Release v3.30.24.2 checklist

[e-perl-NOAA]

Release checklist

General checklist before pre-release and release

• SS3 testing and debugging completed (RM/IT)
• Check artifact from the call-build-ss3-warnings GitHub action for useful warnings (RM/IT/EP)
• r4ss updated (IT/EP)
• Change log project board updated with any issues labelled "change log" and check for any issues that should be labelled "change log" (RM)
  • @Rick-Methot-NOAA I moved 3 issues over to the change log, please double check

Checklist for before release

• Make changes to SS3 if any bugs caught in prerelease (RM)
• Code committed and tagged in repo as v3.30.24.2, which will trigger a GHA to build the release executables (EP) (Instructions on how to push a a local tag to a remote)
• All exes added to GitHub releases as v3.30.24.2 (EP) (get exes in the artifacts of the GHA that built the release exes)
• Run release workflow (or bug fix release workflow if the release is a bug fix). Note that the branch protection rules must be briefly turned off to allow this workflow to run. (EP)
• Exe and .tpl archived on Google drive (EP)
• Send out release announcement message to the SS3 forum (RM)
• Add to release discussion on GitHub repository (EP)

Checklist for after release

• Update user-example models using this github action and tag with new release number after updating (EP)
• Update test models using this github action and tag with new release number after updating (EP)
• Update executables in the SAC tool (also suggest updating the input files to the .ss_new files (EP/JC)
• Removed "resolved" tag and close all issues worked in the milestone for this release (RM)
• Move unworked issues for the release milestone to the next milestone (RM)

[e-perl-NOAA]

@Rick-Methot-NOAA can you let me know when you have a release notes file ready and can you review the change log to see that it looks right for this bug fix release?