3.5.0 & 3.5.1-RC2 Release procedure

[Kordyjan]

Publish 3.5.0 artifacts to Maven Central via CI:

• On release-3.5.0 branch:
  • In Build.scala: Set baseVersion to 3.5.0
  • In changelogs add file with a changelog
  • Set the TASTy version to 28.5-0
• Tag the branch as `3.5.0
• ✅ Build

Publish 3.5.1-RC2 artifacts to Maven Central via CI:

• On release-3.5.1 branch
  • In Build.scala: Set baseVersion to 3.5.1-RC2
  • In Build.scala: Set referenceVersion to 3.5.0
  • In changelogs add file with a changelog
• Tag the branch as 3.5.1-RC2
• Build

Set bootstrapping for future versions version on main:

• In Build.scala: Set referenceVersion to 3.5.1-RC2:
• Check and update project/MiMaFilters.scala

Confirm that the tooling is working correctly:

• Metals:
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.5.1-RC2
• Scala Native:
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.5.1-RC2
• Scastie:
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.5.1-RC2
• Scala DAP:
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.5.1-RC2
• Scala CLI:
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.5.1-RC2

Update the ecosystem:

• Release 3.5.0 to SDKMAN
• Update the templates and examples projects:
  • scala3-mill-example-project
  • scala3-cross.g8
  • scala3-staging.g8
  • scala3-tasty-inspector.g8
  • scala3.g8

Prepare the documentation:

• Merge release-3.5.0 into language-reference-stable
• Publish API docs for 3.5.0
• Add 3.5.0 to the version list in API docs
• Update docs.scala-lang
  • Add api link to 3.5.0 and 3.4.2 docs.scala-lang#3062

Announce the releases:

• Make all GitHub releases public:
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.5.1-RC1
  • 3.5.1-RC2
• Wait for the public availability of the given prioritization post:
  • Blog post about given prioritization changes scala-lang#1675
• Publish an announcement on https://scala-lang.org:
  • Add 3.5.0 announcement scala-lang#1676
• Open the 3.5.1 tracking thread on https://contributors.scala-lang.org
• Unlock Scala Steward updates Unlock Scala 3.5.0 updates scala-steward-org/scala-steward#3395

[adpi2]

I deployed Scastie with support for both versions. The release of DAP is also in progress.

[adpi2]

DAP is released