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High level release procedure that we follow to make a formal release for the
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getdns API project. This is a recipe - if you have a better way to do it then
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update this document and share it with us.
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- code freeze
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confirm with core team that all commits are in, from this point forward
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only bug fixes will be included in the release branch
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- create a release branch
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in git repository named for the release, e.g. "v0.1.2"
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we do this because folks may want to continue to work in the master branch
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and be free to commit changes without injuring the release process. Since
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building and testing binaries for a release takes a few days we don't want to
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force changes to queue up.
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One might argue that a release can be cut more quickly, however there are
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inevitably little tweaks that need to be made that get uncovered as a result
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of the binary builds - these tweaks need to be included in the souces for
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this release so building the source tarball can't be done until all of the
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binaries have been built and tested.
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- clone repo release branch to a clean local repo
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this should be a brand spanking new directory - don't try to shortcut it and
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use a working directory with lots of cruft - crap will find its way into the
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release and embarass you:
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# git clone -b v0.1.2 https://github.com/getdnsapi/getdns.git getdns-0.1.2
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- update files to reflect release number/date
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./README.md
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./ChangeLog
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./configure.ac (AC_INIT)
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commit these changes to the release branch
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# git commit -a -m "release number and date updates"
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# git push
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- build binaries for each target platform
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- create clean build directory, create local repo
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- build code (no additional libraries, note that regression tests will not build)
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- build code (with libevent)
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- run regression tests and verify that alls well
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- install on each target platform
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- make sure and use a user that was NOT used for the build, this will uncover
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any silliness related to absolute paths in the build
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- if a build breaks or an install fails then commit fixes to the relase branch
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- rebuild EVERY binary using the changed release branch
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- once all binaries are built and tested clean, create source tar ball
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- generate checksums for each binary/source tar
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- upload source and binaries to the getdnsapi.net site
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- update getdnsapi.net web site
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news entry for the release
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main page download links
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main page checksums
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- announce message to
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getdns mailing list
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stub-resolvers mailing list
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Verisign internal via the matrix
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- merge branch changes back into master
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