VS Code Release 1.68

[andreafalzetti]

Endgame: microsoft/vscode#150378

Expected release date: 08/06

DRI: @andreafalzetti @jeanp413
Plan:

• Create corresponding release branches for main and gp-code/main
  • Create release branch release/1.68
    • Execute the rebase from upstream: ./scripts/sync-with-upstream.sh upstream/release/1.68 release/1.68
  • Create release branch gp-code/release/1.68
    • Execute the rebase from upstream: ./scripts/sync-with-upstream.sh upstream/release/1.68 gp-code/release/1.68
• Switch nightly jobs in https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-releases and Gitpod Code-Nightly GitHub actions to point to the release branches
  • insiders-gp.yml
  • insiders.yml
  • code-nightly.yaml
• Create and merge PR in Gitpod repo to generate stable image for VS Code [code]: Generate stable images for 1.68 #10567
  • Use the template from https://gist.github.com/filiptronicek/be19dcab639a1cdf08089cc762377a41
  • Smoke test version 1.68 in VS Code Insiders
• Create and merge PR in Gitpod repo updating VS Code stable image tags to image generated in previous step [code] Update stable to 1.68 #10571
  • constants.go
• Deploy VS Code Insiders as stable
• Release OpenVSCode Server https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/releases/tag/openvscode-server-v1.68.0
• Port fixes from release/1.68 to main if any
• Switch nightly jobs in https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-releases and Gitpod Code-Nightly GitHub actions to point back to main and gp-code/main branch
• Monitor for recovery releases and provide corresponding release in Gitpod and OpenVSCode if necessary
  • Publish https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.68.1