Release checklist for Surge XT 1.4

[Andreya-Autumn]

Release label: XT 1.4.0
Link to milestone: https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/surge/milestone/36

Pre-Install

• Address all open issues for the milestone
• Go through the submitted patch banks and select the "best-of" for release
• Update the changelog
• Update the manual
• Make sure the CMakeLists.txt version matches the version you are about to install

Executing the Install

• Update releases-xt/azure-pipelines so we don't get a tag conflict when the release happens even if it is just a bump commit
• Create git markers in the surge repository
  • Unlock your GPG key just in case, by running gpg --output x.sig --sign CMakeLists.txt
  • Create a branch named git checkout -b release-xt/x.y.z
  • Sign a tag with git tag -s release_xt_x.y.z -m "Create signed tag",
  • Push both the branch and tag to upstream git push --atomic upstream-write release-xt/x.y.z release_xt_x.y.z

Post-Install

• Update and announce
  • Update Homebrew doc
  • Update Winget manifest (wingetcreate update --submit --urls https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/releases-xt/releases/download/x.y.z/surge-xt-win64-x.y.z-setup.exe --version x.y.z SurgeSynthTeam.SurgeXT)
  • Ping @luzpaz in Tracking Surge XT in the downstream package ecosystem #7132
  • Post to KvR thread, Facebook, Discord, etc.

[luzpaz]

JFYI, 1.3.4 is already updated downstream

Related: surge-synthesizer/surge-synthesizer.github.io#369

[baconpaul]

Thanks!