Update NEWS and release process (#1687)

* specify platform for `snyk` target

The target downloads an amd64 binary. Intended to fix an error if the target is run on arm64.

* update NEWS for 1.27.5

* remove Homebrew steps

Author: kevinAlbs

Earthfile

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ create-silk-asset-group:
 
 
 snyk:
-    FROM ubuntu:24.04
+    FROM --platform=linux/amd64 ubuntu:24.04
     RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install curl
     RUN curl --location https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/download/v1.1291.1/snyk-linux -o /usr/local/bin/snyk
     RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/snyk

NEWS

@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ Deprecated:
 
   * A future minor release plans to drop support for Visual Studio 2013.
 
+libmongoc 1.27.5
+================
+
+Fixes:
+
+  * Fix possible build error in environments where `bool` or `_Bool` is a macro.
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this release.
+
+  * Kevin Albertson
+
+
 libmongoc 1.27.4
 ================
 

docs/dev/releasing.rst

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ process.
        - [ ] Update the EVG Project
        - [ ] Stop the Release Stopwatch (end time: HH:MM)
        - [ ] Record the Release
-   - [ ] Homebrew Release
    - [ ] vcpkg
    - [ ] Conan
 
@@ -533,24 +532,6 @@ details in the `C/C++ Release Info`__ sheet.
 __ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yHfGmDnbA5-Qt8FX4tKWC5xk9AhzYZx1SKF4AD36ecY/edit#gid=0
 
 
-Homebrew Release
-################
-
-.. note::
-
-   This step requires a macOS machine. If you are not using macOS, ask in the
-   ``#dbx-c-cxx`` channel for someone to do this step on your behalf.
-
-**If this is a stable release**, update `the mongo-c-driver homebew formula`__. Let
-`$ARCHIVE_URL` be the URL to the release tag's source archive on GitHub\ [#tar-url]_::
-
-   $ brew bump-formula-pr mongo-c-driver --url $ARCHIVE_URL
-
-__ https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/m/mongo-c-driver.rb
-
-.. [#tar-url] For example, the tagged archive for ``1.25.0`` is at https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/archive/refs/tags/1.25.0.tar.gz
-
-
 Linux Distribution Packages
 ###########################
 

src/libbson/NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+libbson 1.27.5
+==============
+
+  * Fix large string handling in `bson_append_utf8`.
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this release.
+
+  * Roberto C. Sánchez
+
+
 libbson 1.27.4
 ==============