2002-03-08 18:07:09 +00:00
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Release should be done on branches from the trunk so that the package version
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in CVS can always be date-generated and core hacking isn't discouraged during
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the release cycle.
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Note: commands used to make a new branch are as follows:
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(for example, for version 0.3.3)
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cvs tag BRANCH-RELEASE-0_3_3-ROOT
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cvs tag -b BRANCH-RELEASE-0_3_3
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cvs update -r BRANCH-RELEASE-0_3_3
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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Release TODO
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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* make distcheck should pass
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* rpms should build
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* debs should build
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2002-02-02 13:50:03 +00:00
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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Packaging issues will hopefully be less difficult in the future as the build
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system stabilizes.
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2002-02-02 13:50:03 +00:00
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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* after a release, we move in cvs mode and use a .1 nano version number
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2002-02-02 13:50:03 +00:00
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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* close to the next release, we make prereleases by upping the nano version
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2002-02-02 13:50:03 +00:00
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* update web site release notes
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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* add release notes to cvs -- why?
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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2002-02-09 21:05:12 +00:00
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* take a FRESH cvs checkout
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* make distcheck should pass
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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* test suite should pass
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2002-02-09 21:05:12 +00:00
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* rpms should build and install
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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* autotools have latest config.{guess,sub}
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This is needed in order to support newer platforms.
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On Debian install the autotools-dev package to get these.
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* depending on how the API has changed update the libtool versioning
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in configure.ac. Look at the libtool info page about versioning for
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guidelines.
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* update package version
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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* roll a preliminary distribution tarball, make sure that it installs fine,
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registers fine, runs the media tests fine, and uninstalls as well
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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* tag tree
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http://gstreamer.net/dev/cvs.php
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add tag to above page
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2002-02-09 21:05:12 +00:00
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* relink current and cvs in the redhat dir and copy the symlinks from the
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current to the new release treee
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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* update web site release notes: added to cvs
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- change the releases/current symbolic link
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- text version of release announcement can be made from
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lynx -dump http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/notice.php?clean=1
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* update web site docs
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- release-specific docs should go in CVS
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- change docs/current symlink
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* update status table cvs status and then click on the release link
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http://gstreamer.net/admin.php is the portal to all of this
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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* update web site news items for release
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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again, the admin.php page
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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* upload to sourceforge
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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- should we md5 the tarballs?
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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* announce to:
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freshmeat
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gstreamer-{devel, announce}
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2002-02-02 23:09:20 +00:00
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linux-audio-dev (if it's a big release)
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2002-01-09 04:50:13 +00:00
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gnome lists (?)
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lwn (if it's a big release)
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Should work:
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* autoconf feature to allow building outside source dir
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Package version policy
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----------------------
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Use major.minor.micro versioning
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Before 1.0.0
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Update micro until code and API are fairly stable, then update minor.
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After 1.0.0
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Update major when code and api hit new level of stability or major features.
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Update minor on API changes.
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Update micro on API-compatible changes.
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