3.3.6 LTS release procedure

[tgodzik]

• Publish artifacts to Maven via CI

  • Ensure scala-steward is blocking automatic upgrades for 3.3.6
  • On release-3.3.6 branch:
    • In project/Build.scala: Set baseVersion = "3.3.6" and ensure referenceVersion is set to stable version
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure MinorVersion is set to 3
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure ExperimentalVersion is set to stable (0)
    • Create changelog file in changelogs/3.3.6.md
    • Tag the branch as 3.3.6
    • Wait for CI to publish artifacts
    • Audit and release artifacts on https://oss.sonatype.org/

• Wait for releases/confirmation from tooling:

  • Scala CLI - test
  • Scala Native - publish compiler plugin
  • Scastie - update available versions chore: Add Scala 3.3.6 scalacenter/scastie#1122
  • Scala DAP - publish compiler plugin
  • Scalameta Parser - test chore: Update Scala 3 to 3.3.6 scalameta/scalameta#4240

• Prepare the documentation

  • Generate stable documentation for 3.3.6 using scaladoc and upload to remote server to 3.3.6/ directory
  • Add 3.3.6 to API docs versions.json
  • Update symlink 3.3_LTS to target 3.3.6/ directory

• Announce the release

  • Publish release on GitHub Releases (convert to public)
  • Publish an announcement for 3.3.6 blogpost
  • Update the tracking thread for 3.3.6 on https://contributors.scala-lang.org
  • Update https://docs.scala-lang.org/ chore: Update Scala 3.3.6 docs.scala-lang#3190:
    • In api/all.md in ## Previous releases section add entry for previous stable version
    • In _overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.md - add entry for 3.3.6 if needed

• Update the ecosystem

  • Release 3.3.6 to SDKMAN
  • Release 3.3.6 to Chocolatey
  • Update Scala Steward config:
    • Unlock automatic upgrades for 3.3.6 Unblock updates to Scala 3.3.6 LTS scala-steward-org/scala-steward#3635
    • Block automatic upgrades for next planned version
  • Update Bazel Scala rules repositories config to use 3.3.6 Upgrade Scala 3.3.5 -> 3.3.6 bazel-contrib/rules_scala#1735

[WojciechMazur]

Scala Native compiler plugins published
OpenCB build scheduled
I've generated the docs and uploaded, would be available at https://www.scala-lang.org/api/3.3.6 after Jenkins cronjob picks it up in few hours