This PR adds guidance to the release slash command to check actual PR
merge state (using `gh pr view`) when reporting status, rather than
relying on cached CI results. This prevents incorrectly reporting
already-merged PRs as still needing review.
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This PR adds automatic ProofWidgets4 version pin updates to
`release_steps.py` when processing mathlib4. ProofWidgets4 uses
sequential version tags (`v0.0.X`) rather than toolchain-based tags
(`v4.X.Y`), so the existing regex that updates dependency versions in
lakefiles doesn't match it. This has caused CI failures in two
consecutive releases where the mathlib4 PR was created with a stale
ProofWidgets4 pin.
Changes:
- `script/release_steps.py`: Add `find_proofwidgets_tag()` to look up
the latest ProofWidgets4 tag compatible with the target toolchain, and
use it to update mathlib4's lakefile automatically
- `doc/dev/release_checklist.md`: Document the ProofWidgets4 pin update
step for mathlib4
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This PR clarifies the release notes title format in the release
checklist documentation.
**Changes:**
- Add explicit section explaining title format for -rc1, subsequent RCs,
and stable releases
- Make it clear that titles should include both the RC suffix AND the
date (e.g., "Lean 4.7.0-rc1 (2024-03-15)")
- Update example to use realistic date format instead of YYYY-MM-DD
- Clarify that only content is written for -rc1, subsequent releases
just update the title
This addresses confusion about whether RC release notes should include
the date in the title.
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This PR documents an issue encountered during the v4.28.0-rc1 release:
if release notes are merged to the reference-manual repository AFTER the
version tag is created, the deployed documentation won't include them.
The fix is to either:
1. Include release notes in the same PR as the toolchain bump (or merge
before tagging)
2. Regenerate the tag after merging release notes
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This PR documents the release notes writing process in detail and adds a
guard check to `release_checklist.py` to ensure release notes are
created for `-rc1` releases before proceeding with downstream repository
updates.
- **doc/dev/release_checklist.md**: Expanded "Writing the release notes"
section with detailed steps for generating, reviewing, and formatting
release notes in Verso format
- **script/release_checklist.py**: Added
`check_release_notes_file_exists()` to verify the release notes file
exists in reference-manual repository
- **.claude/commands/release.md**: Added "Release Notes" section
explaining the process for creating release notes during `-rc1` releases
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This PR improves the release checklist and scripts:
* Check that the release's commit hash is not all-numeric starting with
0 (this can break SemVer, which [required us to release
v4.21.0-rc2](https://github.com/leanprover/lean4/releases/tag/v4.21.0-rc2)).
* Check that projects being bumped to a release tag do not reference
`nightly-testing` anymore.
* Clarify how to create subsequent release candidates if an `-rc1`
already exists.
* Fix typos in the release checklist documentation.
This PR adds some new information to the release checklist,
as well as some new automated checks to help with the release process.
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Co-authored-by: Kim Morrison <scott.morrison@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Markus Himmel <markus@lean-fro.org>
This PR enables the use of the build-time configuration of the Lean
reference manual URL and updates the release checklist to account for
the reference manual.
This is a follow-up to #7240, after the required `stage0` update.
The release process described here uses the same location for the
reference manual for RCs and stable releases. This is for two reasons:
1. The only changes between them should be a modification of the
embedded version string and updates to the final release's release
notes, once those are included.
2. It ensures that a compatible manual is available at the moment that
the new release appears, so any delay getting it deployed won't be
visible to users.
Some downstream repositories require a `bump/v4.X.0` branch to exist for
their integration CI. This PR updates `release_checklist.py` to check
for the existence of these branches, when needed.
This PR updates the release checklist, reflecting changes noted while
@jcommelin has been releasing v4.16.0.
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The semantics of `release_notes.py` was slightly confusing. It is meant
to be run a `script/release_notes.py v4.15.0` on the `releases/v4.16.0`
branch. To help, I've changed the usage to `script/release_notes.py
--since v4.15.0`.
Users have requested toolchain tags on `lean4-cli`, so let's add it to
the release checklist to make sure these get added regularly.
Previously, `lean4-cli` has used more complicated tags, but going
forward we're going to just use the simple `v4.16.0` style tags, with no
repository-specific versioning.
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This PR introduces a script that automates checking whether major
downstream repositories have been updated for a new toolchain release.
Sample output:
```
% ./release_checklist.py v4.16.0-rc1
Repository: Batteries
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: lean4checker
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: doc-gen4
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: Verso
❌ Not on target toolchain (needs ≥ v4.16.0-rc1, but main is on leanprover/lean4:v4.15.0)
Repository: ProofWidgets4
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
Repository: Aesop
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: import-graph
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: plausible
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: Mathlib
✅ On compatible toolchain (>= v4.16.0-rc1)
✅ Tag v4.16.0-rc1 exists
Repository: REPL
❌ Not on target toolchain (needs ≥ v4.16.0-rc1, but master is on leanprover/lean4:v4.14.0)
```
This PR adds a script to automatically generate release notes using the
new `changelog-*` labels and "This PR ..." conventions.
Usage:
```
script/release_notes.py v4.X.0
```
where `v4.X.0` is the **previous** release, i.e. the script will process
all commits *since* that tag.
This makes it reflect how we are writing release notes for 4.9.0,
including how to handle the `releases_drafts` folder and how and when to
update `RELEASES.md`.
Co-authored-by: Kim Morrison <kim@tqft.net>
@semorrison, does this include all the answers to the questions I asked
in our thread? I think so!
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Co-authored-by: Mac Malone <tydeu@hatpress.net>
This is still WIP: the checklist for release candidates will get
finished as I do the release of `v4.7.0-rc1`.
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