Release

❗ All workflows should be executed from the branch to release (main for 4.0.x or 3.4.x) ❗

• Update Spring Boot dependency to the latest version in the main pom.xml file
• Stage the release by specifying the version to release
• Check the release build spring-shell-x.x.x on Artifactory and verify that artefacts are not corrupted or empty
• Promote the release to Maven Central by specifying the build name and number (from previous step)
• Tag the release by providing the release version and the next snapshot version
• Publish the release on GitHub (select the tag from previous step and enable the Set as the latest release flag)
• Close the milestone on Github
• Update the website content (blog post + latest version updates)
• Once the blog post is online, update the Latest News in the readme with a link to it
• Announce the release on spring-release gchat channel