Release 5.0 - Oct 2018

DO till Oct 15

• Publish RC tns-android, @vtrifonov
  • Create release branch
  • Tests are passing
  • Publish RC package to npm
• Publish RC tns-ios, @vtrifonov
  • Create release branch
  • Tests are passing
  • Publish RC package to npm
• Publish RC tns-platform-declarations, @vakrilov
  • Create release branch
  • Tests are passing
  • Publish RC package to npm
• Publish RC tns-core-modules, @vakrilov
  • Create release branch
  • Tests are passing
  • Publish RC package to npm
• Publish RC nativescript, @rosen-vladimirov
  • Create release branch
  • Tests are passing
  • Ensure Sidekick tests and cloud builds work with RC version of CLI
  • Publish RC package to npm
• Publish RC NativeScript UI Plugins, @etabakov
  • Create release branch
  • Tests are passing
  • Publish RC package to npm
• Announce RC on twitter, Slack

DO Before Release

• Update roadmap on https://www.nativescript.org/roadmap, @radeva (PRE: Planning for next release is completed)
• Publish documentation on UAT, @etabakov (PRE: All affected articles need to be added/updated and merged in master)
• Write release blog post , @radeva

DO on Release Date

• (optional) Publish migration guides, @sis0k0
• Publish tns-android, @vtrifonov
  • Build package for release
  • Tests are passing
  • Prepare Changelog
  • Publish package to npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• Publish tns-ios, @vtrifonov
  • Build package for release
  • Tests are passing
  • Prepare Changelog
  • Publish package to npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Upload dSYM in GitHub release
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• (optional) Publish tns-ios-inspector, @vtrifonov
• Publish tns-platform-declarations, @vakrilov
  • Build package for release
  • Publish package in npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• Publish tns-core-modules, @vakrilov
  • Build package for release
  • Prepare Changelog
  • Make sure tests pass
  • Release tns-core-modules to npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• Publish nativescript, @rosen-vladimirov
  • Build package for release
  • Prepare Changelog
  • Ensure Sidekick tests and cloud builds work with RC version of CLI
  • Publish package in npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• (optional) Publish nativescript-dev-sass, @rosen-vladimirov - not required for this release
  • Build package for release
  • Prepare Changelog
  • Publish package in npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• (optional) Publish nativescript-dev-typescript, @rosen-vladimirov - not required for this release
• Publish nativescript-angular, @vakrilov
  • Build package for release
  • Publish package in npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• Publish nativescript-dev-webpack, @vakrilov
  • Build package for release
  • Publish package in npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• Publish @nativescript/schematics, @vakrilov
  • Build package for release
  • Publish package in npm
  • Tag the new release in GitHub
  • Post in Slack #ns-releases
• Publish all core templates, @vakrilov
• Publish all business templates, @lini
• (optional) Publish all plugins & plugin seed, @lini
• Publish documentation on LIVE, @etabakov

DO After Release

• (optional) Verify the migration steps by trying with a real app, @etabakov
• (optional) Update the breaking changes in the app, @etabakov
• (optional) Update plugins demo apps, @lini
• (optional) Update all Playground apps, @vtrifonov
• (optional) Update all Playground templates, @vtrifonov
• Publish release blog post, @rdlauer
• Announce release on Twitter, @sipacate
• (optional) Feature blog posts

Known issues in RC:

• LiveSync is not working in Preview app when Angular's lazy loading is used