[ARROW-16655] [Release] Release improvements

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0.0
• Component/s: Continuous Integration, Developer Tools
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/32004
• Assignee: Raúl Cumplido
• Reporter: Raúl Cumplido
• Created: 25/May/22 13:24
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:45
• Resolved: 25/Jul/22 08:06

Description

This is an umbrella ticket collecting various improvements to our existing Release Process.

The improvements are focused on:

• Improvements and fixes for the current release scripts and steps
• Documentation improvements

Sub-Tasks

• [Doc] Document the release process: Resolved
• [Release] Allow archery to support MINOR tickets: Resolved
• [Release][Dev] Add flag to archery release curate to only show minimal information: Resolved
• [Release] Update 02-source.sh to automatically create PR to verify sources: Resolved
• [Release] Update 03-binary-submit.sh to comment on PR and track binary submission with badges: Resolved
• [Docs] Update release guide to specify new workflow and feature freeze: Resolved
• [Release] Post merge script for release should not be necessary with the new workflow: Resolved
• [Dev] Replace basic auth with token auth for JIRA: Resolved
• [Release][R] Use apache artifactory for libarrow binaries.: Resolved