Prepare Cortex 1.3.0-rc.0 (#2978) (#2980)

Signed-off-by: Marco Pracucci <[email protected]>

Author: pracucci

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## master / unreleased
 
 
-## 1.3.0 in progress
+## 1.3.0-rc.0 / 2020-08-05
 
 * [CHANGE] Replace the metric `cortex_alertmanager_configs` with `cortex_alertmanager_config_invalid` exposed by Alertmanager. #2960
 * [CHANGE] Experimental Delete Series: Change target flag for purger from `data-purger` to `purger`. #2777

Makefile

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SED ?= $(shell which gsed 2>/dev/null || which sed)
 
 # We don't want find to scan inside a bunch of directories, to accelerate the
 # 'make: Entering directory '/go/src/github.com/cortexproject/cortex' phase.
-DONT_FIND := -name tools -prune -o -name vendor -prune -o -name .git -prune -o -name .cache -prune -o -name .pkg -prune -o
+DONT_FIND := -name tools -prune -o -name vendor -prune -o -name .git -prune -o -name .cache -prune -o -name .pkg -prune -o -name packaging -prune -o
 
 # Get a list of directories containing Dockerfiles
 DOCKERFILES := $(shell find . $(DONT_FIND) -type f -name 'Dockerfile' -print)

RELEASE.md

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ To prepare release branch, first create new release branch (release-X.Y) in Cort
      * `[ENHANCEMENT]`
      * `[BUGFIX]`
    - Run `./tools/release/check-changelog.sh LAST-RELEASE-TAG...master` and add any missing PR which includes user-facing changes
-3. For a major or minor release, update the Cortex version in the following locations:
+3. For a major or minor **stable** release, update the Cortex version in the following locations:
    - Kubernetes manifests located at `k8s/`
    - Documentation located at `docs/`
 

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0
+1.3.0-rc.0