ebrahim
July 7, 2026, 4:13pm
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Notes from meeting
Planning to post the 5.12.0 release announcement around the same time as a 5.12.1 release, for the sake of making something available for macOS users that works with C++ extensions. The linux and windows nightly don’t need to be paused for 5.12.1 because we can just rebuild the existing stable; the macOS needs to rebuild extnesions as well so we may need to pause the nightly for 5.12.1.
opened 02:31PM - 07 Jul 26 UTC
_Based on the state of the relevant sub-tasks, consider updating the issue descr… iption changing `:question:` (:question:) into either `:hourglass_flowing_sand:` (:hourglass_flowing_sand:) or `:heavy_check_mark:` (:heavy_check_mark:)._
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Checklist **Installers Release**:
* [ ] [Pin](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/pinning-an-issue-to-your-repository) this issue.
* [ ] [Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#update-release-in-progress-post) the `Release in progress` post.
* [ ] [Disable](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#enable-or-disable-regular-nightly-builds) regular nightly builds.
* [ ] `CMakeLists.txt`: [Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#cmakeliststxt-update-the-slicer-version-information-for-the-release) the Slicer version information for the release.
* [ ] [Tag](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#tag-the-repository) the repository with `v5.12.1`.
* [ ] [Create](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#create-release-or-patch-release-on-slicer-packageskitwarecom) release `5.12.1` on [slicer-packages.kitware.com](https://slicer-packages.kitware.com/#folder/5f4474d0e1d8c75dfc705482).
* [ ] [Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#update-release-scripts) release scripts.
* [ ] [Generate](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#generate-application-and-extension-packages) application and extension packages. See https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=YYYY-MM-DD.
* Linux: :question:
* macOS: :question:
* Windows: :question:
* [ ] Update [Release Details](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Details) on the Slicer GitHub wiki.
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Checklist **Post Release**:
_These steps will take place in the week following **Installers Release** steps_
* [ ] [Re-enable](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#enable-or-disable-regular-nightly-builds) regular nightly builds.
* [ ] Manually [sign the packages](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Signing-Application-Packages).
* Linux: NA
* macOS: signed :question:, notarized :question:
* Windows: :question:
* [ ] [Upload](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#upload-signed-release-packages) signed release packages in the release folder.
* Linux: NA
* macOS: :question:
* Windows: :question:
* [ ] In the `5.12.1` release folder, update each `Slicer_<os>_<arch>_<revision>` items changing the `pre_release` metadata from `true` to `false`.
* Linux: :question:
* macOS: :question:
* Windows: :question:
* [ ] [Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#update-extensionstats-module) `ExtensionStats` module.
* [ ] [Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#update-external-websites) external websites.
* [ ] [Generate release notes](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Generating-Release-Notes) and prepare Discourse content.
* [ ] Finalize Slicer Announcement and release notes in HackMD (or equivalent shared document).
* [ ] Publish Slicer Announcement & release notes on Discourse.
* [ ] Unpin this issue.
The failures seem to be a resource issue, because the pages randomly load or fail at different times.
It’s hosted on digitalocean. Sam might be able to access the system to look into adding resources.
We should migrate the wiki to something else eventually: slicer core docs for slicer aspects, and we’ll need to come up with something for extension docs – maybe a dedicated extension docs archive repo or github wiki page.
Sam accessed the system dashboard: it seems to be a storage issue. Creating a backup snapshot and then attempting to increase storage…
It should be possible to add a failsafe in Slicer, Ebrahim looking into doing that before 5.12.1 if it is a small change.