35]

@ignasi35 @mkurz do you have an ETA for this one?

ATM this is pseudo-blocked on a release of Akka. We could release now but we'd have to release again when Akka 2.6.14 is ready. We'll wait a bit for Akka 2.6.14 to be out and reconsider again in few days.

[ignasi35]

This is also blocked on https://github.com/playframework/interplay/issues/159 and https://github.com/playframework/playframework/pull/10804 since we won't be releasing any artifact of Play 2.8.8 to Bintray.

[ignasi35]

Akka 2.6.14 is out: https://github.com/playframework/playframework/pull/10806

[mkurz]

@ignasi35 No tag: https://github.com/akka/akka/tags

[ignasi35]

@ignasi35 No tag: akka/akka/tags

The full release train of Akka takes a bit. The tag will eventually be there. ;-)