A year ago I started working on a patch to have a job the does the branch-cutting activities for us. https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/55849

Might be worth reviving it.

Rebased the patch https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/55849 and finished it off. This will now give us a job that will create the new stable/branches for us as well as produce the .gitreview patches automatically. This will heavily simplify our branch cutting process.

We could probably have the branch-cut job automatically launch the version-bump job with the right parameters once we update the version-bump job as described in the description. The branch-cut job on success can automatically launch the version bump job.

Having a couple of issues while testing this job on sandbox, with some minor changes...
why is the `git review -s` returning an error? Tried adding a `git remote add gerrit ...` after

06:02:23 /w/workspace/autorelease-version-bump-nitrogen/vtn /w/workspace/autorelease-version-bump-nitrogen
06:02:23 + '[' master == stable/nitrogen ']'
06:02:23 + '[' true = true ']'
06:02:23 + git checkout master
06:02:23 Switched to branch 'master'
06:02:23 + popd
06:02:23 /w/workspace/autorelease-version-bump-nitrogen
06:02:23 + git remote -v
06:02:23 origin	git://devvexx.opendaylight.org/mirror/releng/autorelease (fetch)
06:02:23 origin	git://devvexx.opendaylight.org/mirror/releng/autorelease (push)
06:02:23 + git config --global --add gitreview.username jenkins-releng
06:02:23 + git remote add gerrit ssh://jenkins-releng@devvexx.opendaylight.org:29418/mirror/releng/autorelease
06:02:23 + git remote -v
06:02:23 gerrit	ssh://jenkins-releng@devvexx.opendaylight.org:29418/mirror/releng/autorelease (fetch)
06:02:23 gerrit	ssh://jenkins-releng@devvexx.opendaylight.org:29418/mirror/releng/autorelease (push)
06:02:23 origin	git://devvexx.opendaylight.org/mirror/releng/autorelease (fetch)
06:02:23 origin	git://devvexx.opendaylight.org/mirror/releng/autorelease (push)
06:02:23 + git review -s
06:02:24 Problem running 'git remote update gerrit'
06:02:24 Fetching gerrit
06:02:24 ssh: connect to host devvexx.opendaylight.org port 29418: Network is unreachable
06:02:24 fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

[j] https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/sandbox/job/autorelease-version-bump-nitrogen/6/console

`opendaylight-jenkins-ssh` credentials are available both on releng and sandbox which is not the issue. However, its not able to connect to gerrit (git.opendaylight.org) because gerrit is clone as devvex.opendaylight.org?

I was testing the earlier change with $STREAM == nitrogen, instead should have been testing with $STREAM == "fluorine".

WIP: Update autorelease version bump job
https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/68854

Branch cutting is going through here:
https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/sandbox/job/autorelease-version-bump-fluorine/9/console

Release workflow test is in progress:

https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/sandbox/job/autorelease-version-bump-nitrogen/9/console

Updated the documentation which includes both workflows (manual and automated jobs).

https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/68762/

As mentioned in the 3rd comment [c]. We can save a step by having the branch cut job trigger the version bump job too. Then the step can be simplified to just running 1 job. Can we get that updated?

[c] https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/RELENG-81?focusedCommentId=61235&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-61235

zxiiro Yeah will take care of updating that job and docs.

abelur is this task complete?

Yes, this is resolved. Everything except the last part a step by having the branch cut job trigger the version bump job too. Then the step can be simplified to just running 1 job. 

[c] https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/RELENG-81?focusedCommentId=61235&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-61235

abelur is this complete? or is there more stuff to do here?

This is completed.