CHECKLIST FOR NEW RELEASES ========================== Release steps: - Check out lm-sensors - Update if necessary, the version number of libsensors (edit lib/Module.mk and change LIBMAINVER and/or LIBMINORVER) Remember: update main number when interface changes, minor if new functionality is added, and patch if only bugs are fixed. - Update the CHANGES file (set version and release date) - Update doc/developers/lm_sensors.lsm (Version, Entered-date and Primary-site) - Update doc/libsensors-API.txt and SENSORS_API_VERSION in lib/sensors.h - Update version.h - Commit - Tag the release using SVN: svn copy http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/tags/V3-x-x -m "3.x.x release" - Move to a temporary directory and get a copy of the freshly tagged code: svn export http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/tags/V3-x-x lm_sensors-3.x.x - Tar it up: tar -jcf lm_sensors-3.x.x.tar.bz2 lm_sensors-3.x.x - Sign it: gpg -b lm_sensors-3.x.x.tar.bz2 - Post it: scp lm_sensors-3.x.x.tar.bz2{,.sig} devel.atrpms.net:/srv/lm-sensors.org/dl/lm-sensors/releases - Set correct permissions: ssh devel.atrpms.net chmod 664 '/srv/lm-sensors.org/dl/lm-sensors/releases/lm_sensors-3.x.x.tar.bz2{,.sig}' After release, remember to: - Update the Download page on lm-sensors.org, then add a news item - Announce on the lm-sensors mailing list - Add "+SVN" to version.h and commit - Mark the corresponding release milestone as complete using trac-admin e.g. 'trac-admin /srv/lm-sensors.org/trac milestone completed 3.x.x now' - Create a new version for the bug tracking system using trac-admin e.g. 'trac-admin /srv/lm-sensors.org/trac version add 3.x.x now' - Create a new release milestone using trac-admin e.g. 'trac-admin /srv/lm-sensors.org/trac milestone add 3.x.x+1 2012-05-10' - Send lm_sensors.lsm to the LSM by mailing it to lsm@qqx.org with the subject `add' (no quotes) - Copy to mirrors - Announce on Freecode