chore: bumping version to 0.17.0 (#790)

docs/patching.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+## Patching Process
+
+To patch a released version, start by creating a dedicated branch for that version, proceed with the required updates, and eventually release the patched branch.
+
+1. **Creating Environment Variables**
+
+Let's create environment variables for the patch version. For the rest of this document, we will use these environment variables in the commands.
+
+```bash
+PRV_VER="0.16.0"
+CUR_VER="0.16.1"
+NEXT_VER="0.16.2"
+TAG_NAME="v${CUR_VER}"
+TAG_MSG="Version ${CUR_VER}"
+BASE_BRANCH="0.16.x"
+BASE_VER="0.16.0"
+```
+
+For the rest of this document, we will use these environment variables in commands.
+Keep your terminal open.
+
+2. **Creating a new branch**
+
+If this is the first patch for the specific major version, we need to first create a branch for this tag:
+
+```bash
+git checkout -b ${BASE_BRANCH} v${BASE_VER}
+git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/${BASE_BRANCH}
+```
+
+and update the patch version inside the [version.go](../version/version.go) file.
+
+Otherwise, switch to the patch branch:
+
+```bash
+git checkout ${BASE_BRANCH}
+```
+
+3. **Updating the branch**
+
+Apply the fixes to the branch. You can use [cherry-pick](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/cherry-pick) to pick some commits from the main branch and apply them to the patch branch:
+
+```bash
+git cherry-pick <commit-id>
+```
+
+4. **Follow the [Releasing](./releasing.md) Document**
+
+Please refer to the [Releasing](./releasing.md) document and follow the steps outlined from Step 4 until the end to complete the patching process.

docs/releasing.md

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ Let's create environment variables for the release version.
 For the rest of this document, we will use these environment variables in the commands.
 
 ```bash
-PRV_VER="0.15.0"
-CUR_VER="0.16.0"
-NEXT_VER="0.17.0"
+PRV_VER="0.16.0"
+CUR_VER="0.17.0"
+NEXT_VER="0.18.0"
 TAG_NAME="v${CUR_VER}"
 TAG_MSG="Version ${CUR_VER}"
 BASE_BRANCH="main"
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ Pushing the tag will automatically create a release tag and build the binaries.
 
 9. **Bumping version**
 
-Update the version inside the [version.go](../version/version.go) and [patching](./patching.md) docuemnts.
+Update the version inside the [version.go](../version/version.go) and add `beta` to the `meta` field.
+Update [patching](./patching.md) docuemnt.
 If this is a majore release, update the version inside this document in step 3.
 
 Create a new PR against base branch:

version/version.go

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 // These constants follow the semantic versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/)
 const (
 	major uint   = 0
-	minor uint   = 16
+	minor uint   = 17
 	patch uint   = 0
-	meta  string = ""
+	meta  string = "beta"
 )
 
 var build string