Issues/PRs in scope

• Set NPM package version to next unreleased dev & rel-doc tweaks #1761
• [CI] Add smoke tests of building a Docsy site from scratch #1100
• RSS references should be encoded as local paths not external URLs #1785
• Fix links for single language sites #1744
• CHANGELOG copyedits & pin 0.9.0 as next release & NPM script tweaks #1809
• Use Hugo render hook instead of AnchorJS #1460
  Header self-link: improve style, ux, customizability, and reusability #1813
  • Drop AnchorJS in favor of Hugo markdown render hook #1463
  • Heading self-links: more compact, customizable, and reusable #1831
• Add params to offlineSearch examples  #1771
• Use Bootstrap's default link style, which is recommended  #1814
• Pull in latest mermaid version while allowing custom versions #1410
  • CHANGELOG updates for mermaid #1816
• layouts: split footer partial in several partials #1500
• Footer layout refactoring and improvements for 0.9.0 #1818, e.g.:
  • Footer: factor out copyright, and code cleanup #1817
  • Footer, copyright notice: allow customization of year #1593
  • Allow configuring the range of copyright years at the footer #436
• Fix repo-links page-meta class names #1819
• Blog posts: show page-meta-lastmod #1791
• Blocks/feature fix #1503
• [UG] Refer to Bootstrap 5 doc pages and files #1844
• Hide last modified? #364
  • [UG] Document how to style and hide last-modified page notes #1843
• [blog] Docsy 0.9.0 release report #1854
• CHANGELOG tweaks for 0.9.0 #1855

Candidate issues/PRs in scope

• All covered.

Also see:

• milestone 24Q1

Release-prep checklist

For the complete instruction set, see Publishing a release:

• Update Changelog: for inspiration, go over changes since last release v0.8.0...main - this is wrapped up via CHANGELOG tweaks for 0.9.0 #1855 etc
• Update the Docsy version in package.json and userguide/hugo.yaml
• Release 0.9.0 preparation #1860
• Test pre-release from branch: 👍🏻
  • Prep and upgrade of Docsy to 0.9.0 open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io#3973
  • Docsy 0.9.0 docsy-example#268 - changes tested via npm run local ...
  • Pre-release patches. No
• Create and push new version tag
• Create and publish the new release 🎉

Docsy example followup (tracked separately):

• Docsy 0.9.0 docsy-example#268

Related

• Release 0.8.0 preparation #1667
• v0.8.0...main
• Release 0.10.0 preparation #1812