Reach consensus on next release

Appoint release manager

Decide on features for next release

Identify and fix release-blocking issues

Technical Release Readiness Assessment

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Pre-release process

General Tasks

Agree on upcoming release

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Agree on feature set for next release

Prepare release testing

Create test checklist

Setup release branches

Prepare test setup

Perform technical release readiness assessment

Checkout release branches

Setup test environment

Test system

Fix critical issue

Cherry-pick branches into dev

Perform legal release readiness assessment

Checkout release branches

Perform legal checks

Fix legal issue

Cherry-pick branches into dev