Merge pull request #906 from junpataleta/8wkspriorupdate

Separate task not related to the Testing Maintainer

Author: andrewnicols

general/development/process/release/index.md

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 | 1. | &#10003; |  | Recurring release epics review:<br/><ul><li>Review how previous deprecation epics are going and share about them.</li><li>Review how previous library review epics are going and share about them.</li></ul> | Integration Team | Integration Team |
 | 2. | &#10003; |  | Ensure we are running latest/good behat, phpunit and nodejs (npm) versions. | Integration Team |
 | 3. | &#10003; |  | Confirm external testers daily availability from -7w to release (internally with dev manager and then, externally, with contractors). They start in just 1 week! | Integration Team |
-| 4. | &#10003; |  | <ul><li>Move QA tests for new features in old release with automated tests from [MDLQA-1](https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLQA-1) to [MDLQA-5249](https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLQA-5249).</li><li> Remind devs:<ul><li>To label issues qa_test_required when a new feature/improvement is landing without automated tests. Also add a comment advising exactly what should be covered in the QA test (for example, steps 6-10 in testing instructions).</li><li>The best possible lang strings land at first attempt. Given the proximity of the major release and to facilitate the work of translators and others... the sooner, the better, instead of relying on (late) en_fixes too much.</li></ul></li></ul> | Testing Maintainer |
-| 5. | &#10003; |  | <ul><li>Create a "Must fix for X.Y" version in the Tracker and adjust the ["TR - Set integration priority to one"](https://ci.moodle.org/view/Tracker/job/TR%20-%20Set%20integration%20priority%20to%20one/) and ["TR - Move reopened out from current"](https://ci.moodle.org/view/Tracker/job/TR%20-%20Move%20reopened%20out%20from%20current/) jobs in **all CI servers** to point to it.</li><li>Comment about its creation within HQ so people can apply this to the "Fix Version/s" field in the Tracker.</li><li>Confirm that the following filters based on the [All "must fix" issues](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=21363) filter, and are used on the [Release urgent dashboard](https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16582), look and work as expected:<ul><li>[release urgent - Peer review list](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=18596)</li><li>[release urgent (must fix) - up for grabs](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=18594)</li><li>[release urgent- current HQ work](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=18861)</li></ul></li><li>Rename the [Release urgent dashboard](https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16582) to indicate the version for the upcoming release (QA part of the dashboard will not work yet)</li></ul> | Integration Team |
+| 4. | &#10003; |  | <ul><li>Move QA tests for new features in old release with automated tests from [MDLQA-1](https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLQA-1) to [MDLQA-5249](https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLQA-5249).</li><li>Remind developers to add the `qa_test_required` label to the tracker issue of new features/improvements that get integrated without automated tests. Developers need to comment on what needs to be covered by the QA test and indicate if the issue's testing instructions, or part of it, can be used to write the QA test.</li></ul> | Testing Maintainer |
+| 5. | &#10003; |  | Remind developers to write the best possible language strings for their patches on their first attempt instead of relying on `en_fix`, which usually gets integrated in the last two weeks of the release cycle. Getting the language strings right the first time will help make the translators' lives easier, given the proximity of the major release and the need to facilitate the work of translators and others. | English fixes lang pack maintainer |
+| 6. | &#10003; |  | <ul><li>Create a "Must fix for X.Y" version in the Tracker and adjust the ["TR - Set integration priority to one"](https://ci.moodle.org/view/Tracker/job/TR%20-%20Set%20integration%20priority%20to%20one/) and ["TR - Move reopened out from current"](https://ci.moodle.org/view/Tracker/job/TR%20-%20Move%20reopened%20out%20from%20current/) jobs in **all CI servers** to point to it.</li><li>Comment about its creation within HQ so people can apply this to the "Fix Version/s" field in the Tracker.</li><li>Confirm that the following filters based on the [All "must fix" issues](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=21363) filter, and are used on the [Release urgent dashboard](https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16582), look and work as expected:<ul><li>[release urgent - Peer review list](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=18596)</li><li>[release urgent (must fix) - up for grabs](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=18594)</li><li>[release urgent- current HQ work](https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=18861)</li></ul></li><li>Rename the [Release urgent dashboard](https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=16582) to indicate the version for the upcoming release (QA part of the dashboard will not work yet)</li></ul> | Integration Team |
 
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