CiviCRM: Evaluate a release candidate
Check the build
Navigate to http://download.civicrm.org/latest and verify that the RC has a release with a suitable timestamp.
(If the RC is missing, inspect the records for https://test.civicrm.org/job/CiviCRM-Publish/)
Create the hydra
In case there have been significant changes in the CMS integrations, in distmaker, or in the installer, you should double-check that the tarballs and installers still work as expected.
If you have a system with civibuild, then you can use the related command
civihydra to spin up empty sites and download the tarballs. For example:
civihydra create https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-drupal.tar.gz
civihydra create https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-wordpress.zip
civihydra create https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-joomla.zip
civihydra create https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-backdrop.tar.gz
# civihydra create https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-drupal6.tar.gzor build all of them in one command:
civihydra create https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-drupal.tar.gz https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-wordpress.zip https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-joomla.zip https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-backdrop.tar.gzThe civihydra command will print out instructions to complete each installation manually.
If you missed the instructions, display them again by running civihydra show.
WIP
We should be defining more processes to evaluate RCs.