Release 4.0.0

[dvvanessastoiber]

Release notes

• Update requirements Update requirements #28
• add CODEOWNERS file add CODEOWNERS file #25

Checklists

Release preparation

• Create new release-x.x.x branch (based on develop branch)
• Collect changes and write release notes
• Draft release PR in GitHub that merges the release-x.x.x into the master branch

Release dependencies first

In case of dependent Phovea/TDP repositories follow dependency tree from the top:

• Release dependent repositories if they contain changes first before proceeding here
• Replace git dependencies in package.json with new version range (e.g., "phovea_core": "^2.3.1" when published on npm or "phovea_core": "github:datavisyn/tdp_core#semver:^8.0.0" for non-published repositories)
• Replace git dependencies in requirements.txt with new version range (e.g., phovea_server>=2.3.0,<3.0.0 when published on pipy or -e git+https://github.com/datavisyn/tdp_core.git@v8.0.0#egg=tdp_core for non-published repositories)
• Commit and push new dependencies
• Wait until build is successful
• Repeat with other repositories/dependencies or proceed with next section

Update version

• Check version numbers of dependencies again
• Check if build is successful
• Update this version number following semver
• Commit and push package.json with new version number
• Wait until build is successful
• Assign reviewer and wait for final review
• Merge this pull request into master branch
• Add release label (i.e., release: major, release: minor, or release: patch)

Create GitHub release

• Draft a new release (Code -> Releases -> Draft a new release)
• Use new version number as tag (e.g., v2.3.1)
• Copy release notes
• Publish release

Prepeare next develop release

• Switch to develop branch
• Merge master branch into develop (git merge origin/master)
• Update version in package.json to <next patch version>-SNAPSHOT (e.g., 2.3.1 to 2.3.2-SNAPSHOT)
• Revert dependencies in package.json to develop branches (e.g., "phovea_core": "github:phovea/phovea_core#develop")
• Revert dependencies in requirements.txt to develop branches (e.g., -e git+https://github.com/phovea/phovea_server.git@develop#egg=phovea_server)
• Commit and push changes

🏁 Finish line

• Inform colleagues and customers about the release
• Celebrate the new release 🥳