Releases: 1.23-1.28

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1.23 to 1.28 (inclusive)

Handle Existing PRs and Start Code Freeze for Non-Release Related Changes

• For PRs created by eks-distro-pr-bot in the below repos, review and merge changes
  • eks-distro
  • eks-distro-build-tooling
  • eks-distro-prow-jobs
• For non-EKS-D-bot PRs in the below repos, review and merge all un-held/non-WIP/production-ready/non-breaking PRs intended for the release or release process; follow up with the authors of the remaining PRs about if the changes are intended for the release and, if so, what additional work needs to be done.
  • eks-distro
  • eks-distro-build-tooling
  • eks-distro-prow-jobs

Check for and Make Any Additional Release-Related Changes

• Check for new project versions
  • kubernetes/kubernetes
  • containernetworking/plugins
  • coredns/coredns
  • kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server
  • kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator
  • etcd-io/etcd
  • kubernetes-csi/external-attacher
  • kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner
  • kubernetes-csi/external-resizer
  • kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter
  • kubernetes-csi/livenessprobe
  • kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar
• Check for patch changes
• After all the release-related changes are done, recheck for new PRs created by eks-distro-pr-bot in the below repos; review and merge them
  • eks-distro
  • eks-distro-build-tooling
  • eks-distro-prow-jobs

Cut Release 1.23 to 1.28 (inclusive)

• Open and merge dev release PR
• Confirm Prow jobs dev-release-1-XX-postsubmit and build-1-XX-postsubmit finished successfully
• Open and merge prod release PR
• Confirm prod release was successful
  • Prow jobs prod-release-1-XX-postsubmit and build-1-XX-postsubmit finished successfully
  • Release manifest is available and looks right (https://distro.eks.amazonaws.com/kubernetes-1-XX/kubernetes-1-XX-eks-Z.yaml)
  • Images are in ECR

Update Other Projects

• Open EKS-A PR (see example)
• Open BottleRocket PR –– 1.22 - 1.23 only (see example)
• Update BottleRocket