Release of `v20.0.0-RC2`

[frouioui]

This release is scheduled for Thu 6 Jun 2024
The release of vitess-operator v2.13.0-RC2 is also planned

Prerequisites

• General prerequisites.
  • Be part of the Release team in the vitessio GitHub organization, here.
  • Be an admin of the planetscale/vitess-operator repository.
  • Have access to Vitess' Java repository and have it working locally, guide here.
  • Have vitessio/vitess and planetscale/vitess-operator cloned in the same parent directory.
• Notify the community on Slack.
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean.
• Make sure important Pull Requests are merged, list below.
• Make sure release blocker Issues are closed, list below.

Pre-Release

• Create Release PR.
  • [release-20.0-rc] Release of v20.0.0-RC2 #330
• Update vitess-operator Golang version.

Release

• Merge the Release PR.
  • [release-20.0-rc] Release of v20.0.0-RC2 #330
• Tag the release.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/releases/tag/v20.0.0-rc2
• Create vitess-operator Release PR.
  • [release-2.13] Release of v2.13.0-RC2 vitess-operator#22
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess-operator/releases/tag/v2.13.0-rc2
• Manual update of vitess-operator test code.
• Update release notes on main.
  • Copy v20.0.0-RC2 release notes on main #331
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
  • [release-20.0-rc] Bump to v20.0.0-SNAPSHOT after the v20.0.0-RC2 release #332
• Update the website documentation.
• Make sure the release is benchmarked by arewefastyet.
• Docker Images available on DockerHub.

Post-Release

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

[frouioui]

Release completed.