-Here are the steps to follow to create a new notmuch release:
+Here are the steps to follow to create a new notmuch release.
-1) Verify that what you want to release is committed. The release
- process will release the code from the current HEAD commit.
+These steps assume that a process (not described here) has already
+been followed to determine the features and bug fixes to be included
+in a release, and that adequate testing by the community has already
+been performed. The little bit of testing performed here is a safety
+check, and not a substitute for wider testing.
-2) Verify that the NEWS file is up to date.
+OK, so the code to be released is present and committed to your git
+repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release:
+
+1) Verify that the NEWS file is up to date.
Read through the entry at the top of the NEWS file and see if
you are aware of any major features recently added that are
not mentioned there. If so, pleas add them, (and ask the
authors of the commits to update NEWS in the future).
-3) Increment the libnotmuch library version in lib/Makefile.local
+2) Verify that the library version in lib/Makefile.local is correct
+
+ See the instructions there for how to increment it.
- See the instructions there for how to increment it. The
- command below can be useful for inspecting header-file changes
- since the last release X.Y.Z:
+ The version should have been updated with any commits that
+ added API, but do check that that is the case. The command
+ below can be useful for inspecting header-file changes since
+ the last release X.Y:
- git diff X.Y.Z..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
+ git diff X.Y..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
Note: We currently don't plan to increment
LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR beyond 1, so if there *are*
stop. Don't release. Figure out the plan on the notmuch
mailing list.
+ Commit this change, if any.
+
+3) Upgrade the version in the file "version"
+
+ The scheme for the release number is as follows:
+
+ A major milestone in usability causes an increase in the major
+ number, yielding a two-component version with a minor number
+ of 0, (such as "1.0" or "2.0").
+
+ Otherwise, releases with changes in features cause an increase
+ in the minor number, yielding a two-component version, (such
+ as "1.1" or "1.2").
+
+ Finally, releases that do not change "features" but are merely
+ bug fixes either add increase the micro number or add it
+ (starting at ".1" if not present). So a bug-fix release from
+ "1.0" would be "1.0.1" and a subsequent bug-fix release would
+ be "1.0.2" etc.
+
Commit this change.
-4) Run "make VERSION=X.Y release" which will perform the following steps:
+4) Create an entry for the new release in debian/changelog
- For the X.Y version, we'll generally just increment Y. But for
- major milestones of usability we're increment X as well.
+ The syntax of this file is tightly restricted, but the
+ available emacs mode (see the dpkg-dev-el package helps). The
+ entries here will be the Debian-relevant single-line
+ description of changes from the NEWS entry. And the version
+ must match the version in the next step.
+ Commit this change.
+
+ XXX: It would be great if this step were automated as part of
+ release, (taking entries from NEWS and the version from the
+ version file, and creating a new commit, etc.)
+
+5) Run "make release" which will perform the following steps.
+
+ Note: If any problem occurs during the process, (such as a lintian
+ warning that you decide should be fixed), you can abort at the
+ prompt for your GPG passphrase and nothing will have been uploaded
+ yet.
+
+ * Ensure that the version consists only of digits and periods
+ * Ensure that version and debian/changelog have the same version
+ * Verify that the source tree is clean
* Compile the current notmuch code (aborting release if it fails)
* Run the notmuch test suite (aborting release if it fails)
- * Check that the notmuch version consists of only two components
- * Check that no release exists with the current version
- * Verify that "make dist" completes successfully
- * Generate the final tar file
- * Generate an sha1sum file
+ * Compile a Debian package
+ * Copy the tar file from what was made for Debian package
+ * Generate a .sha1 sum file for the tar file
* Sign the sha1sum using your GPG setup (asks for your GPG password)
+ * Check that no release exists with the current version
* scp the three files to appear on http://notmuchmail.org/releases
- * Place local copies of the three files in the releases directory
* Create a LATEST-notmuch-version file (after deleting any old one)
+ * Place local copies of the tar, sha1, and gpg files into releases
+ * Upload the Debian package
+ * Place a local copy of the Debian package files in releases
* Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form X.Y.Z, and sign
the tag with your GPG key (asks for your GPG password, and you
may need to set GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to match
* Push that tag
* Provide some text for the release announcement (see below).
-5) Increment the notmuch version by adding a .1 micro number, commit, and push.
-
6) Send a message to notmuch@notmuchmail.org to announce the release.
Use the text provided from "make release" above, (if for some
projects / notmuch / blobdiff