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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Steps detailing a release (4.1. | Steps detailing a release (4.1.2 is given as an example). | ||
==1. Create a rel- | ==1. Create a rel-412 branch from master in the git repo.== | ||
==2. Release an online development demo that uses the rel-411 branch and updates daily.== | ==2. Release an online development demo that uses the rel-411 branch and updates daily.== | ||
:*Also provide links for downloading rel- | :*Also provide links for downloading rel-412 daily builds/packages(zip and tarball) to allow testing of installation and upgrading by testers | ||
==3. Publish installation, upgrade, and downloading instructions== | ==3. Publish installation, upgrade, and downloading instructions== | ||
:*Also update the INSTALL file | :*Also update the INSTALL file | ||
==4. Finalize the translations in the rel- | ==4. Finalize the translations in the rel-412 branch.== | ||
==5. Bug fix and finalize the rel- | ==5. Bug fix and finalize the rel-412 branch.== | ||
:* Update the copyright/acknowledgements page by copying the copyright page from [[Talk:OpenEMR_Acknowledgments|HERE]] to acknowledge_license_cert.html in openemr codebase | :* Update the copyright/acknowledgements page by copying the copyright page from [[Talk:OpenEMR_Acknowledgments|HERE]] to acknowledge_license_cert.html in openemr codebase | ||
==6. Create a list of new features in the rel- | ==6. Create a list of new features in the rel-412 branch (since the last official release)== | ||
:* [[Release_Features|Page for maintaining the new feature lists.]] | :* [[Release_Features|Page for maintaining the new feature lists.]] | ||
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:::*changelog.Debian | :::*changelog.Debian | ||
::::* Add entry for new version: | ::::* Add entry for new version: | ||
<pre>openemr (4.1. | <pre>openemr (4.1.2-1) stable; urgency=low | ||
* New upstream version | * New upstream version | ||
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::::*Update the algorithm to upgrade the previous version correctly | ::::*Update the algorithm to upgrade the previous version correctly | ||
==8. Release rel- | ==8. Release rel-412 branch by tagging in git repo with v4_1_2.== | ||
::* Things to remember before tagging the release. | ::* Things to remember before tagging the release. | ||
:::* Remove -dev from $v_tag (make it blank) in the version.php file | :::* Remove -dev from $v_tag (make it blank) in the version.php file | ||
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:::* Ensure the two User Manual links point to the correct online manual | :::* Ensure the two User Manual links point to the correct online manual | ||
::* Login into the sourceforge shell and go to the git repo and type: | ::* Login into the sourceforge shell and go to the git repo and type: | ||
git tag | git tag v4_1_2 rel-412 | ||
==9. Build the tar.gz, zip and deb packages from | ==9. Build the tar.gz, zip and deb packages from v4_1_2.== | ||
:Here is a script that automates the below release builds below: | :Here is a script that automates the below release builds below: | ||
:*http://gist.github.com/bradymiller/5786409 | :*http://gist.github.com/bradymiller/5786409 | ||
Revision as of 01:39, 15 June 2013
Overview
Steps detailing a release (4.1.2 is given as an example).
1. Create a rel-412 branch from master in the git repo.
2. Release an online development demo that uses the rel-411 branch and updates daily.
- Also provide links for downloading rel-412 daily builds/packages(zip and tarball) to allow testing of installation and upgrading by testers
3. Publish installation, upgrade, and downloading instructions
- Also update the INSTALL file
4. Finalize the translations in the rel-412 branch.
5. Bug fix and finalize the rel-412 branch.
- Update the copyright/acknowledgements page by copying the copyright page from HERE to acknowledge_license_cert.html in openemr codebase
6. Create a list of new features in the rel-412 branch (since the last official release)
7. Prepare files for the Ubuntu/debian package
- Ensure following files are updated at openemr/contrib/util/ubuntu_package_scripts/production/ in codebase:
- control
- Update Version
- Update Installed-Size (just estimate it, doesn't need to be accurate)
- Add new package dependencies (if pertinent, for example in 4.1.0, adding php5-soap and also a Pre-Depends:debconf)
- README.Debian
- Change the dates at bottom of file to release date (use date -R to get correctly formatted date).
- changelog.Debian
- Add entry for new version:
openemr (4.1.2-1) stable; urgency=low * New upstream version -- Brady Miller <brady@sparmy.com> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:46:08 -0700
- copyright
- Add current date near top (use date -R to get correctly formatted date)
- Modify the copyright years (two of them), if needed
- preinst
- Update the algorithm to upgrade the previous version correctly
8. Release rel-412 branch by tagging in git repo with v4_1_2.
- Things to remember before tagging the release.
- Remove -dev from $v_tag (make it blank) in the version.php file
- Ensure the 'allow_debug_language' global in locale section in library/globals.inc.php is defaulted to 0
- Ensure the two User Manual links point to the correct online manual
- Login into the sourceforge shell and go to the git repo and type:
git tag v4_1_2 rel-412
9. Build the tar.gz, zip and deb packages from v4_1_2.
- Here is a script that automates the below release builds below:
10. Release packages on sourceforge
- Upload via Project Admin
- Upload release and a release notes file
- Set file properties appropriately
11. Announce Release
- Sourceforge
- google+
- Linuxmednews
- Freecode
