Release of v19.0.2

[systay]

This release is scheduled for Thu 4 Apr 2024

Prerequisites for Release

• Notify the community on Slack.
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean.
• Make sure backport Pull Requests are merged, list below.
  • Performance improvements for UNION #15497
  • discovery: Fix tablets removed from healthcheck when topo server GetTablet call fails #15633
  • VReplication: Get workflowFlavorVtctl endtoend testing working properly again #15636
  • Fix TPCH test by providing the correct field information in evalengine #15623
  • [release-19.0] Fix TPCH test by providing the correct field information in evalengine (#15623) #15655
• Make sure release blocker Issues are closed, list below.

Pre-Release

• Code Freeze.
  • [release-19.0] Code Freeze for v19.0.2 #15644
• Create Release PR.
  • [release-19.0] Release of v19.0.2 #15645
• Create new GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/milestone/57

Release

• Merge the Release PR.
  • [release-19.0] Release of v19.0.2 #15645
• Tag the release.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v19.0.2
• Update release notes on main.
  • Copy v19.0.2 release notes on main #15647
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
  • [release-19.0] Bump to v19.0.3-SNAPSHOT after the v19.0.2 release #15648
• Update the website documentation.
• Make sure the release is benchmarked by arewefastyet.
• Docker Images available on DockerHub.
• Close current GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/milestone/55

Post-Release

• Notify the community on Slack for the new release.
• Twitter announcement.
• Close this Issue.

[GrahamCampbell]

Is #15588 a blocker for 19.0.2?

[systay]

Is #15588 a blocker for 19.0.2?

Nope

[systay]

Rescheduling the release to 2024-04-04, so it can include the go v1.22.2 patch

[systay]

We are not going to finish the 19.0.2 release. Doing 19.0.3 instead.
#15656