4 This document, at this point, is a proposal only. It attempts to
5 document how we intend to make the upcoming releases, in order to make
6 as sure as possible no stupid bugs creep in just before the release.
11 When a new version is about to be released:
13 0) Day Zero (D+0): The core developers announce their intention of
14 making a new release. They call for a feature freeze on the CVS
15 HEAD (bug fixes are okay to commit). They also announce the
16 provisional duration of the freeze before the first release
17 candidate tarball is about to be made (actual freeze duration may vary for
18 instance according to the perceived amount of changes since the
19 last release; for the purpose of this document, it's assumed to be
22 Advanced users are encouraged to download the CVS HEAD or the
23 snapshot tarballs, and pound on them.
25 1) The core developers agree on the next version number. It's called
28 2) D+3: a release candidate tarball is made. It is called
29 $VERSION-pre1. Simultaneously, a CVS tag is made with the name
30 "DIA_$VERSION_PRE1" (with the non-alphanumeric characters in
31 $VERSION replaced by underscores). $VERSION-pre1 is registered with
32 the Bugzilla, however it is encouraged that bug reports are made
33 directly (or simultaneously) to the mailing list.
35 Please see the section below on how to make a tarball (yes, please do).
37 3a) if a release-critical bug happens before D+10 (say, at D+n), the
38 release process is paused until the bug is fixed and a new release
39 candidate tarball $VERSION-pre2 is re-made. Go to either step 3a or
40 3b with D+10 replaced by D+n+10.
42 3b) D+10: if there are no release-critical bugs in the pre-release,
43 then the same source (fetched from the CVS tag) is rebuilt with the
44 final $VERSION number (and the resulting "new" version is re-tagged
45 in CVS). $VERSION is registered with the Bugzilla, and all
46 $VERSION-preX are removed (from now on, bugs against -preX are
49 4) once the new release is complete and uploaded, announcements on
50 freshmeat, the dia web site, the dia mailing list,
51 gnome-announce-list@gnome.org and maybe a gnotices story
52 (news.gnome.org) are made.
54 5) the CVS HEAD freeze is lifted one week /after/ the release is
55 generally available, unless a release critical bug is discovered in
56 the release. If the latter is the case, a new, fixed "brown bag" release is
57 released and announced as soon as possible (extending the one-week
58 delay on the CVS HEAD thaw).
62 1. make sure you have up to date build tools installed on the system.
63 Libtool is an important one, as new releases add support for new
65 2. make sure "make distcheck" runs to completion. With automake >=
66 1.5, the checks also make sure "make uninstall" removes all files
68 3. check to see if the tarball builds in normal and --enable-gnome
69 modes (this task should disapear with the move to 2.0; there is no
70 reason to have separate dialog and menu code).
71 4. Upload to ftp.gnome.org. This is basically just scp'ing the
72 tarball to widget.gnome.org, then running a command like
73 "install-module dia-0.90.tar.gz", which will create bz2
74 tarballs, diffs to the previous version, and signal the ftp mirrors
75 (currently just ftp.gnome.org and planetmirror.com) to synchronise.
80 agreeing on how to properly handle the case of having only ten two-decimal
81 place version numbers until we hit 1.0
86 These files need to be updated at every release:
91 doc/en/dia-manual.sgml?
92 dia.spec (note that the preN should go in release, not ver.
97 Remember to also update the webpages. In particular, the download page,
98 the NEWS page and the FAQ needs updating.