Release Play 2.8.12

[mkurz]

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
  • [ ] ~release twirl~
  • [ ] ~Look for PRs that should be merged.~
  • [ ] ~Look at status:needs-backport, status:needs-forwardport, status:needs-backport-1.3 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)~

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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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• [ ] ~Update the supported modules page~

• [ ] ~Update playframework templates and seeds~

• [ ] ~Update Example Code Service~

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  • [ ] ~Update versions for Example Code Service~
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  • [ ] Write a topic on https://discuss.lightbend.com/
  • [ ] Write a release on https://github.com/playframework/playframework/releases
  • [ ] ~Send an internal email to eng-updates~
  • [ ] Tweet about the new release.

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[mkurz]

Didn't announce because of https://github.com/playframework/playframework/issues/11086, which should be fixed by https://github.com/playframework/playframework/pull/11088. So directly going to Play 2.8.13 after that.

[mkurz]

Didn't announce because https://github.com/playframework/playframework/issues/11086 got in the way.