Story (Required)

This is a story to track all the release activities. The owner of the story should act as a release manager and drive the release.

Background (Required)

Z-stream release for v1.8.0

Out of scope

Fixing the issues for v1.8.2

Approach (Required)

Use https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zfNBetGC87nuVxivGkjKQg4NGJVxxos3vkWtMmQk9X8/edit# 

Dependencies

_https://issues.redhat.com/projects/GITOPS/versions/12404923_

Acceptance Criteria (Mandatory)

-[] Create a new errata adv2isory
-[] Create the build pipeline
-[] Update Component Matrix in Confluence
-[] Update argocd-operator repo (if necessary), i.e. if argocd version upgrade 
-[] Update gitops-operator repo (if necessary), i.e. if argocd-operator or argocd version in argocd-operator was upgraded
-[] Trigger build
-[] Attach builds to the errata release advisory
-[] Attach Jira issues to the errata release advisory
-[] Move the advisories into QE state & get QE Approval 
-[] Get docs team approval on advisories
-[] Tag release branches in midstream and gitops-operator repos
-[] Get the binaries signed

Done Checklist

-[] Acceptance criteria items are all completed