Talk:Release 0.8

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* <s>Freeze new features by creating a release branch.</s> ** <s>Update version.php with the new release version.</s> ** <s>Notify testers and 3rd-party developers of the upcoming release. Notify translators so they can update with any changes.</s> ** <s>Following the [[Test Procedure]], check each feature.</s> * <s>Audit the files for security issues.</s> * <s>Build the release documentation:</s> ** <s>Write the release notes.</s> *** <s>Summarize issues fixed - need not be comprehensive (include Trac report URL).</s> *** <s>Summarize features added.</s> ** <s>Write the upgrading process, include any necessary files.</s> ** <s>Update the [https://github.com/habari/doc user manual] to reflect changes since the last release.</s> *** <s>Update new.html to reflect release notes.</s> *** <s>Update upgrading.html to reflect upgrade notes for this version.</s> * <s>Approval of the PMC to release.</s> * <s>Grab translations from launchpad.</s> * <s>Create a tag for the release from the release branch. Note that your remotes might not be called <tt>origin</tt>.</s> ** In <tt>habari/system</tt>: *** <tt>git checkout 0.8</tt> Checkout the release branch. *** <tt>git tag -a v0.8 -m 'Version 0.8'</tt> Create an annotated tag for the release. *** <tt>git push --tags origin 0.8</tt> Publish the tag to the release branch. ** In <tt>habari/doc</tt>: *** <tt>git pull origin master</tt> Update to the latest manual. ** In <tt>habari/habari</tt>: *** <tt>git add system;git commit -m "Update system submodule to 0.8"</tt> Update the reference to the system submodule to point at the new tag. *** <tt>git add doc;git commit -m "Update doc submodule"</tt> Update the reference to the doc submodule. *** <tt>git push origin master</tt> Publish the updated master. ** In <tt>habari/system</tt>: *** <tt>git checkout master</tt> Checkout the master branch. *** <tt>git merge 0.8</tt> Merge the new tag into the master branch. *** Edit <tt>system/classes/version.php</tt> to change to the next alpha, <tt>HABARI_VERSION = '0.9-alpha'</tt>. *** <tt>git commit -a -m "Bump version to 0.9-alpha"</tt> Commit the version change. *** Optionally <tt>git describe</tt> to show that master is now ahead of the 0.8 tag by the number of commits not merged to the release branch. *** <tt>git push origin master</tt> Publish the new tag and version update. * Prepare the release package. ** Deploy release archive to download location. ** <s>Update the version number for the update beacon on hp.o</s> * Upgrade the demo site to the new version. * Update IRC topic. ** /msg ChanServ OP #habari <tt>yournick</tt> ** /msg ChanServ TOPIC #habari Habari Project: http://habariproject.org/ • 0.8 Now Available! • Chat logs: http://drunkenmonkey.org/irc/habari/ ** /msg ChanServ DEOP #habari <tt>yournick</tt> * Announce the release on our home page, wiki, and mailing lists. [[Category:Releases]]

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