Releasing Bazaar ================ This document describes the processes for making and announcing a Bazaar release, and managing the release process. This is just one phase of the `overall development cycle `_, but it's the most complex part. This document gives a checklist you can follow from start to end in one go. .. contents:: Preparing the tree for release ------------------------------ .. Was previously at http://bazaar-vcs.org/ReleaseChecklist #. Make a local branch for preparing this release. (Only for the first release in a series, otherwise you should already have a branch.) :: bzr branch trunk prepare-1.6 #. Configure pqm-submit for this branch, with a section like this in ``~/.bazaar/locations.conf``:: [/home/mbp/bzr/prepare-1.4] pqm_email = Canonical PQM submit_branch = http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/bzr.1.4 submit_to = bazaar@lists.canonical.com #. In the release branch, update ``version_info`` in ``./bzrlib/__init__.py``. Check the output of ``bzr --version``. #. Add the date and release number to ``./NEWS`` #. Summarize into one or two paragraphs what's new in this release. #. Commit these changes to the release branch, using a command like:: bzr commit -m "Release 0.12rc1." The diff before you commit will be something like:: === modified file 'NEWS' --- NEWS 2008-09-17 23:09:18 +0000 +++ NEWS 2008-09-23 16:14:54 +0000 @@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ .. contents:: +bzr 1.7 2008-09-23 +------------------ + +This release includes many bug fixes and a few performance and feature +improvements. ``bzr rm`` will now scan for missing files and remove them, +like how ``bzr add`` scans for unknown files and adds them. A bit more +polish has been applied to the stacking code. The b-tree indexing code has +been brought in, with an eye on using it in a future repository format. +There are only minor installer changes since bzr-1.7rc2. + bzr 1.7rc2 2008-09-17 --------------------- === modified file 'bzrlib/__init__.py' --- bzrlib/__init__.py 2008-09-16 21:39:28 +0000 +++ bzrlib/__init__.py 2008-09-23 16:14:54 +0000 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ # Python version 2.0 is (2, 0, 0, 'final', 0)." Additionally we use a # releaselevel of 'dev' for unreleased under-development code. -version_info = (1, 7, 0, 'candidate', 2) +version_info = (1, 7, 0, 'final', 0) # API compatibility version: bzrlib is currently API compatible with 1.7. #. Submit those changes to PQM for merge into the appropriate release branch:: bzr push bzr pqm-submit -m "(mbp) prepare 1.6" #. When PQM succeeds, pull down the master release branch. Making the source tarball ------------------------- #. Change into the source directory and run :: make dist This also makes a zip file, which is easier to access on Microsoft Windows. #. Now we'll try expanding this tarball and running the test suite to check for packaging problems:: make check-dist-tarball Publishing the release ---------------------- Now you have the releasable product. The next step is making it available to the world. #. In click the "Release series" for this series, to take you to e.g. . Then click "Register a release", and add information about this release. #. Within that release, upload the source tarball and zipfile and the GPG signature. Or, if you prefer, use the ``tools/packaging/lp-upload-release`` script to do this. #. Link from http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download to the tarball and signature. #. Announce on the `Bazaar home page `_. #. Check that the documentation for this release is available in . It should be automatically build when the branch is created, by a cron script ``update-bzr-docs`` on ``escudero``. Announcing the release ---------------------- Now that the release is publicly available, tell people about it. #. Make an announcement mail. For release candidates, this is sent to the ``bazaar-announce`` and ``bazaar`` lists. For final releases, it should also be cc'd to ``info-gnu@gnu.org``, ``python-announce-list@python.org``, ``bug-directory@gnu.org``. In both cases, it is good to set ``Reply-To: bazaar@lists.canonical.com``, so that people who reply to the announcement don't spam other lists. The announce mail will look something like this: | Subject: bzr x.yy released! | | <> | | Thanks to everyone who contributed patches, suggestions, and | feedback. | | bzr x.yy is now available for download from | http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download as a source tarball; packages | for various systems will be available soon. | | <> #. Make an announcement through #. Update the IRC channel topic. Use the ``/topic`` command to do this, ensuring the new topic text keeps the project name, web site link, etc. #. Announce on http://freshmeat.net/projects/bzr/ This should be done for both release candidates and final releases. If you do not have a Freshmeat account yet, ask one of the existing admins. #. Update http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzr -- this should be done for final releases but not for Release Candidates. #. Update the python package index: - best done by running :: python setup.py register Remember to check the results afterwards. To be able to register the release you must create an account on and have one of the existing owners of the project add you to the group. Merging the released code back to trunk --------------------------------------- Merge the release branch back into the trunk. Check that changes in NEWS were merged into the right sections. If it's not already done, advance the version number in ``bzr`` and ``bzrlib/__init__.py``. Submit this back into pqm for bzr.dev. See also -------- * `Packaging into the bzr PPA `_ to make and publish Ubuntu packages. * `Bazaar Developer Document Catalog `_ * `Development cycles `_: things that happen during the cycle before the actual release. .. vim: filetype=rst textwidth=74 ai shiftwidth=4