Release of v19.0.1

[frouioui]

This release is scheduled for Tue 6 Feb 2024
The release of vitess-operator v2.12.1 is also planned

Prerequisites for Release

• Notify the community on Slack.
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean.
• Make sure backport Pull Requests are merged, list below.
  • [release-19.0] Release of v19.0.1 #312
• Make sure release blocker Issues are closed, list below.

Pre-Release

• Code Freeze.
  • [release-19.0] Code Freeze for v19.0.1 #311
• Create Release PR.
  • [release-19.0] Release of v19.0.1 #312
• Create new GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/milestone/11
• Update vitess-operator Golang version.

Release

• Merge the Release PR.
  • [release-19.0] Release of v19.0.1 #312
• Tag the release.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/releases/tag/v19.0.1
• Create vitess-operator Release PR.
  • [release-2.12] Release of v2.12.1 vitess-operator#18
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess-operator/releases/tag/v2.12.1
• Manual update of vitess-operator test code.
• Update release notes on main.
  • Copy v19.0.1 release notes on main #313
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
  • [release-19.0] Bump to v19.0.2-SNAPSHOT after the v19.0.1 release #314
• Update the website documentation.
• Make sure the release is benchmarked by arewefastyet.
• Docker Images available on DockerHub.
• Close current GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/milestone/10

Post-Release

• Notify the community on Slack for the new release.
• Twitter announcement.
• Close this Issue.

[frouioui]

Release completed.