From b05f3a82a2c088bc677c40d506eb86d3c9b7f450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Schampijer <simon@schampijer.de>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:20:32 +0000
Subject: Add howto for a release

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(limited to 'docs/release_howto.txt')

diff --git a/docs/release_howto.txt b/docs/release_howto.txt
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+''' This is the release process of the sugar packages sugar(shell), 
+sugar-toolkit and sugar-base described in a pytish way
+'''
+
+for package in [sugar, sugar-toolkit, sugar-base, sugar-artwork]:
+    # Release a new version in git
+    Pull the latest sources.
+    Increase the version number in configure.ac
+    # this will create you a tarball and does a check if it builds fine
+    # e.g. it will check if all the files containing translations are 
+    # in po/POTFILES.in
+    make distcheck 
+
+    if that succeed:
+        # commit the change, log it as "Release [version_number]" (e.g. 0.79.1)
+        git commit -a
+        # Tag the release:
+        git tag v[version_number]
+        # Then push both the tag and the change:
+        git push --tags
+        git push
+    else:
+        break
+
+    # Upload the package
+    Upload the tarball to dev.laptop.org:/var/www/sugar/sources/[package]
+
+    # Verify the upload of the package
+    Check that the package has been uploaded fine: \
+            http://dev.laptop.org/pub/sugar/sources/[package]
+
+    # Build and release a new rpm
+    # more info on fedora packaging: 
+    #     http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/UpdatingPackageHowTo
+    # request permissions to contribute to the fedora package: 
+    #     https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/[package]
+
+    if not cvs_package:
+        # Get sugar from fedora cvs:
+        CVSROOT=:ext:erikos@cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/pkgs cvs co [package]
+        cd cvs_package
+    else:
+        cd cvs_package
+        cvs update
+
+    cd OLPC-2
+    make new-sources FILES="[tarball-created-with-make_distcheck]"
+
+    # Change the version in the spec
+    Bump the release number
+    Edit the Changelog
+    # verify your changes
+    cvs diff -u
+    make srpm
+
+    make clog
+    cvs commit
+    # and put the output of 'make clog' as message
+
+    make tag
+    make build
+
+# Do the same for the other branches e.g. devel 
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