Be sure to take notes on manual steps and any problems you encounter.

Checklist

~~Ship the l10n milestone ^DESKTOP ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA~~

~~Set reserved_slaves ^DESKTOP ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA ^ESR~~

Check to make sure you have all of the different types of slaves that you need ^DESKTOP ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA ^ESR

Start the automation ^DESKTOP ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA ^ESR

Sign Android builds ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA
Reset reserved_slaves and unlock slaves ^DESKTOP ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA ^ESR
Publish Fennec ^MOBILE ^RELEASE ^BETA

Notes

tracking bug: bug 785224
release engineer: Hwine
buildbot master: builbot-master13

Build 1

shipped l10n
did clobber for grins
reserved slaves:

   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 ~]$ cd /builds/buildbot/build1/master/
   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$ cat reserved_slaves 
   0
   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$ echo 8 > !:$
   echo 8 > reserved_slaves
   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$ cat !:$
   cat reserved_slaves
   8
   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$

had enough slaves of the right types
reconfig & update via fabric:

   $ ./manage_masters.py -f production-masters.json -H bm13-build1 update reconfig
   [buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com] run: source bin/activate && make update
   ...
   [buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com] out: (python buildbot-configs/update-master-json.py tools/buildfarm/maintenance/production-m$sters.json master/master_config.json)
   [buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com] out: writing new master_config.json file to master/master_config.json
   
   [OK] updated buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com:/builds/buildbot/build1
   starting reconfig of buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com:/builds/buildbot/build1
   ...
   [buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com] out:         exceptions.AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'db'
   
   [OK] finished reconfig of buildbot-master13.build.scl1.mozilla.com:/builds/buildbot/build1
   0 [Hal@Hals-MacBook-Air maintenance (fabric)]

release sanity

   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 ~]$ cd /builds/buildbot/build1/master/
   [cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$ source ../bin/activate
   (build1)[cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$ PYTHONPATH=. python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u hwine -V 15.0b7 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 1 --release-config release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py --products fennec --dryrun localhost:9001
   2012-08-23 14:51:12,210 : INFO : Branch mozilla-beta is enabled on master for fennec
   ...
   2012-08-23 14:51:25,569 : INFO : command: END (0.23s elapsed)
   
   2012-08-23 14:51:25,570 : INFO : Tests Passed! Did not run reconfig/sendchange. Rerun without `-d`

start release

   (build1)[cltbld@buildbot-master13 master]$ PYTHONPATH=. python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u hwine -V 15.0b7 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 1 --release-config release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py --products fennec localhost:9001
   2012-08-23 14:51:43,589 : INFO : Branch mozilla-beta is enabled on master for fennec
   ...
   2012-08-23 14:52:47,709 : INFO : command: buildbot sendchange --username hwine --master localhost:9001 --branch releases/mozilla-beta -p products:fennec -p script_repo_revision:FENNEC_15_0b7_RELEASE release_build
   2012-08-23 14:52:47,709 : INFO : command: cwd: /builds/buildbot/build1/master
   2012-08-23 14:52:47,710 : INFO : command: output:
   change sent successfully
   2012-08-23 14:52:48,127 : INFO : command: END (0.42s elapsed)

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Notes

Build 1