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author | Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com> | 2022-07-23 11:19:28 +0100 |
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committer | Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com> | 2022-07-23 11:23:06 +0100 |
commit | 3758e5b1648a26fd2343db3c804d32a29ae75ff8 (patch) | |
tree | e5f21d0c9b1f39c92a3421c8485d9f3b7da0359f /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
parent | 702ca4d13c02bf051954f19b9504f187d2cd25f7 (diff) | |
download | dbus-3758e5b1648a26fd2343db3c804d32a29ae75ff8.tar.gz |
Move release checklist to its own file
In other projects I've found that having a separate file that only
lists the release steps makes them easier to check.
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 96413c0b..fb163452 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -274,86 +274,7 @@ This section is not directly relevant to infrequent contributors. ### Releasing -To make a release of D-Bus, do the following: - - - check out a fresh copy from Git - - - verify that the libtool versioning/library soname is - changed if it needs to be, or not changed if not - - - update the file NEWS based on the git history - - - verify that the version number of dbus-specification.xml is - changed if it needs to be; if changes have been made, update the - release date in that file - - - update the AUTHORS file with "make update-authors" if necessary - - - the version number should have major.minor.micro, even - if micro is 0, i.e. "1.0.0" and "1.2.0" not "1.0"/"1.2"; the micro - version should be even for releases, and odd for intermediate snapshots - - - "make distcheck" (DO NOT just "make dist" - pass the check!) - - - if make distcheck fails, fix it. - - - once distcheck succeeds, "git commit -a". This is the version - of the tree that corresponds exactly to the released tarball. - - - tag the tree with "git tag -s -m 'Released X.Y.Z' dbus-X.Y.Z" - where X.Y.Z is the version of the release. If you can't sign - then simply created an unsigned annotated tag: - "git tag -a -m 'Released X.Y.Z' dbus-X.Y.Z". - - - bump the version number up in configure.ac (so the micro version is odd), - and commit it. Make sure you do this *after* tagging the previous - release! The idea is that git has a newer version number - than anything released. Similarly, bump the version number of - dbus-specification.xml and set the release date to "(not finalized)". - - - merge the branch you've released to the chronologically-later - branch (usually "master"). You'll probably have to fix a merge - conflict in configure.ac (the version number). - - - push your changes and the tag to the central repository with - git push origin master dbus-X.Y dbus-X.Y.Z - - - scp your tarball to freedesktop.org server and copy it to - dbus.freedesktop.org:/srv/dbus.freedesktop.org/www/releases/dbus/dbus-X.Y.Z.tar.xz. - This should be possible if you're in group "dbus" - - - Update the online documentation with `make -C doc maintainer-upload-docs`. - - - update the wiki page http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus by - adding the new release under the Download heading. Then, cut the - link and changelog for the previous that was there. - - - post to dbus@lists.freedesktop.org announcing the release. - -### Making a ".0" stable release - -We create a branch for each stable release. The branch name should be -dbus-X.Y which is a branch that has releases versioned X.Y.Z; -changes on a stable branch should be limited to significant bug fixes. - -Because we won't make minor changes like keeping up with the latest -deprecations on a stable branch, stable branches should turn off the -gcc warning for deprecated declarations (e.g. see commit 4ebb275ab7). - -Be extra-careful not to merge master (or any branch based on master) into a -stable branch. - -To branch: - - git branch dbus-X.Y - -and upload the branch tag to the server: - - git push origin dbus-X.Y - -To develop in this branch: - - git checkout dbus-X.Y +See maint/release-checklist.md. ### Code reviews |