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dev:release_process [2018/05/30 12:52]
tedfelix [String Freeze] |
dev:release_process [2019/06/13 17:13]
tedfelix [Update the README] |
| ===== String Freeze ===== | ===== String Freeze ===== |
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| On the day of the string freeze, update the .ts files for the translators. Use Qt4 to make sure the resulting .ts files can be edited by translators using Qt4. | On the day of the string freeze, update the .ts files for the translators. We are now standardized on Qt5, so make sure that is the current version of Qt. |
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| $ QT_SELECT=qt4 scripts/make-ts | $ QT_SELECT=qt5 scripts/make-ts |
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| Commit this: | Commit this: |
| ===== Test a Release Build ===== | ===== Test a Release Build ===== |
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| On the release date, do a Release build and a few sanity checks to make sure nothing is broken. | On the release date, do a couple of Release builds and a few sanity checks to make sure nothing is broken. |
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| ===== Update Release Notes ===== | ===== Update Release Notes ===== |
| Update anything else that seems like it needs updating. | Update anything else that seems like it needs updating. |
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| | ===== Update AboutDialog.cpp ===== |
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| | Update copyright year as needed. |
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| ===== Update data.qrc ===== | ===== Update data.qrc ===== |
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| ===== Commit Changes ===== | ===== Commit Changes ===== |
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| | If needed: |
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| svn commit -m "Updates for version xx.xx" | svn commit -m "Updates for version xx.xx" |
| scripts/make-release-tarball RELEASE | scripts/make-release-tarball RELEASE |
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| Sanity test the tarball. Build and run from it. | |
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| ==== Tagging the Release ==== | ==== Tagging the Release ==== |
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| //We might upgrade make-release-tarball to accept a "POINT" option that will change the tagging behavior. Or we might be able to parse the output of svn info and use that to generate the two URLs for tagging. That should fix the 502 errors.// | //We might upgrade make-release-tarball to accept a "POINT" option that will change the tagging behavior. Or we might be able to parse the output of svn info and use that to generate the two URLs for tagging. That should fix the 502 errors.// |
| ==== Tagging Errors ==== | ==== Tagging Errors ==== |
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| | For some reason, I get a lot of errors during the tagging process. |
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| | === Bad Gateway === |
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| An "Unexpected HTTP status 502 'Bad Gateway'" error indicates that the URL used to create the tag doesn't match the URL used to checkout the repo. Use svn info to figure out what URL type to use: | An "Unexpected HTTP status 502 'Bad Gateway'" error indicates that the URL used to create the tag doesn't match the URL used to checkout the repo. Use svn info to figure out what URL type to use: |
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| From the above we know that we need to use an "svn+ssh" style URL to create a tag. | From the above we know that we need to use an "svn+ssh" style URL to create a tag. |
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| | === Password Prompts === |
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| | It might prompt for password, you can cancel that. This might drop to the command line and prompt for a password. I usually enter it here and get a ton of errors. It still seems to work. |
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| | === Wallet? === |
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| | Any errors related to a "wallet" can safely be ignored and the wallet UI can safely be closed via the "cancel" button. |
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| | ===== Test tarball ===== |
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| | Sanity test the tarball. Build and run from it. |
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| ===== Deliver ===== | ===== Deliver ===== |
