Lazarus 0.9.28 release plan: what changed
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Title: Lazarus 0.9.28 release plan
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| 1 | + | ### Release preparation | |
| 2 | + | ||
| 3 | + | - ~~Gather list of todos from developers (Vincent)~~ | |
| 4 | + | - ~~Add LazTarget (0.9.30) to the mantis, so we can postpone issues one release.~~ | |
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| 6 | + | ### Before tagging | |
| 7 | + | ||
| 8 | + | - <s>Informally announce (IRC, mailing list) a pending release (+/- week before actual release), so that people can test for regressions </s> (Vincent) | |
| 9 | + | - <s>Create fixes_0_9_28 branch for the final fixes before tagging</s> (Vincent) | |
| 10 | + | ||
| 11 | + | #### Bugs to be fixed | |
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Things that need to be fixed before tagging: | |
| 14 | + | ||
| 15 | + | - <s>A list of bugs with [target 0.9.28](http://bugs.freepascal.org/view_all_set.php?type=3&source_query_id=1205).</s> | |
| 16 | + | ||
| 17 | + | ### Tagging release | |
| 18 | + | ||
| 19 | + | - <s>Set release version in fixes_0_9_28</s> (Vincent) | |
| 20 | + | - <s>lazarus/ide/version.inc | |
| 21 | + | - lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas | |
| 22 | + | - lazarus/debian/changelog | |
| 23 | + | - lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist</s> | |
| 24 | + | - <s>Tag fixes_0_9_28 to tags/release_0_9_28</s> (Vincent) | |
| 25 | + | - <s>Increase version number in fixes to 0.9.28.1</s> (Vincent) | |
| 26 | + | ||
| 27 | + | ### Building and uploading release | |
| 28 | + | ||
| 29 | + | #### Building | |
| 30 | + | ||
| 31 | + | - <s>source</s> (Vincent) | |
| 32 | + | - <s>html docs</s> (Vincent) | |
| 33 | + | - <s>chm docs</s> (Vincent) | |
| 34 | + | - <s>win32</s> (Vincent) | |
| 35 | + | - <s>win32 for arm-wince</s> (Vincent) | |
| 36 | + | - <s>win64</s> (Vincent) | |
| 37 | + | - <s>linux source rpm</s> (Joost) | |
| 38 | + | - <s>linux i386 rpm</s> (Joost) | |
| 39 | + | - <s>crosswin32 rpm</s> (Mattias) | |
| 40 | + | - <s>linux x86_64 rpm</s> (Joost) | |
| 41 | + | - <s>linux i386 deb</s> (Vincent) | |
| 42 | + | - <s>crosswin32 deb</s> (Mattias) | |
| 43 | + | - <s>linux x86_64 deb</s> (Vincent) | |
| 44 | + | - <s>Mac OS X powerpc</s> (Vincent) | |
| 45 | + | - <s>Mac OS X i386</s> (Vincent) | |
| 46 | + | ||
| 47 | + | #### Uploading | |
| 48 | + | ||
| 49 | + | - <s>Ubuntu repo i386</s> (Vincent) | |
| 50 | + | - <s>Ubuntu repo x86_64</s> (Vincent) | |
| 51 | + | - <s>Move files from their temporary location (/home/pfs/project/l/la/lazarus/OldFiles/0.9.28) to the actual visual location in the SourceForge File Release System</s> (Vincent) | |
| 52 | + | - <s>Mac OS X: fink unstable tree</s> (Michael) | |
| 53 | + | ||
| 54 | + | ### Announcements | |
| 55 | + | ||
| 56 | + | - <s>Wiki: downloading, installation, getting source hints</s> (Mattias) | |
| 57 | + | - <s>[[Installing Lazarus]]</s> | |
| 58 | + | - <s>List of changes: [[Lazarus 0.9.28 release notes]]</s> (Mattias) | |
| 59 | + | - <s>Mailing lists<s> (Mattias) | |
| 60 | + | - <s>News item on www.lazarus.freepascal.org</s> (Mattias) | |
| 61 | + | - <s>Sourceforge</s> (Vincent) | |
| 62 | + | - <s>Freshmeat</s> (Vincent) | |
| 63 | + | - <s>Change IRC topic</s> (Marc) | |
| 64 | + | - <s>New versions in Mantis</s> (Vincent) | |
| 65 | + | ||
| 66 | + | ### After release | |
| 67 | + | ||
| 68 | + | - <s>Make sure snapshots are created correctly for the new version</s> (Vincent) | |
| 69 | + | ||
| 70 | + | ### Further | |
| 71 | + | ||
| 72 | + | - <s>Relax\></s> (all) | |
| 73 | + | - <s>Plan next release</s> (Paul) | |
| 74 | + | ||
| 75 | + | --- | |
| 76 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Lazarus 0.9.28 release plan", as it stood on 2013-10-20 after a change by Jwdietrich, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 77 | + | Category: Development Strategy |