Backdrop 1.30.1 Release checklist

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Release scheduled for February 18, 2pm - 5pm PT

Pre-release tasks

• Merge commits (@quicksketch)
• Create the next bugfix milestone (@quicksketch)
• Move all unfinished issues to the next bugfix release milestone (@quicksketch)
• Review all closed issues in milestone: (@quicksketch)
  • Issue titles should include a complete, but very brief summary of the problem.
  • Bug issue titles should start with Fix or Fixed,
  • New feature issue titles should start with Add or Added.
  • Each issue should have accurate labels, especially the "type - " labels.
• Close the milestone (@quicksketch)
• Draft Release notes (@quicksketch)
  • Include a short, descriptive summary of the release, for example:
    • "Maintenance release for Backdrop CMS. This update contains bug fixes and usability improvements only."
  • Include a section heading **Notes for updating**
    • Note if any changes were made to files outside the core directory, for example:
      • - No changes have been made to the `.htaccess`, `robots.txt` or default `settings.php` files in this release. Updating customized versions of those files is not necessary.
      • See this example for updates to .htaccess
      • See this example or this example for updates to settings.php
    • Note if updates (update.php) needs to be run, for example:
      • Use the text The database update script does **not** need to be run.
      • or **It will be necessary to run the update script** (located at /core/update.php) for this release.
      • Note: you can use this command to see if any install files were changed:
        ls -1 core/modules/*/*.install | while read filename; do echo "$(git log -1 --pretty="format:%ad %f" --date=format:"%F %R" -- $filename)" $filename; done|sort
  • Include a section heading **Changes since version 1.xx.x** are listed below.
    • Navigate to Actions
    • Select the most recent time "Release Notes Generator" has been run.
    • Download the release-notes artifact attached to the generator.
    • Unzip the file, and copy/paste contents into release notes draft.
    • Remove any square brackets in the titles, and move those issues to their own section.

Release tasks

• Update bootstrap.inc with version number (@quicksketch)
• Tag for release, and push tag to GitHub (@quicksketch)
• Revert version number back (@quicksketch)
• Create release notes on GitHub, and publish release (@quicksketch)
• Update the front page download link on b.org (@quicksketch)
• Post/Tweet/Toot/Skeet that a new release is out (assignments below)
  • Use text like "There is a bug-fix release out for #BackdropCMS today, version 1.27.2: https://backdropcms.org."
  • Post to Bluesky @stpaultim
  • Post to Mastodon @stpaultim
  • Post to Twitter @stpaultim

Immediate Post-release tasks

• Update Tugboat @quicksketch
• Update Composer @herbdool
• Update Docker @Wylbur
• Update Pantheon @herbdool
• Update Platform.sh @herbdool
• Update Amezmo @jenlampton
• Update DrupalForge @izmeez
• Update the Wikipedia articles @klonos
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:BackdropCMS_version&action=edit -
    • Auto applied to:
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdrop_CMS
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

Backdrop's Website updates

• backdropcms.org @jenlampton (or bugfolder)
• beta.backdropcms.org @bugfolder (or jenlampton)
• docs.backdropcms.org @jenlampton (or bugfolder)
• events.backdropcms.org @jenlampton (or bugfolder)
• forum.backdropcms.org @jenlampton (or bugfolder)
• localize.backdropcms.org @jenlampton (or bugfolder)

See Also

This is a stand-alone release.

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Release notes draft:

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Maintenance release for Backdrop CMS. This update contains bug fixes and usability improvements only.

Notes for updating

• No changes have been made to the .htaccess, robots.txt or the default settings.php file in this release. Updating customized versions of those files is not necessary.
• It is not necessary to run the update script (located at /core/update.php) for this release.

Changes since 1.30.0

Bug fixes

• Do not add language prefix to "Skip backup" and "Cancel" links on update.php #6832
• Fix install throwing SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 error when MySQL UTF8MB4 is not available #6830
• Fix running update as anonymous fails in infinite loop on update.php #6839
• Added ability to use condition objects within joins in SelectQuery objects (Drupal 7 parity) #6852
• Views pager should be built with view::get_exposed_input(), not $view->exposed_raw_input #6843
• Added dependency checking for themes before enabling #6837
• Fixed version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #1 error when using Basis subthemes #6835
• Fixed Undefined array key "-" in path_clean_string() when saving URL alias pattern settings #6834
• Form submit for "Show menu in language" should strip existing destination #6824
• Fixed duplicated word in a file description for page_components.tpl.php #6809
• Fixed multivalue fields with long text elements can break the layout #6365

UX improvements

• Layout dialog made wider #6845
• Simplified login with square logo, logo made smaller #6842

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Drupal forge has been updated to 1.30.1 by the team.