Release 0.5.0-beta

see #508 (closed) as reference

Preparation

• String freeze (disable auto-pull) and announcement on Transifex at least a week before the release
• Update translations (!349 (merged))
  • run tx pull -a -f, add new languages to UnencryptedSettings.kt (see java locale list), create commit
  • temporarily remove minimum_perc = 50 from .tx/config
  • run tx pull -a -f && git add -u && git clean -f
  • re-add minimum_perc = 50 to .tx/config, append changes to last commit
• Extensive testing
• Update changelog

Version bump

• Change version in build config and metainfo.xml (!350 (merged))
• Tag in Git (use git tag -a -s <version-name>-beta -m "Briar Desktop <version-name>-beta") (https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/tags/0.5.0-beta) then git push origin <tag_name>
• GitLab CI builds release files automatically (https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/pipelines/15015)

Deployment

• Copy release files to desktop.briarproject.org (using update-binaries.sh with updated version code (stable pipelines links were broken at this time, so using pipeline ids for Windows and Linux instead)
• Download macOS zip files from CI pipeline, sign and notarize, copy to server manually
• Rewrite and check that permalink points to correct version (don't forget to test and reload web server)
• Update version and checksums (calculated using get_hashsums.sh and then verified using verify_hashsums.sh) on website (website!117 (merged))
• Publish website

PR

• Inform 3rd party maintainers about release
• Publish blog post
• Post on social media (Mastodon, Twitter), useful character counter
• Update screenshot on website

Backlog

• Update description, milestone and due date of #337
• Re-enable auto-pull on Transifex under Resources > Auto update resources > add url