[FLINK-33838] Finalize release 1.18.1

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.18.0
• Assignee: Jing Ge
• Reporter: Jing Ge
• Created: 14/Dec/23 15:30
• Updated: 25/Jan/24 23:08
• Resolved: 25/Jan/24 23:08

Description

Once the release candidate has been reviewed and approved by the community, the release should be finalized. This involves the final deployment of the release candidate to the release repositories, merging of the website changes, etc.

Issue Links

• blocks: FLINK-33843 Promote release 1.18.1
• is blocked by: FLINK-33885 Build Release Candidate: 1.18.1-rc2
• is blocked by: FLINK-33833 Build Release Candidate: 1.18.1-rc1

Sub-Tasks

• Deploy Python artifacts to PyPI: Resolved
• Deploy artifacts to Maven Central Repository (need PMC role): Resolved
• Remove old release candidates from dist.apache.org: Resolved
• Verify artifacts related expectations: Resolved
• Create Git tag and check no new Jira tickets have 1.18.1 as the Fix version after the last release candidate was tagged: Resolved
• Mark version as released in Jira (need PMC role): Resolved
• Publish the Dockerfiles for the new release: Resolved