Acceptance criteria
[] Container images of Wikibase Suite compatible with MediaWiki 1.40.1 have been prepared, tested and published to Docker hub
[] Tarball packages of Wikibase Suite compatible with MediaWiki 1.40.1 have been prepared, tested and published to releases.wikimedia.org
**Notes:**
- This version will be built with the new branch/version structure T349621
- Upgrade tests will be broken in the structure until they get checked and rebuilt
- This release will be, hence, blocked,. until the upgrade tests are updates and the releases passes them
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Releasing checklist (copied from T332786)
[x] Create a task on phabricator with this template
[] Collect subtasks that need to be included in the release, adding this task as a parent (including security tasks)
[x] Review open backports for Wikimedia controlled Gerrit extensions included in the release, merging where appropriate [link](https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/status:open+branch:REL1_40(project:mediawiki/extensions/Babel+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/cldr+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/CirrusSearch+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/Elastica+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/EntitySchema+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/Nuke+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/OAuth+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/Scribunto+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor++project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseCirrusSearch+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseManifest)) (check that all extensions are included in the search and the correct REL1_40 version is used)
[x] https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/WikibaseLocalMedia/tags (STILL ON 1.39, does not state 1.40 compat, but tests pass)
[x] https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/WikibaseEdtf/tags (STILL ON 1.39, does not state 1.40 compat, but tests pass)
[x] Create a mw-X.XX branch off of main in the releasing repository if this release is based on a new mediawiki major version
[x] Create a draft PR for the new release in the releasing repository, merging back into the relevant mw-X.XX branch
[x] Adjust update test base versions test_upgrade_base and test_upgrade_bundle in .github/workflows/built_and_test.yml if required
[x] Make the draft PR green
[x] Prepare the final round of patches
[x] Release notes for Wikibase.git
[x] Any security patches for any codebases https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/a3a796vpLp8a/
[] Prepare communication with ComCom & Technical Writer
[] Merge final patches
[x] Release notes
[ ] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T350934
[x] Update any needed commit hashes in the release env file
[] Merge the release PR
[x] Test and verify RC candidates
[x] Deploy artifacts to test the system https://wikibase-product-testing.wmcloud.org
[x] Verify against acceptance criteria
[] Publish release candidates https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/main/docs/topics/publishing.md
[] dockerhub
[] releases.wikimedia.org
[] Update and merge PR for docker-compose example in release-pipeline repository
[] Tags
[] Dxocs
[] mw.org
[] docker-compose example references
[] Record build meta data
[] Communication