Release 1.11 Checklist

[MarcelKoch]

Pre Release / Prerequisites

• Create release project and milestone
• Manage open bugs
• Check CUDA/HIP/SYCL versions
  • Remove code for unsupported versions

Step-by-Step

• Update develop branch
  • Update TPLs [tpl] update tpls #1959
    • gflags
    • googletest
    • nlohmann_json
    • yaml-cpp (only for extension tests)
  • Update Changelog using the unreleased changes from the wiki [release] update changelog #1960
  • Change version tag in CMakeLists.txt to main (PR-tag) [release] change tag to main #1961
• Manually check building with newest compiler versions
  • see the CI for the branch check-latest
• Manually check packaging CI (until automated)
  • see the CI for the branch spack-ci
• Manually check threadsanitizer CI (until automated again)
• Merge develop into main, with merge commit (i.e. --no--ff)
• Create github release with new tag vX.Y.Z on main

Post Release:

• Announce the release:
  • LinkedIn
  • E-Mail lists: NADigest
• Add new version to package managers
  • spack: https://github.com/ginkgo-project/spack
  • vcpkg
  • conan
  • easybuild @pratikvn
• Publish release on zenodo, @pratikvn: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3988354
• Prepare develop for next release Prepare next release #1964
  • Revert PR-tag on develop
  • Update version on develop to X.Y+1.0
• In addition, until 2026:
  • Create branch master-release/X.Y.Z from main
  • Change version tag to master
  • Squash merge into master