Revision as of 09:52, 4 November 2011

Release Process

Here's the list of steps to do a release.

1. Verify with others on IRC that we're good to go.
2. Do a git fetch and make sure you have the latest code.
3. Do a tx pull -a and make sure you have the latest translations.
4. Run the unit tests: ./runtests.sh If any tests fail, proceed no further!
5. Update version numbers in

   mediaboglin/_version.py

   and

   docs/source/conf.py

   .
6. Tag: git tag -a vX.Y.Z
7. Build the tarfile. ./maketarball.sh -r vX.Y.Z
8. Push the tarball to the site: see Update the website and add tarball to

   site/static/download/

9. Update sites: PYPI, etc FIXME - need to set this up
10. Announce the release

* on identi.ca
* on diaspora
* on Facebook (Deb)
* on Twitter
* our mailing list, encouraging people to fave, like, repost, etc. 
* reddit
* digg
* the GNU mailing list
 *** For 1.0 and other major versions after that one
     * write to Zonker
     * LinuxJournal 
     * LWN
     * see if the FSF will blog or announce