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Release check list
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When releasing a new version
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1. Tasks in the elinks module:
- 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!
- Change VERSION in the top of configure.in to hold the new version number.
- Commit only this change.
- Create a signed tag having the version ("ELinks X.X.X") as the subject and
using the changelog create above as the body. Use something like:
$ cg-tag -s -M changelog.file elinks-X.X.X
- Append ".GIT" to the VERSION variable in the top of configure.in.
- Commit only this change.
- Push these changes plus tag using:
$ cg-push -t 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.
$ gpg -b --armor elinks-X.X.X.tar.bz2
$ gpg -b --armor elinks-X.X.X.tar.gz
- Copy the elinks-X.X.X.tar.*.asc files to http://elinks.cz/download/.
- Send announcement to elinks-users mailing list.
4. 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.
- 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.
- Commit the updates HTML and asciidoc files.
- Push the commits.
5. 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/:
- 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:
- Add a new release to the freshmeat.net page.
- Change topic of #elinks
- (Request update of FSFs free software directory).
- (Update current version on wikipedia).
When releasing a new stable branch
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(I only vaguely remember this process. --jonas)
1. Tasks on localhost:
- Locally clone the freezed repository to a new repository that will contain
the new stable branch.
- Unfreeze the repository that was cloned by changing the VERSION variable in
configure.in to the version of the new unstable branch (remember the
ending ".GIT"), commit, and push.
- Add new remote branch that will track the new stable "trunk". It should
basically be the push URL of the cloned repository with "#elinks-X.X"
appended.
- Push to this new remote branch to create it.
- Perform the normal version release tasks described above in this new
repository.
2. Tasks on http://elinks.cz/:
- Update http://elinks.cz/download/*-current-* tarball links to point to the
correct versions.
3. Tasks external sites and resources:
- Add a new branch to the freshmeat.net page.