Release of v20.0.0-RC1

[frouioui]

This release is scheduled for Tue 6 Feb 2024
The release of vitess-operator v2.13.0-RC1 is also planned

Prerequisites for Release

• 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

• Code Freeze.
  • [release-20.0] Code Freeze for v20.0.0-RC1 #296
• Copy branch protection rules.
• Update the SNAPSHOT version on main.
  • Bump to v21.0.0-SNAPSHOT after the v20.0.0-RC1 release #297
• Create Release PR.
  • [release-20.0] Release of v20.0.0-RC1 #298
• Create new GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/frouioui/vitess/milestone/9
• Create vitess-operator release branch.
• Bump the version vitess-operator main.
  • [main] Bump version.go to 2.13.0 vitess-operator#10
• Update vitess-operator Golang version.
• Update vitess-operator compatibility table.

Release

• Merge the Release PR.
• Tag the release.
• Create vitess-operator Release PR.
• Manual update of vitess-operator test code.
• Update release notes on main.
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
• 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.