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This developers article has been moved to http://globulation2.devjavu.com/ |
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==Test phase== |
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Please go there to find in. Thank you. |
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* First thing to do when planning a release is to propose it. |
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* If no-one complains branch off a release candidate which '''must''' be used for testing and bugfixing '''only''' - and finally will be released: |
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# cp -a <old directory name> <new directory name> |
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# cd <new directory name> |
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# cvs update |
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# cvs tag -b <release tag name>-rc |
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# cvs update -r <release tag name>-rc |
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Normal glob2 development takes place in the original HEAD (i.e. MAIN) |
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branch as usual. |
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[[Category:NewWiki]] |
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* Now announce that you branched off the release candidate and that everyone who wants to help testing or fixing it must do: |
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# cp -a <old directory name> <new directory name> |
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# cd <new directory name> |
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# cvs update -r <release tag name>-rc |
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And also every bugfix must be done for both branches HEAD and the release candidate to avoid cvs merging weaknesses. |
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* Put a line like: "Changes in <release tag> (release soon)" under "Changes since latest release" in: [http://globulation2.org/wiki/Changes Changes] |
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* Increment version number in configure.in |
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* Increment Debian version number by doing debchange -i in debian/ (this must be done by nct on the mailing list) |
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* Do a release dry run, i.e.: all the release steps below except the "cvs tag" and only propagate news about a release candidate - not a release. |
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* Now wait about a week. |
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==Release phase== |
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Here is a detailed description of the remaining release process applied for all the alpha releases: |
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# Go into the directory containing glob2 the release candidate |
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# Check that the local cvs is up to date (through "cvs up") |
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# Check that all the required graphics and maps are in the server (through "./mkdata" and "./mkmap") |
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# Run "make distclean" |
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# Set CXXFLAGS to "-O2 -g $CXXFLAGS", final release could be compiled without the -g and with -O3 but right now -g -O2 is a reasonable tradeoff between speed and debugability |
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# Run "./bootstrap" |
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# Run "./configure"; if any problem occurs, well, the release candidate is not ready for release! |
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# Run "make"; if any problem occurs, well, the release candidate is *still* not ready for release! |
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# Test the resulting binary; if any problem occurs, well, you should fix your code instead of releasing stuff! |
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# Run "cvs tag RELEASE_NAME", in order to tag the CVS so that packagers can fetch this *exact* source tree for this release |
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# Run "make dist" to make the .tar.gz |
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# Run "fakeroot debian/rules binary" to make the debian package |
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# Upload them to glob2@www.globulation2.org:/home/glob2/public_html/releases/X.Y.Z (for example, alpha20 = 0.8.20). |
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# Send a mail to the ml, update web site, savannah news, and rest of the Worlds about the "Good news" ;-) |
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