Revision: 5461 http://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=5461&view=rev Author: ntrel Date: 2010-12-03 13:42:37 +0000 (Fri, 03 Dec 2010)
Log Message: ----------- Add info about planning the release. Add version bump info. Add GPG info. Minor edits.
Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/doc/making-a-release
Modified: trunk/doc/making-a-release =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/making-a-release 2010-12-03 13:28:13 UTC (rev 5460) +++ trunk/doc/making-a-release 2010-12-03 13:42:37 UTC (rev 5461) @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ +Let mailing lists know about the coming release. +For major releases: +* Agree string freeze period for translations. +* Try to synchronize release date with geany-plugins. + +Ensure version numbers are all updated in: + configure.ac geany.nsi geany_private.rc win32-config.h wscript + doc/geany.txt +Regenerate doc/geany.html. +Set GEANY_CODENAME in src/geany.h. Update NEWS & release date. -Add changelog entry with release date. +Add changelog entry for new release.
Export branch into a new directory (i.e. not usual working copy). Run 'make distcheck'. @@ -10,18 +20,20 @@ /home/www/files.uvena.de/geany/. Rename LATEST-IS-... to the new version number in /home/www/files.uvena.de/geany/ and /home/www/www.geany.org/files. -Tag release in SVN, remove the branch if used. -Add the GPG signatures (enrico?). +Add the GPG signatures - use 'make sign' and check the public key +can be found on the download page. Windows builds (enrico?).
-Website: update Releases, Documentation links and add a News item +Tag release in SVN, remove the branch if used. + +Website: update Releases, Documentation links and add a News item. Update the manual data and links in the filesystem (/home/www/www.geany.org/manual/) and the two links on the Manual Wiki page.
Announce on geany, devel, i18n mailing lists (check you're subscribed). -Put a news item on Sourceforge (add a new release on Freshmeat.net -and update the information on gnomefiles.org - enrico?). +Put a news item on Sourceforge, add a new release on Freshmeat.net +and update the information on gnomefiles.org.
For non-trunk releases, merge NEWS into trunk and any branch-only commits that need to merged.
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