Solus 4.7 Release Checklist

[TraceyC77]

Action Item checklist for final release

• Write blog post Update for 4.7 Release solus-site.github.io#59
• Bump baselayout Still broken, so no
• Update os-release
• Sync to Shannon
• Take decluttered screenshot in each desktop edition at 1080p (Installed environment with only default desktop icons after install). Create a desktop collage image and save to the release images folder Evan was first, use images from Help center PR https://github.com/getsolus/help-center-docs/pull/596/files
• Test all the things in Software Center Third Party, update where necessary
• Download and import the Solus private releng GPG key from BitWarden
• Cook and upload all ISOs based on stable (aka Shannon) using the ISO creation script:

  ./infrastructure-tooling/build_isos.sh release

  • The uploaded assets will need to be copied to the appropriate /srv/www/downloads/isos/ folder on packages.getsol.us. For Release ISOs, this would be /srv/www/downloads/isos/${VERSION}/
  • From there it'll need to be hard linked into all backer tier folders. Use the command ls -golthr to see how many hardlinks an ISO has

    sudo mkdir /srv/www/downloads/isos/${VERSION}
    sudo ./infrastructure-tooling/make_links.sh -s ${UPLOADED_ISOS_DIR} -d ${VERSION} -t crew,beta,releasetesters

• Validate all ISOs. See the GitHub task for the current release
  • Budgie
  • GNOME
  • Plasma
  • Xfce
• Take de-cluttered screenshot in each edition at 1080p for use as updated release images
• Update Help Center
  • Update Editions
    • Add/remove any editions (check paths src/components/editions.jsx and docs/user/editions/ as of 4.5)
    • If there are new editions, create skeletal structure for it and create issue to document configuration and tips n' tricks sections for the new edition. (check paths docs/user/editions/ as of 4.5)
    • Update edition screenshots with updated release images (check path src/editions/$EDITION.{jpg,png} as of 4.5)
    • Ensure edition descriptions to match the descriptions on the download page e.g. Budgie: A feature-rich, luxurious desktop using the most modern technologies. (Check paths src/components/editions.jsx and i18n/en/code.json as of 4.5.)
  • Update Help Center Docs references from current release to upcoming release (e.g. 4.1 -> 4.2) Update docs for new release help-center-docs#596
• Sync modules via make sync in solus-site This is an old step from somewhere
• Update data/info.yaml in solus-site with the new version, media size, and sha256sum Update for 4.7 Release solus-site.github.io#59
• Create featured image for release blog post (imagemagick collage)
• Create torrent files using qBitTorrent with the following settings (if not mentioned, leave the setting at its default):
  • Torrent format: V1
  • Tracker URLS:
    udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:6969
  • Web seed URLs:
    https://downloads.getsol.us/isos/${VERSION}/Solus-${VERSION}-${EDITION}.iso
  • Comments:
    Solus ${VERSION} ${EDITION} Edition Official Release
  • Example qBitTorrent GUI image:
    
  • Create the .torrent file with a name template matching Solus-${VERSION}-${EDITION}.torrent; e.g Solus-4.4-Budgie.torrent
• Upload .torrent files for each edition to packages.getsol.us and place them in /srv/www/torrents/
• Deploy site
• Deploy Help Center
• Publish to social media
• Party time! 🎉

Associated PRs

• Update docs for new release help-center-docs#596
• Remove Nvidia 470.xx driver series doflicky#6
• Add images for the 4.7 release solus-site.github.io#57
• common: Update freeze period #4897
• os-release: Prepare for 4.7 #4898

[davidjharder]

Stashing my torrent creation script here for now.

Notes

• Requires py3createtorrent install with pipx or similar
• Assumes you are in a directory with the isos, see the globbing in INPUT, not terribly sophisticated
• Name jank: Pass FILENAME.iso and ask for output FILENAME.iso creates FILENAME.iso.torrent, we expect FILENAME.torrent. Probably makes sense to change website links to suit

#!/bin/bash
set -E pipefail

for EDITION in "Budgie" "GNOME" "XFCE-Beta" "Plasma"
do
    VERSION="2025-01-26"
    RELEASE_TYPE="Release"
    TRACKER1="udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce"
    WEBSEED="https://downloads.getsol.us/isos/${VERSION}/Solus-${EDITION}-${RELEASE_TYPE}-${VERSION}.iso"
    COMMENT="Solus ${EDITION} ${VERSION} Official Release"
    OUTPUT="Solus-${EDITION}-${RELEASE_TYPE}-${VERSION}.iso"
    INPUT="*${EDITION}*"
    py3createtorrent $INPUT -t $TRACKER1 -n $OUTPUT -c "$COMMENT" --webseed $WEBSEED
done