Release checklist 15.0

[emmaco]

Data updates

• Export annotated CM and SEED files
• Update PDB mapping
• Run view processes
• Run clan competition
• Update tables in rfam live (prepare rfam live)

Update FTP archive

• Create .release FTP directory
• database_files
• fasta_files
• genome_browser_hub
• rfam2go
• Rfam.clanin
• Rfam.cm.gz
• Rfam.full_region.gz
• Rfam.pdb.gz
• Rfam.seed.gz
• Rfam.3d.seed.gz
• Rfam.seed_tree.gz
• stats file
• COPYING
• README including Section 5
• Rfam.tar.gz
• USERMAN

Pre Announce

• Update EBI text search on wwwdev
• Update the website
• Add release graphic
• Update pages with new data (e.g. microRNA or viral project pages)
• Merge new code into rfam-website master
• Update the REL MySQL database
• Update the PG/FB1 MySQL database
• Update rfamweb_local.conf (fields ebi_search and connect_info)
• Verify OY VMs directly before repeating for PG
• Move.release FTP directory to release
• Update CURRENT FTP symlink
• Update Public MySQL database using Sequel Ace
  • Load new data into a new database called rfam_xx_x
  • Rename the Rfam database to rfam_xx_y
  • Rename the rfam_xx_x database to Rfam
  • Delete old databases to save space on PUB
• EBI cmscan search - check that it automatically picks up the new covariance models from the production FTP location
• Update RNAcentral sequence search
• update rfam_local.py config to latest db

Announce

• Publish blog post with the Rfam tag
• Post on Twitter

Post Announce

• Close GitHub release project
• Review GitHub issues
• Backup old text search files - tar.gz folder in search_dumps
• Make sure production website uses production search index
• Update Rfam taxonomy and create a new GitHub release
• Create a release checklist for the next release