Release 0.11.0

Release Notes

• Web UI: v2.8.0
• IPFS: go-ipfs v0.5.0-rc4

🚨 Breaking Changes

• fix: remove old auto launch method (#1416)
• fix: ipfs daemon flags (#1437)

✨ Features

• feat: support for go-ipfs 0.5 (#1392)
• feat: run garbage collector (#1407)
• feat: update ipfsd-ctl to 4.x (#1411)
• feat: improved update experience (#1414)
• feat(ux): improve download cid (#1419)
• feat(ux): improve gc (#1420)
• feat(ux): better error messages (#1421)
• feat(ux): separate open from other actions (#1424)
• feat(ux): move preferences to menubar (#1425)
• feat: allow custom ipfs binary (#1427)
• feat(ux): open web ui at login (#1429)
• feat: add “Help Translation” under “About” (#1447)
• feat: go-ipfs 0.5 (https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/pull/1463)

🛠 Fixes and Maintenance

• fix: drag&drop files and folders (https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/issues/1287#issuecomment-620604299)
• fix: start on login (#1334)
• fix: notify when new update is available (#1384)
• chore: update to electron 8.x (#1404)
• fix: write path when it does not exist (#1405)
• refactor: remove babel (#1406)
• fix: circular dependency between dialogs and daemon (#1408)
• fix: use portfinder instead of get-port (#1410)
• fix: screenshot taking (#1418)
• fix: disable updates in development (#1423)
• docs: clarify protocol usage (#1426)
• fix: translate ‘Select Directory’ (#1428)
• refactor: move utilities to utils directory (#1434)
• fix: repo fsck is deprecated (#1438)
• refactor: use store migrations and defaults (#1443)
• fix(ux): show dock when prompt is visible (#1450)
• fix: keep track of last opened page (#1452)

Before Release

• Make sure i18n is updated (tx pull -a)
• Make sure we’re using the latest released version of Web UI
• Make sure we’re using the latest released version of go-ipfs
• Update Release Notes accordingly

Release

• Release Candidate
  • 💻 Bump version on package.json
  • 💻 git tag $version
  • 💻 git push && git push --tags
  • ⏰ Wait…
  • 🔗 Link release notes to this issue
• Final
  • 📝 Create draft and copy the release notes above
  • 💻 Bump version on package.json
  • 💻 git tag $version
  • 💻 git push && git push --tags
  • ⏰ Wait…
  • 📃 Copy the release notes above to the GitHub release
  • 👮 Notarize .dmg at Apple (context: #1365) 1. Download .dmg from https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/vA.B.C 2. Ensure APPLEID and APPLEIDPASS are set either as environment variables or entries in .env file. Those need to belong to the same org as cert used for signing. 3. Run node pkgs/macos/notarize-cli.js ./IPFS-Desktop-A.B.C.dmg
  • 🚢 Ship!
  • 📑 Update README.md versions
  • 📦 Update Homebrew
  • 📦 Update Chocolatey

Postponed

If any…

[lidel]

Ok, I believe we reviewed and merged key PRs (Linux is unblocked by #1429) and figured out notarization plan. More or less just waiting for 0.5 to land.

Things that need to happen before release:

• @rafaelramalho19 is smoke-testing testing master with go-ipfs 0.5.0-rc4 (on Mac&Windows)
• we need to switch to a new release version of ipfs-webui (https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/issues/1451#issuecomment-619940184)
  • we need a new release, as there were fixes that will impact desktop
    • latest master of webui includes drag&drop fix by @rafaelramalho19 (https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-webui/pull/1468) and may solve issues described in https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/issues/1287#issuecomment-580368657
    • ideally, we would wait for https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-webui/pull/1444, but may ship something before that PR is properly reviewed and merged
• switch to go-ipfs 0.5.0 (when released - tracked in https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/7109)
• release ipfs-desktop & notarize on macOS (with notarize-cli.js, as noted in https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/pull/1365#issuecomment-596727138)

[bertrandfalguiere]

I’m currently correcting translations in French for IPFS Desktop and the Web UI, if you can afford to wait 1h.