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authorChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2019-11-26 12:13:13 +0000
committerChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2019-11-26 13:20:38 +0000
commit9282c39e6150befd80793b3221864c9f1f814b66 (patch)
treedd78dc12dfd64de329d7f7f42b24cc6c359b22a0 /tiff/HOWTO-RELEASE
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downloadghostpdl-9282c39e6150befd80793b3221864c9f1f814b66.tar.gz
Update libtiff to 4.1.0
Add in portability changes to tiffiop.h Portability tiffiop.h Remove globals from tif_pixarlog.c
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HOWTO-RELEASE:
+HOWTO-RELEASE:
Notes on releasing.
@@ -22,17 +22,30 @@ Notes on releasing.
and correctly set system clock and on a filesystem which accurately
records file update times. Use of GNU make is recommended.
-1. Commit any unsaved changes.
+1. Commit any unsaved changes.
-2. Create html/vX.X.html and add it to cvs with 'cvs add html/vX.X.html'.
- Take ChangeLog entries and html-ify in there.
+2. Use gnulib's gitlog-to-changelog script to add new (since the last
+ release) entries to the traditional ChangeLog file. Take note of
+ the most recent change note time stamp and use that as the starting
+ point. Concatenate the old logs to the new logs. The added logs
+ may be used to help produce the release notes (in next step). For
+ example:
+
+ gitlog-to-changelog --since=`head -n 1 ChangeLog | sed -e 's/ .*//g'` --append-dot > ChangeLog.added
+ printf "\n" >> ChangeLog.added
+ cat ChangeLog.added ChangeLog > ChangeLog.new
+ mv ChangeLog.new ChangeLog
+ rm ChangeLog.added
+
+3. Create html/vX.X.html and add it to git with 'git add html/vX.X.html'.
+ Take ChangeLog entries and html-ify in there.
Easist thing to do is take html/vX.(X-1).html and use it as a template.
-3. Add vX.X.html file to the list of 'docfiles' files in the html/Makefile.am.
+4. Add vX.X.html file to the list of 'docfiles' files in the html/Makefile.am.
-4. Update html/index.html to refer to this new page as the current release.
+5. Update html/index.html to refer to this new page as the current release.
-5. Increment the release version in configure.ac. Put 'alpha' or
+6. Increment the release version in configure.ac. Put 'alpha' or
'beta' after the version, if applicable. For example:
4.0.0
@@ -42,7 +55,7 @@ Notes on releasing.
Version should be updated in two places: in the second argument of the
AC_INIT macro and in LIBTIFF_xxx_VERSION variables.
-6. Update library ELF versioning in configure.ac (LIBTIFF_CURRENT,
+7. Update library ELF versioning in configure.ac (LIBTIFF_CURRENT,
LIBTIFF_REVISION, and LIBTIFF_AGE). These numbers have nothing to
do with the libtiff release version numbers.
@@ -53,11 +66,11 @@ Notes on releasing.
have been added, removed, or interface structures have changed,
then more care is required.
-7. Add an entry to Changelog similar to:
+8. Add an entry to Changelog similar to:
* libtiff 4.0.0 released.
-8. In the source tree do
+9. In the source tree do
./autogen.sh
@@ -65,7 +78,7 @@ Notes on releasing.
maintainer build with current autoconf, automake, and libtool
packages. It is only needed when updating tool versions.
-9. It is recommended (but not required) to build outside of the source
+10. It is recommended (but not required) to build outside of the source
tree so that the source tree is kept in a pristine state. This
also allows sharing the source directory on several networked
systems. For example:
@@ -78,17 +91,17 @@ Notes on releasing.
./configure --enable-maintainer-mode
-10. In the build tree do
+11. In the build tree do
make release
This will update "RELEASE-DATE", "VERSION", and libtiff/tiffvers.h
in the source tree.
-11. In the source tree, verify that the version info in RELEASE-DATE,
+12. In the source tree, verify that the version info in RELEASE-DATE,
VERSION and libtiff/tiffvers.h is right.
-12. In the build tree do
+13. In the build tree do
make
make distcheck
@@ -99,21 +112,35 @@ Notes on releasing.
Two files with names tiff-version.tar.gz and tiff-version.zip will
be created in the top level build directory.
-13. In the source tree do
+14. In the source tree do
- 'cvs commit'.
+ 'git status', 'git add .', 'git commit' and 'git push'
-14. In the source tree do
+15. In the source tree, create a signed tag
- cvs tag Release-v4-0-0
+ git tag -s v4.0.0 -m "Create tag for v4.0.0"
(or the appropriate name for the release)
-15. Copy release packages from the build tree to the
+ and push it to "origin" (if "origin" points to the official repository)
+
+ git push origin v4.0.0
+
+16. Sign the release files in the build tree using your private key
+
+ export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
+ for file in tiff-*.tar.gz tiff-*.zip ; do \
+ gpg2 --output ${file}.sig --detach-sig $file ; \
+ done
+
+ for file in tiff-*.tar.gz tiff-*.zip ; do \
+ gpg2 --verify ${file}.sig $file ; \
+ done
+
+17. Copy release packages from the build tree to the
ftp.remotesensing.org ftp site.
scp tiff-*.tar.gz tiff-*.zip \
- warmerdam@upload.osgeo.org:/osgeo/download/libtiff
-
-16. Announce to list, tiff@lists.maptools.org
+ bfriesen@upload.osgeo.org:/osgeo/download/libtiff
+18. Announce to list, tiff@lists.maptools.org