Release v5.3.0

[RitikaPahwa4444]

Milestone (will be moving it to v5.4.0): https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/milestone/13.

[RitikaPahwa4444]

I added a few issues to the milestone considering that they had been picked up, but I will be pushing a release over the weekend and moving the milestone to the next month as there isn't much activity. I tested a variant a few days ago, but has anyone noticed any regression on the main branch?

[nicolas-raoul]

Main is very reliable now, I uploaded many pictures in recent days including via Nearby, no recent major nor medium bugs.

There is a medium/major bug that has been present for several month already, I will mark it as "high priority" now but it is no reason to block a release.

[RitikaPahwa4444]

v5.3.0 is available to all the users via Google Play. I'll release it on GitHub shortly.

[sivaraam]

v5.3.0 is available to all the users via Google Play. I'll release it on GitHub shortly.

Thank you for doing active releases, Ritika! But I had one doubt regarding the release, are we not releasing the version to beta testers for a week before going all in on production? Regardless of how much we ourselves test, it would be helpful to have it in the beta track for a 5-7 days to ensure we get early reports about any missed issues.

[RitikaPahwa4444]

For urgent fixes - no. In the last two releases it was important to get Peer review and Explore back as soon as possible because it was a drastic removal. This time, I was planning a release at the month end and had added some issues to the milestone as well. However, it was too critical, even to consider a staged rollout. We will be having regular beta releases from the next month :)

[sivaraam]

Excus my ignorance. Could you let me know what made this release that urgent? Was it the EmailAuth thing? I was presuming that one was an incremental enhancement

Got the missing context.