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release: more like what I actually did with 0.12pre1

In particular:
- mkdist takes options and need not be run at elinks.cz
- git push just the single tag, rather than all --tags
- explicitly avoid multipart/signed
- add the release date from the elinks-users archive to NEWS
- update download.txt, release.html, and bugzilla/milestones/elinks.html
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Kalle Olavi Niemitalo 2008-07-02 00:58:04 +03:00 committed by Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
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@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ Release check list
When releasing a new version
----------------------------
1. Tasks in the elinks module:
1. Tasks in the elinks module (part 1):
- Go over the changes since the last release. Use git-shortlog as a template.
Write a small changelog highlighting the most important changes. Changes
by new contributors are always important!
- Update NEWS file and commit. Remember to add the new version number!
Don't add the release date yet though; it will be added after the release,
from the date in the mailing list archives.
Don't add the release date yet though; you will add it in a later step.
- Change VERSION in the top of configure.in to hold the new version number.
- Update the manpages so the will have the new release number by first
building the source, followed by making the `update-man' target in doc/.
@ -22,58 +21,73 @@ When releasing a new version
$ git tag -s -F changelog.file elinks-X.X.X
- Run script to create new tarballs (both .gz and .bz2).
$ contrib/mkdist -g "$PWD/.git" -r elinks-X.X.X -l X.X.X
This step also builds the elinks binary and documentation based on
the label, and that might fail because of some bug, so it's best to
do this before pushing anything.
- Create ASCII armored signature files.
$ gpg -b --armor elinks-X.X.X.tar.bz2
$ gpg -b --armor elinks-X.X.X.tar.gz
- Append ".GIT" to the VERSION variable in the top of configure.in.
- Commit only this change.
- Push these changes plus tag using:
$ git push
$ git push --tags
$ git push tag elinks-X.X.X
2. Tasks on http://elinks.cz/ (part 1):
- Wait until the tag etc. has been synced or force a sync of the repository
at http://elinks.cz/elinks.git/.
- Run script to create new tarballs (both .gz and .bz2).
$ mkdist elinks-X.X.X X.X.X -r
3. Tasks on localhost:
- Download new tarballs and create ASCII armored signature files.
- Copy the elinks-X.X.X.tar.* files to http://elinks.cz/download/.
- Send announcement to elinks-users mailing list. Do not format it
as multipart/signed because the linuxfromscratch archive does not
display such messages properly.
- Wait for the announcement to hit the elinks-users mailing list archive.
$ gpg -b --armor elinks-X.X.X.tar.bz2
$ gpg -b --armor elinks-X.X.X.tar.gz
4. Tasks in the elinks module (part 2):
- Copy the elinks-X.X.X.tar.*.asc files to http://elinks.cz/download/.
- Send announcement to elinks-users mailing list.
- Add the release date from the mailing list archive to NEWS.
- Commit and push that change.
4. Tasks in the elinks-web module:
5. Tasks in the elinks-web module:
- Change the version and release data in the start of website.conf.
- Wait for the announcement to hit the elinks-users mailing list archive.
Also change download.txt if necessary.
- Add paraphrased version of the first paragraph of the release announcement
as a news entry in news/latest.txt. Make the entry link to both the
archived announcement from linuxfromscratch.org and gmane.org using the
"magic numbers" expanded by the macro. Possibly, move the cut-off markers
that control which news entries to display on the front page.
- Rebuild index.html, download.html, news.html, and news.rss.
- Rebuild index.html, download.html, news.html, news.rss, and release.html.
- Update bugzilla/milestones/elinks.html if the release corresponds
to a reached milestone.
- Commit the updates HTML and asciidoc files.
- Push the commits.
5. Tasks on http://elinks.cz/ (part 2):
6. Tasks on http://elinks.cz/ (part 2):
- Wait until the elinks-web module has been synced or force a sync of the
repository.
- Checkout the new updated webpages.
6. Tasks on http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/:
7. Tasks on http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/:
- Add the new version.
- Add a comment to each bug fixed in this version. If some of them
are already VERIFIED, change them to CLOSED, unless they are also
waiting for a release in another branch.
7. Tasks external sites and resources:
8. Tasks external sites and resources:
- Add a new release to the freshmeat.net page.
- Change topic of #elinks