Release procedure 3.7.0-RC4

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• Publish artifacts to Maven via CI

  • Ensure scala-steward is blocking automatic upgrades for 3.7.0
  • On release-3.7.0 branch:
    • In project/Build.scala: Set baseVersion = "3.7.0-RC4"
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure MinorVersion is set to 7
    • In tasty/src/dotty/tools/tasty/TastyFormat.scala ensure ExperimentalVersion is set to experimental (1 or higher)
    • Create changelog file in changelogs/3.7.0-RC4.md
    • Tag the branch as 3.7.0-RC4
    • Wait for CI to publish artifacts
    • Audit and release artifacts on https://oss.sonatype.org/

• On main branch:

  • In project/Build.scala: Set referenceVersion to 3.7.0-RC4 chore: Set reference version to 3.7.0-RC4 #23046
  • Check and update project/MiMaFilters.scala

• Wait for releases/confirmation from tooling:

  • Scala CLI - test https://github.com/VirtusLab/scala-cli/pull/3648/files
  • Scala Native - publish compiler plugin
  • Scastie - update available versions
  • Scala DAP - publish compiler plugin
  • Scalameta Parser - test

• Announce the release

  • Publish release on GitHub Releases (as pre-release)
  • Update tracking thread on https://contributors.scala-lang.org