Android: [2.7.0 beta v1] Release new beta version

[davigonz]

TASKS:

• [X] [COORDINATION] Create task in Community Management board to publish a blog post, several days before releasing: https://kanboard.owncloud.com/project/22/task/1867
• [x] [DEV] Create 2.7.0_beta_v1 branch from master and:
  - Get rid of previous beta implementation.
  - Update version code and name in build.gradle.
  - Update changelog file (< 500 chars)
• [X] [DEV] Adapt wizard in whatsNew_2.7.0 to new beta implementation
• [X] [DEV] Merge whatsNew_2.7.0 branch into 2.7.0_beta_v1
• [x] [DEV] Adjust whatsNew params to show 2.7.0 features in 2.7.0 beta.
• [x] [QA] Perform some tests @jesmrec
• [x] [DEV] Merge 2.7.0_beta_v1 branch into master in owncloud/android https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/2064
• [x] [DIS] Generate test APKs files from branch master in owncloud/android
• [x] [GIT] Create and sign tag oc-android-2.7.0-beta.1 in HEAD commit of master branch, in owncloud/android
  
  
  
  • [x] [DOC] Include new changelog on Releases section of github android repo by drafting the new pre-release 2.7.0 beta
  
  
• [x] [DIS] Generate final APK files from signed commit in owncloud/android and perform some basic operations

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F-DROID:

• [x] [RESEARCH] Same package name for beta an final releases in F-Droid
• [x] [DIS] Delete beta app
• [x] [DEV] Create MR in F-Droid repo https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/merge_requests/3005
  
  
  
  • [x] [DEV] Merge MR into F-Droid.
  
  
  • [x] [DIS] MR has had effect: F-Droid sets 2.6.0 as active version (with a white star) in Versions tab and 2.7.0-beta.1 appears at the top of the list.
  
  

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PLAY STORE:

• [x] [DIS] Unpublish beta app
• [x] [DIS] Create new beta program and upload beta APK

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FINAL TASKS:

• [x] [SPREADTHEWORD] Write a topic in central about the beta release. https://central.owncloud.org/t/owncloud-android-2-7-0-beta-app-released/12528
  
  
  
  • [x] [SPREADTHEWORD] Share new beta on social media.
  
  

[davigonz]

Before deleting the previous beta configuration, we need to know if F-Droid supports beta and final release with just one package name, as PlayStore does with beta program, @theScrabi is trying to figure out whether that is possible or not in F-Droid.

[theScrabi]

[RESEARCH] Same package name for beta an final releases in F-Droid [WIP] @theScrabi

According to this commend from krt it is possible to have beta and non beta application within the same package name. An example for that was the package of the fdroid app itself: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/metadata/org.fdroid.fdroid.txt

[davigonz]

@jesmrec @theScrabi 2.7.0 beta is already tagged and released on our Github repository, next week we will continue with F-Droid and PlayStore.

CC / @michaelstingl

[theScrabi]

Fdroid PR for new beta release is out.

[davigonz]

Fdroid PR for new beta release is out.

@theScrabi great, please update the F-Droid tasks in the first comment, I mean, check the ones that are finished.

[davigonz]

Our feedback channel for beta will be https://github.com/owncloud/android/issues from now on, any suggestion is welcome anyway.

[jesmrec]

i think apps mail should be included as well

[davigonz]

i think apps mail should be included as well

@jesmrec only one feedback channel is allowed 😕

[jesmrec]

oooh... i did not expect that. In this case, maybe should we centralize the feedback in one issue?

[theScrabi]

So 2.7.0-beta.1 is now available on fdroid, however fdroid failed to mark it as a beta release, so now it's available as release. I already fixed it however, we still wait for an fdroid maintainer to eventually merge our pull request.

[theScrabi]

Merge request for fdroid repository was merged. And exidental wrong release got fixed.

[davigonz]

@theScrabi I've downloaded F-Droid with no ownCloud app installed and seen that Version 2.7.0-beta.1 is the active version when Version 2.6.0 should be the active one

[theScrabi]

This is what that pull request should fix. Because of the way the server understood the regex, he thought beta was a release, and added it automatically.

[mueller-ma]

Nextcloud releases their beta version under a different package name, so people can install both apps alongside: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nextcloud.android.beta/
Is there something against this for owncloud?

[theScrabi]

Yes we figured that when people use both they would not test the beta application well enough, so we thought about changing this and make users use either beta or the stable.

[jesmrec]

Beta released and available