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| author | Frediano Ziglio <fziglio@redhat.com> | 2020-02-27 16:49:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Frediano Ziglio <fziglio@redhat.com> | 2020-02-28 13:18:23 +0000 |
| commit | 6bba711386724d7bc274f3ac6cf04c31cd065545 (patch) | |
| tree | ade7d36250d751e2d1f56f7e170ff4bf42a7cb63 | |
| parent | 7f7af5d4265fc760df78822b31a3f2c80675bf14 (diff) | |
Add some notes on how to do the release
Just to not forget some steps
Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/how_to_release.md | 39 |
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/how_to_release.md b/docs/how_to_release.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b3cadf02 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/how_to_release.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +How to do a SPICE server release +================================ + +Some notes to prepare a release, not really strict but better to have in order +to avoid forgetting something. + +* Update `configure.ac` and `meson.build` according to libtool rules +* Update `CHANGELOG.md` with list of changes done since last release +* Send a merge request with such changes, handle the review +* Try to build an RPM package from `make dist` output (see below notes + on how to build a source tarball) +* `git push` for the above MR +* `git push` for the version tag created (for instance you can use + `git push origin v0.14.3` or `git push --tags`) +* Send an email to spice-devel mailing list +* Sign generated tarball (to create a detached signature run + `gpg2 -sb spice-release.tar.bz2`) +* On Gitlab update tags (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/-/tags) + * Add ChangeLog information + * Upload tarball and relative signature +* Upload tarball and relative signature to + https://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/ (sftp to + `spice-uploader@spice-web.osci.io:/var/www/www.spice-space.org/`) +* Update file `download.rst` in + https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-space-pages +* Create a merge request for `spice-space-pages` + +How to build a source tarball +----------------------------- + +1. `git tag -a v0.14.3 -m 'spice-server 0.14.3'` (replace the version) +2. `git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice.git` +3. `cd spice` +4. `./autogen.sh --disable-dependency-tracking` +5. `(cd subprojects/spice-common && make gitignore)` +6. `make dist` + +Step 4 is to avoid a problem with `.deps` directories, step 5 to avoid +the directory to be dirty due to missing `.gitignore` files. |