Pick release notes during beta promotion - #23144
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One note, but this looks good otherwise
| locale = File.basename(File.dirname(path, 2)) | ||
| AndroidPublisher::LocalizedText.new(language: locale, text: text) | ||
| end | ||
| UI.important("No static release notes found for option #{option.inspect} (#{app}).") if notes.empty? |
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Should this be a crash instead of a warning?
Adds static "what's new" options (one for now, `serious`) chosen from a second field in the beta-promotion block step. The picked option's notes are set on the beta release, and the production promote carries them over. Changes: - `STATIC_RELEASE_NOTE_OPTIONS` registry (Fastfile) - Release-notes select field in the beta picker; `promote_to_beta` takes `release_notes_option` (read from Buildkite meta-data by promote-to-beta.sh) - `static_release_notes` attaches the per-locale notes to the beta release - `download_static_release_notes` lane pulls the translations from GlotPress - English source files + seeded en-US metadata Translations are seeded separately via GlotPress; until then promotions attach the committed en-US note and Play falls back to the default language.
Adds `release_note_static_serious` to both apps' `PlayStoreStrings.po` so GlotPress can translate it. Added by hand rather than regenerating the `.po`, which would also churn the per-version `release_note` key.
Lint/RedundantDirGlobSort: drop the redundant sort (Dir.glob is already sorted). Style/NestedFileDirname: use File.dirname(path, 2).
write_beta_promotion_steps_file exceeded the 30-line limit after the release-notes field was added; move the fields into beta_promotion_block_fields.
Per PR review: a missing option is a misconfiguration that should stop the promotion, not just log a warning.
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Description
Part of the Faster Releases effort. Lets a developer choose a release note ("what's new") when promoting a build to the Play Store
betatrack, alongside picking the build. The note is set on thebetarelease; a later promotion toproductionreuses that release, so the same note follows the build.The notes come from a fixed, translated set (
STATIC_RELEASE_NOTE_OPTIONS, one option for now,serious) rather than being written per release. Adding an option is a data change: a<key>.txtsource plus a row in the list.How it works
STATIC_RELEASE_NOTE_OPTIONS(fastlane/Fastfile).promote_to_betatakes the chosen option asrelease_notes_option(read from Buildkite meta-data bypromote-to-beta.sh), validates it, andstatic_release_notesattaches the per-locale text to thebetarelease.download_static_release_notes(fastlane/lanes/localization.rb) pulls the translated options from GlotPress intofastlane/{metadata,jetpack_metadata}/android/<locale>/release_notes_static/<option>.txt.WordPress/{metadata,jetpack_metadata}/release_notes_static/<option>.txt; its GlotPress stringrelease_note_static_<option>is registered ingenerate_playstore_strings.Translations
Each option is translated once through GlotPress (a stable key, so it doesn't change per release).
release_note_static_seriousis added to eachPlayStoreStrings.pofor GlotPress to pick up;en-USis committed. Until a locale is translated, the promotion attaches theen-USnote and Play falls back to the default listing language.The
.poentry was added by hand rather than regenerating, which would also churn the per-versionrelease_notekey.Testing instructions
The promote lane is
trunk-only and acts on the real Play Store (as a draft), so e2e-test from a throwaway branch with the guard removed.Set up a test branch:
task/static-release-notes-e2e).ensure_promotion_on_trunk!calls infastlane/lanes/promote.rband commit.Run the picker:
PIPELINE=promote-beta.yml, with a promotable build above the current beta version code.promote_to_betaruns and posts a per-app result to Slack.Confirm in the Play Console:
en-US"what's new" text for both apps.