Doc/technotes/release_process.txt

Title: The Thuban Release Process
Author: Thuban development team
Last-Modified: $Date$
Version: $Revision$

How to Release a New Thuban Version

    - Test Thuban until you are sure it works under the following
      reference platforms:

      Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (aka Etch) (plus wxWindows/wxPython 2.6)
      (Windows XP)

      All test cases of stable code should pass on all platforms.

    - Adjust revision number in setup.py and Thuban/version.py.  See the
      comments in version.py for details.

    - Update thuban.pot and the various .po and .mo files:

      cd po/
      make pot
      make update-po
      make mo

      See po/README for details

    - Update MANIFEST.in

      This is only necessary if the set of files distributed has changed
      in such a way that the old MANIFEST.in doesn't fit anymore. This
      could be e.g. the addition of a new top-level directory such as
      Extensions

    - Produce Source-Archives Thuban-N.N.N.tar.gz and Thuban-N.N.N.zip
 
        python setup.py sdist


Old:- Build a binary for W2000: Thuban-N.N.N-1.exe

      On a Windows system with Inno Setup installed, unpack the source
      archive (usually the zip file) and run:

        python setup.py bdist_inno

      Test the resulting setup program.

Old:- Build RPMs for RedHat 7.2

      Take the source tarball and, on a RedHat 7.2 system, run:

        python setup.py bdist_rpm

      Install the rpm and test Thuban. Make sure to have removed any
      other Thuban rpms beforehand.

    - Produce Sample-Data-Tarballs

        python setup.py data_dist

Old:- Tag the tested sources for CVS:

        cvs tag THUBAN_N_N_N

Old:- Place packages on ftp server at ftp://intevation.de/thuban/

Old:- Update http://thuban.intevation.org/download.html accordingly

    - Update/Extend http://thuban.intevation.org/screenshots.html
      if there have been interesting changes/extensions to the UI.

    - Make sure you closed all open issues that were solved with this
      release.

    - Write announcement including all major improvements.

Old:    - Send announcement to following mailing lists:
      [email protected]
      [email protected]

    - Have a beer and thank all contributors :-)

1	bh	2093	Title: The Thuban Release Process
2			Author: Thuban development team
3			Last-Modified: $Date$
4			Version: $Revision$
5
6			How to Release a New Thuban Version
7
8			- Test Thuban until you are sure it works under the following
9			reference platforms:
10
11	bernhard	2728	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (aka Etch) (plus wxWindows/wxPython 2.6)
12			(Windows XP)
13	bh	2093
14	bernhard	2728	All test cases of stable code should pass on all platforms.
15	bh	2093
16			- Adjust revision number in setup.py and Thuban/version.py. See the
17			comments in version.py for details.
18
19			- Update thuban.pot and the various .po and .mo files:
20
21			cd po/
22			make pot
23			make update-po
24			make mo
25
26			See po/README for details
27
28			- Update MANIFEST.in
29
30			This is only necessary if the set of files distributed has changed
31			in such a way that the old MANIFEST.in doesn't fit anymore. This
32			could be e.g. the addition of a new top-level directory such as
33			Extensions
34
35			- Produce Source-Archives Thuban-N.N.N.tar.gz and Thuban-N.N.N.zip
36
37			python setup.py sdist
38
39
40	bernhard	2728	Old:- Build a binary for W2000: Thuban-N.N.N-1.exe
41
42	bh	2093	On a Windows system with Inno Setup installed, unpack the source
43			archive (usually the zip file) and run:
44
45			python setup.py bdist_inno
46
47			Test the resulting setup program.
48
49	bernhard	2728	Old:- Build RPMs for RedHat 7.2
50	bh	2093
51			Take the source tarball and, on a RedHat 7.2 system, run:
52
53			python setup.py bdist_rpm
54
55			Install the rpm and test Thuban. Make sure to have removed any
56			other Thuban rpms beforehand.
57
58			- Produce Sample-Data-Tarballs
59
60			python setup.py data_dist
61
62	bernhard	2728	Old:- Tag the tested sources for CVS:
63	bh	2093
64			cvs tag THUBAN_N_N_N
65
66	bernhard	2728	Old:- Place packages on ftp server at ftp://intevation.de/thuban/
67	bh	2093
68	bernhard	2728	Old:- Update http://thuban.intevation.org/download.html accordingly
69	bh	2093
70			- Update/Extend http://thuban.intevation.org/screenshots.html
71			if there have been interesting changes/extensions to the UI.
72
73	bernhard	2728	- Make sure you closed all open issues that were solved with this
74	bh	2093	release.
75
76	bernhard	2728	- Write announcement including all major improvements.
77	bh	2093
78	bernhard	2728	Old: - Send announcement to following mailing lists:
79	bh	2093	[email protected]
80			[email protected]
81
82			- Have a beer and thank all contributors :-)
83
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