release: Ensure the release-type is passed to workflows

We need to ensure the release type is passed down to workflows,
otherwise we'll fail to get the correct release version for tagging the
daemonset images.

Fixes: #9064 - part III

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano.fidencio@intel.com>

.github/workflows/release-amd64.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
       target-arch:
         required: true
         type: string
+      release-type:
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-kata-static-tarball-amd64:
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           # is "refs/tags/<tag>"
           tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
           if [ "${tag}" = "main" ]; then
-              tag=$(./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
+              tag=$(RELEASE_TYPE=${{ inputs.release-type }} ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
               tags=(${tag} "latest")
           else
               tags=(${tag})

.github/workflows/release-arm64.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
       target-arch:
         required: true
         type: string
+      release-type:
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-kata-static-tarball-arm64:
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           # is "refs/tags/<tag>"
           tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
           if [ "${tag}" = "main" ]; then
-              tag=$(./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
+              tag=$(RELEASE_TYPE=${{ inputs.release-type }} ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
               tags=(${tag} "latest")
           else
               tags=(${tag})

.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
       target-arch:
         required: true
         type: string
+      release-type:
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le:
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           # is "refs/tags/<tag>"
           tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
           if [ "${tag}" = "main" ]; then
-              tag=$(./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
+              tag=$(RELEASE_TYPE=${{ inputs.release-type }} ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
               tags=(${tag} "latest")
           else
               tags=(${tag})

.github/workflows/release-s390x.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
       target-arch:
         required: true
         type: string
+      release-type:
+        required: true 
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-kata-static-tarball-s390x:
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           # is "refs/tags/<tag>"
           tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
           if [ "${tag}" = "main" ]; then
-              tag=$(./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
+              tag=$(RELEASE_TYPE=${{ inputs.release-type }} ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh next-release-version)
               tags=(${tag} "latest")
           else
               tags=(${tag})

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
 
-env:
-  RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
-
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-amd64.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: amd64
+      release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-and-push-assets-arm64:
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-arm64.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: arm64
+      release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-and-push-assets-s390x:
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-s390x.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: s390x
+      release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-and-push-assets-ppc64le:
@@ -59,11 +61,14 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: ppc64le
+      release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   publish-multi-arch-images:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [build-and-push-assets-amd64, build-and-push-assets-arm64, build-and-push-assets-s390x, build-and-push-assets-ppc64le]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -95,6 +100,8 @@ jobs:
   upload-multi-arch-static-tarball:
     needs: [build-and-push-assets-amd64, build-and-push-assets-arm64, build-and-push-assets-s390x, build-and-push-assets-ppc64le]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -150,6 +157,8 @@ jobs:
   upload-versions-yaml:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: upload versions.yaml
@@ -161,6 +170,8 @@ jobs:
   upload-cargo-vendored-tarball:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: generate-and-upload-tarball
@@ -172,6 +183,8 @@ jobs:
   upload-libseccomp-tarball:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: download-and-upload-tarball

tools/packaging/release/release.sh

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ IFS=' ' read -a REGISTRIES <<< "${KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES}"
 GH_TOKEN="${GH_TOKEN:-}"
 ARCHITECTURE="${ARCHITECTURE:-}"
 KATA_STATIC_TARBALL="${KATA_STATIC_TARBALL:-}"
-RELEASE_TYPE="${RELEASE_TYPE:-minor}"
+RELEASE_TYPE="${RELEASE_TYPE:-}"
 
 function _die()
 {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function _check_required_env_var()
 	local env_var
 
 	case ${1} in
+		RELEASE_TYPE) env_var="${RELEASE_TYPE}" ;;
 		RELEASE_VERSION) env_var="${RELEASE_VERSION}" ;;
 		GH_TOKEN) env_var="${GH_TOKEN}" ;;
 		ARCHITECTURE) env_var="${ARCHITECTURE}" ;;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ function _check_required_env_var()
 
 function _next_release_version()
 {
+	_check_required_env_var "RELEASE_TYPE"
+
 	local current_release=$(cat "${repo_root_dir}/VERSION")
 	local current_major
 	local current_everything_else