Difference between revisions of "Steps for an official release"

Revision as of 01:37, 20 March 2011

1. Create a rel-??? branch from master in the git repo.

2. Release an online development demo that uses the rel-??? branch and updates daily.

3. Publish installation and upgrade instructions.

Also provide links for downloading rel-??? packages to allow testing of installation and upgrading by testers.

3. Finalize the translations in the rel-??? branch.

4. Bug fix and finalize the rel-??? branch.

5. Create a list of new features in the rel-??? branch (since the last official release).

6. Release rel-??? branch by tagging in git repo with v?_?_?.

Remove dev (make it blank) from the version.php file
Ensure the debug language global in locale in library/globals.inc.php is defaulted to 0

Build the zip and tar.gz packages from v_?_?_? and release packages on sourceforge.

7. Build and release the Ubuntu package.

8. Build and release the Appliance.

9. Build and release the Windows XAMPP package.

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 :5. Create a list of new features in the rel-??? branch (since the last official release).
 :6. Release rel-??? branch by tagging in git repo with v?_?_?.
+::* Things to remember before tagging the release.
+:::* Remove dev (make it blank) from the version.php file
+:::* Ensure the debug language global in locale in library/globals.inc.php is defaulted to 0
 ::*Build the zip and tar.gz packages from v_?_?_? and release packages on sourceforge.
 :7. Build and release the Ubuntu package.