Update release docs (#11182)

These haven't been updated in a little while. The original plan was to
update the version (in `Cargo.toml`) after a release to the next
planned release date but the way we release now is to update the version
as a part of the release process (just before tagging). Typically this
is all taken care of in the CHANGELOG-updating branch along with the
other documentation changes like the appdata file. The workflow now is
basically just to merge the changelog/release branch, pull, tag and push.
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@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ Helix releases are versioned in the Calendar Versioning scheme:
`22.05.1`. In these instructions we'll use `<tag>` as a placeholder for the tag `22.05.1`. In these instructions we'll use `<tag>` as a placeholder for the tag
being published. being published.
* Merge the changelog PR * Merge the PR with the release updates. That branch should:
* Update the version:
* Update the `workspace.package.version` key in `Cargo.toml`. Cargo only accepts
SemVer versions so a CalVer version of `22.07` for example must be formatted
as `22.7.0`. Patch/bugfix releases should increment the SemVer patch number. A
patch release for 22.07 would be `22.7.1`.
* Run `cargo check` and commit the resulting change to `Cargo.lock`
* Add changelog notes to `CHANGELOG.md`
* Add new `<release>` entry in `contrib/Helix.appdata.xml` with release information according to the [AppStream spec](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Metadata-Releases.html) * Add new `<release>` entry in `contrib/Helix.appdata.xml` with release information according to the [AppStream spec](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Metadata-Releases.html)
* Tag and push * Tag and push
* `git tag -s -m "<tag>" -a <tag> && git push` * Switch to master and pull
* Make sure to switch to master and pull first * `git tag -s -m "<tag>" -a <tag> && git push` (note the `-s` which signs the tag)
* Edit the `Cargo.toml` file and change the date in the `version` field to the next planned release
* Due to Cargo having a strict requirement on SemVer with 3 or more version
numbers, a `0` is required in the micro version; however, unless we are
publishing a patch release after a major release, the `.0` is dropped in
the user facing version.
* Releases are planned to happen every two months, so `22.05.0` would change to `22.07.0`
* If we are pushing a patch/bugfix release in the same month as the previous
release, bump the micro version, e.g. `22.07.0` to `22.07.1`
* Wait for the Release CI to finish * Wait for the Release CI to finish
* It will automatically turn the git tag into a GitHub release when it uploads artifacts * It will automatically turn the git tag into a GitHub release when it uploads artifacts
* Edit the new release * Edit the new release