Merge pull request #2720 from dmcgowan/update-release-process

Update release documents

Makefile

@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ TESTFLAGS_PARALLEL ?= 8
 
 all: binaries
 
-AUTHORS: .mailmap .git/HEAD
-	 git log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -fu > $@
-
 # This only needs to be generated by hand when cutting full releases.
 version/version.go:
 	@echo "$(WHALE) $@"

releases/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+## Registry Release Checklist
+
+10. Compile release notes detailing features added since the last release.
+
+  Add release template file to `releases/` directory. The template is defined
+by containerd's release tool. Name the file using the version, for rc add
+an `-rc` suffix.
+See https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/master/cmd/containerd-release
+
+20. Update the `.mailmap` files.
+
+30. Update the version file: `https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/version/version.go`
+
+40. Create a signed tag.
+
+  Choose a tag for the next release, distribution uses semantic versioning
+and expects tags to be formatted as `vx.y.z[-rc.n]`. Run the release tool using
+the release template file and tag to generate the release notes for the tag
+and Github release. To create the tag, you will need PGP installed and a PGP
+key which has been added to your Github account. The comment for the tag will
+be the generate release notes, always compare with previous tags to ensure
+the output is expected and consistent.
+Run `git tag --cleanup=whitespace -s vx.y.z[-rc.n] -F release-notes` to create
+tag and `git -v vx.y.z[-rc.n]` to verify tag, check comment and correct commit
+hash.
+
+50. Push the signed tag
+
+60. Create a new [release](https://github.com/docker/distribution/releases).
+In the case of a release candidate, tick the `pre-release` checkbox. Use
+the generate release notes from the release tool
+
+70. Update the registry binary in the [distribution library image repo](https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image) by running the update script and  opening a pull request.
+
+80. Update the official image.  Add the new version in the [official images repo](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images) by appending a new version to the `registry/registry` file with the git hash pointed to by the signed tag.  Update the major version to point to the latest version and the minor version to point to new patch release if necessary.
+e.g. to release `2.3.1`
+
+   `2.3.1 (new)`
+
+   `2.3.0 -> 2.3.0` can be removed
+
+   `2 -> 2.3.1`
+
+   `2.3 -> 2.3.1`
+
+90. Build a new distribution/registry image on [Docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/u/distribution/dashboard) by adding a new automated build with the new tag and re-building the images.

releases/v2.5.0-changelog.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 2.5.0 (2016-06-14)
+
+#### Storage
+- Ensure uploads directory is cleaned after upload is committed
+- Add ability to cap concurrent operations in filesystem driver
+- S3: Add 'us-gov-west-1' to the valid region list
+- Swift: Handle ceph not returning Last-Modified header for HEAD requests
+- Add redirect middleware
+
+#### Registry
+- Add support for blobAccessController middleware
+- Add support for layers from foreign sources
+- Remove signature store
+- Add support for Let's Encrypt
+- Correct yaml key names in configuration
+
+#### Client
+- Add option to get content digest from manifest get
+
+#### Spec
+- Update the auth spec scope grammar to reflect the fact that hostnames are optionally supported
+- Clarify API documentation around catalog fetch behavior
+
+#### API
+- Support returning HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests)
+
+#### Documentation
+- Update auth documentation examples to show "expires in" as int
+
+#### Docker Image
+- Use Alpine Linux as base image

CHANGELOG.md → releases/v2.6.0-changelog.txt

@@ -71,38 +71,3 @@ Documentation has moved to the documentation repository at
 `github.com/docker/docker.github.io/tree/master/registry`
 
 The registry is go 1.7 compliant, and passes newer, more restrictive `lint` and `vet` ing.
-
-
-## 2.5.0 (2016-06-14)
-
-#### Storage
-- Ensure uploads directory is cleaned after upload is committed
-- Add ability to cap concurrent operations in filesystem driver
-- S3: Add 'us-gov-west-1' to the valid region list
-- Swift: Handle ceph not returning Last-Modified header for HEAD requests
-- Add redirect middleware
-
-#### Registry
-- Add support for blobAccessController middleware
-- Add support for layers from foreign sources
-- Remove signature store
-- Add support for Let's Encrypt
-- Correct yaml key names in configuration
-
-#### Client
-- Add option to get content digest from manifest get
-
-#### Spec
-- Update the auth spec scope grammar to reflect the fact that hostnames are optionally supported
-- Clarify API documentation around catalog fetch behavior
-
-#### API
-- Support returning HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests)
-
-#### Documentation
-- Update auth documentation examples to show "expires in" as int
-
-#### Docker Image
-- Use Alpine Linux as base image
-
-