Review guide

Key changes

• simplified release process -> RELEASE_STEPS.md
  • no release candidates
  • no GIT_VERSION -> VERSION -> GIT_VERSION
  • no source package as part of release
  • no commit signing
  • no announcement
• closed "Issues" tab on GitHub and full transition to track all issues in Jira. Except for legacy tickets in pmem/pmdk.
• completing the shift towards fully support only one user: the DAOS Project.
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • README.md
• stopping endorsement of no-NDCTL PMDK compilation

Minor changes

• version always follows major.minor.patch scheme.
• changing all relevant pmem/pmdk references to daos-stack/pmdk

Rationale

1. no release candidates

There is no extra pre-release validation. Branch when it is prepared for release can be validated directly as part of the daily / weekly validation cycle and only when the validation is completed the release can take place. So, there is no need to create a release candidate.

2. no GIT_VERSION -> VERSION -> GIT_VERSION

• We ceased to support customers who download source code archive instead of cloning the repository. When the repository is cloned all needed version information is already there.
• It also means no source package will be longer published as part of the release.

3. no commit signing

• When the tag is properly signed and published it already guarantees the authenticity of the commit.
• The commit's signature cannot survive the pull request process. Please note SHA is changed in this process. So signing a commit which goes through a pull request is pointless.

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