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| author | Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> | 2010-07-02 13:32:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> | 2010-07-02 13:32:42 +0200 |
| commit | e35798356b89ba49809f5621ccce9fd5bb447b95 (patch) | |
| tree | aa4dd5de37d7ba5b6e1f6ab538e648ca9b143511 | |
| parent | 25e644cd2e226e624579149400207a9d003a32a2 (diff) | |
Release checklist
We sometimes skip releases for such a long time that we forget what
exactly we have to do, and in what order. Let's keep this list in view
and up-to-date
| -rw-r--r-- | release-checklist | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/release-checklist b/release-checklist new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3b5473d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/release-checklist @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Pre-release checklist: + * Update .po files (rake updatepo). Remember to add any new po(t) files. + +Release checklist: + * prepare a changelog from git shortlog + * tag the release with (./tag-release <version>). The script takes care of everything, including building the package + * git push, with tags + * upload packages to website's download folder + * update milestones and versions on the website + * prepare announcement on the website (use the changelog prepared before) + * change the website front page + * update the IRC topic + * [jsn] upload the gem (gem push rbot-<version>.gem) + * [jsn] update release info on rubyforge (needs release notes and changelog, take from announcement) + * [jsn] update release info on freshmeat (needs changes summary, see above) + * write a journal entry on ohloh.net about #rbot <version> being released |