docs: add disabled PR template for code freeze

To be enabled on rc1, and disabled again after the final release.
Gives contributors a clear warning that new features/APIs will be
postponed.

diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled b/.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..a133346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# CODE FREEZE NOTICE
+
+An -rc1 tag has been created and a release is being prepared, so please note that
+PRs introducing new features and APIs will be held back until the new version
+has been released.

diff --git a/docs/RELEASE.md b/docs/RELEASE.md
index acbfa8e5bb3e4cd4df05f2eb9ae11c0840c6234a..74998e138dbe293b7d68e5b06eef8aa60c25c0b4 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/RELEASE.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASE.md
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 4. Update hwdb (`ninja -C build update-hwdb`, `ninja -C build update-hwdb-autosuspend`, commit separately).
 5. Update syscall numbers (`ninja -C build update-syscall-tables update-syscall-header`).
 6. [RC1] Update version and library numbers in `meson.build`
-7. Check dbus docs with `ninja -C build update-dbus-docs`
-8. Tag the release: `version=vXXX-rcY && git tag -s "${version}" -m "systemd ${version}"`
-9. Do `ninja -C build`
-10. Make sure that the version string and package string match: `build/systemctl --version`
-11. Upload the documentation: `ninja -C build doc-sync`
-12. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
-13. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
-14. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
-15. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
-16. [FINAL] Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable --atomic origin/main:main origin/main:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).
+7. [RC1] Rename `.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled` to `.github/pull_request_template.md` to display the warning about soft-freeze for new features
+8. [FINAL] Rename `.github/pull_request_template.md` to `.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled` to hide the warning about soft-freeze for new features
+9. Check dbus docs with `ninja -C build update-dbus-docs`
+10. Tag the release: `version=vXXX-rcY && git tag -s "${version}" -m "systemd ${version}"`
+11. Do `ninja -C build`
+12. Make sure that the version string and package string match: `build/systemctl --version`
+13. Upload the documentation: `ninja -C build doc-sync`
+14. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
+15. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
+16. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
+17. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
+18. [FINAL] Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable --atomic origin/main:main origin/main:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).