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### **2. Prepare the blog post**
- Check the changelog of CE and EE for important changes. Based on [release blog template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/doc/release_blog_template.md) fill in the important information.
- Create a WIP MR for the blog post and cc the team so everyone can give feedback.
- Start with a complete copy of the [release blog template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/doc/release_blog_template.md) and fill it out.
- Check the changelog of CE and EE for important changes.
- Create a WIP MR for the blog post
- Ask Dmitriy to add screenshots to the WIP MR.
- Decide with team who will be the MVP user.
- Add a note if there are security fixes: This release fixes an important security issue and we advise everyone to upgrade as soon as possible.
- Assign to one reviewer who will fix spelling issues by editing the branch (can use the online editor)
- After the reviewer is finished the whole team will be mentioned to give their suggestions via line comments
### **3. Create a regressions issue**
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# **21st - Preparation**
### **1. Q&A**
### **1. Pre QA merge**
Merge CE into EE before doing the QA.
### **2. QA**
Create issue on dev.gitlab.org `gitlab` repository, named "GitLab X.X release" in order to keep track of the progress.
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**NOTE** Upgrader can only be tested when tags are pushed to all repositories. Do not forget to confirm it is working before releasing. Note that in the issue.
### **2. Fix anything coming out of the QA**
### **3. Fix anything coming out of the QA**
Create an issue with description of a problem, if it is quick fix fix yourself otherwise contact the team for advice.
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`v.x.x.0-ee`
Merge CE into EE if needed.
### **1. Create x-x-stable branch and push to the repositories**
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### **2. Build the Omnibus packages**
[Follow this guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/release.md)
Follow the [release doc in the Omnibus repository](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/release.md).
This can happen before tagging because Omnibus uses tags in its own repo and SHA1's to refer to the GitLab codebase.
