1 1: Verify that the versions currently set (see 10 and 11 below) make
2 sense for this release.
4 2: Run 'make distcheck', fix any problem with it.
6 3: Generate the ChangeLog by running 'make cl'
8 4: Update the NEWS file (extract most important things from the ChangeLog)
10 5. Commit the new ChangeLog and NEWS files.
13 $ base=http://svn.osgeo.org/geos/
14 $ svn copy -m "Tagged release MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH" \
15 $base/trunk $base/tags/MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
17 7: Export the tag and 'make dist-bzip2'.
18 $ svn export http://svn.osgeo.org/geos/tags/MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
19 $ cd MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
20 $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make dist-bzip2
22 8: Copy the tarball to upload.osgeo.org:/download_data/download/geos
24 9: Increment all the version numbers for the next release, as below.
26 10: Increment CAPI_INTERFACE_X in configure.in
27 - For a release with no interface changes just bump REVISION.
28 [ Even if *nothing* changed in CAPI ]
29 - Adding interfaces, bump CURRENT/AGE, set REVISION to 0.
30 - Deleting interfaces / compatibility issues - bump CURRENT, others to zero
31 [ THIS MUST BE CAREFULLY AVOIDED ]
33 11: Increment release version:
35 - In include/geos/version.h.vc
37 - VERSION_PATCH for bugfixes/improvements (even breaking C++ API)
38 - VERSION_MINOR for NEW interfaces in the C lib
39 - VERSION_MAJOR for SUBSTANTIAL additions or C lib ABI break
40 [ THIS MUST BE CAREFULLY AVOIDED ]