Release Checklist

From XMMS2

This is a list of things that should be done or checked before, and when doing a release.

Pre-release

• Prepare a bottle of wine. To be opened AFTER the release is done :)
• Create release page titled Release:<releasename>
  • Categorise under Category:Releases ([[Category:Releases]])
• Make sure API-versions are increased if needed.
• Make sure so-versions are increased if needed.
• Sleep. Make sure you are not tired when doing release, to minimize risks of mistakes.
• Check if there is work needed on articles in Category:Articles to be merged at next release

Release

• wiki:
  • check and merge articles or sections in Category:Articles to be merged at next release.
  • README in sync with 'Read me first!' wiki page
  • INSTALL in sync with 'Installation instructions' wiki page
  • news post Template:News, Template:ShortNews
  • release status box Template:ReleaseStatus
• Version number set
• Release snapshot ready (use release.py) & uploaded to sourceforge
• Update freshmeat page
• Send announcement to mailinglist
• doxygen + pydoc + rdoc docs generated & published to exodus
• Update History page

Other things which currently would not really be possible:

• no release critical bugs? - criteria?
• pass build and runtime tests?