Release procedure 3.8.3

[WojciechMazur]

• Publish artifacts to Maven via CI

  • Ensure scala-steward is blocking automatic upgrades for 3.8.3
  • On release-3.8.3 branch:
    • Create changelog file in changelogs/3.8.3.md
    • In project/Build.scala: Set baseVersion = "3.8.3" and ensure referenceVersion is set to stable version
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure MinorVersion is set to 8
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure ExperimentalVersion is set to stable (0)
    • Tag the branch as 3.8.3
    • Wait for CI to publish artifacts
    • Audit and release artifacts on https://central.sonatype.com/

• Wait for releases/confirmation from tooling:

  • Scala CLI - test: Bump Scala 3 Next to 3.8.3 VirtusLab/scala-cli#4204
  • Scala Native - publish compiler plugin
  • Scastie - update available versions: chore: 3.8.3 bump scalacenter/scastie#1280
  • Scalameta Parser - test and update dialects to include new features on a new minor test: Test mdoc with 3.8.3 scalameta/mdoc#1068
  • Metals - update tests and make sure new features are supported chore: Test Metals with Scala 3.8.3 scalameta/metals#8211
  • Mdoc - update tests test: Test mdoc with 3.8.3 scalameta/mdoc#1068
  • Open Community Build

• Prepare the documentation

  • Generate stable documentation for 3.8.3 using scaladoc and upload to remote server to 3.8.3/ directory
  • Add 3.8.3 to API docs versions.json
  • Update symlink 3.x to target 3.8.3/ directory

• Merge branch release-3.8.3 into language-reference-stable` [chore] Language reference stable sync 3.8.3 #25650

• Announce the release

  • Publish release on GitHub Releases (convert to public)
  • Update https://docs.scala-lang.org/: Add Scala 3.8.3 API docs docs.scala-lang#3290
  • Publish an announcement for 3.8.3 blogpost on https://scala-lang.org/blog/releases/
  • Update the tracking thread for 3.8.3 on https://contributors.scala-lang.org
  • Create the release thread for 3.8.3 on https://users.scala-lang.org

• Update the ecosystem

  • Release 3.8.3 to SDKMAN
  • Release 3.8.3 to Chocolatey
  • Update the templates and examples projects:
    • scala3-mill-example-project
    • scala3-cross.g8
    • scala3-staging.g8
    • scala3-tasty-inspector.g8
    • scala3.g8
  • Unlock 3.8.3 updated in Scala Steward config and block next planned version` Update Scala to 3.8.3 scala-steward-org/scala-steward#3856
  • Update Bazel Scala rules repositories config to use 3.8.3 [chore] Update Scala 3.8 to 3.8.3 bazel-contrib/rules_scala#1821
  • Submit Windows MSI installer to Microsoft anti-malware analysis - guide - submission