Lazarus 1.0 release plan: what changed

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Title: Lazarus 1.0 release plan

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1	+	### Release preparation
2	+
3	+	- Gather list of todos from developers
4	+	- <s>Add new LazTarget to the mantis for so we can postpone issue one release.</s>
5	+
6	+	#### Bugs to be fixed
7	+
8	+	Things that need to be fixed before tagging:
9	+
10	+	- A list of bugs with [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/search.php?project id=1&sticky issues=on&sortby=last updated&dir=DESC&status id[]=10&status id[]=20&status id[]=30&status id[]=40&status id[]=50&hide status id=-2&custom field 3=1.0 target 1.0\|http://bugs.freepascal.org/search.php?project_id=1&sticky_issues=on&sortby=last_updated&dir=DESC&status_id%5B%5D=10&status_id%5B%5D=20&status_id%5B%5D=30&status_id%5B%5D=40&status_id%5B%5D=50&hide_status_id=-2&custom_field_3=1.0 target 1.0]], [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/search.php?project id=1&sticky issues=on&sortby=last updated&dir=DESC&status id[]=10&status id[]=20&status id[]=30&status id[]=40&status id[]=50&hide status id=-2&custom field 3=0.99.0 target 0.99\|http://bugs.freepascal.org/search.php?project_id=1&sticky_issues=on&sortby=last_updated&dir=DESC&status_id%5B%5D=10&status_id%5B%5D=20&status_id%5B%5D=30&status_id%5B%5D=40&status_id%5B%5D=50&hide_status_id=-2&custom_field_3=0.99.0 target 0.99]]
11	+	- <s>set LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 for gtk2 in startlazarus (Mattias)</s>
12	+	- <s>add lhelp to rpm (Mattias)</s>
13	+	- <s>fix lhelp error on close: EDOMError DOMDocument.CreateElement (Mattias)</s>
14	+	- <s>bug [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22579 22579]]</s>
15	+	- <s>bug [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22598 22598]]</s>
16	+	- bug [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22591 22591]]
17	+	- <s>bug [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22592 22592]]</s>
18	+	- <s>bug [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22608 22608]]</s>
19	+	- bug [[http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22603 22603]]
20	+
21	+	### Creating branch for release
22	+
23	+	- Create fixes_1_0 branch (Vincent)
24	+	- Set version number 1.1 in trunk (Vincent)
25	+	- lazarus/ide/version.inc
26	+	- lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas
27	+	- lazarus/lcl/lclbase.lpk
28	+	- lazarus/lcl/interfaces/lcl.lpk
29	+	- lazarus/debian/changelog
30	+	- lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist
31	+	- tools/install/linux/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
32	+	- tools/install/win/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
33	+	- tools/install/macos/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
34	+	- check if lpl files needs updating by running ./tools/lplupdate -c (Mattias)
35	+	- run ./tools/updatemakefiles (Mattias)
36	+	- open lazarus/lazarus.lpi in the IDE and change the version numbers in the project options dialog; this will change ide/lazarus.res too.
37	+
38	+	### Create snapshots for new branch
39	+
40	+	These snapshots can be considered release candidates.
41	+
42	+	- <s>source (Vincent)
43	+	- win32 (Vincent)</s>
44	+	- win64 (Vincent)
45	+	- <s>linux i386 rpm (Vincent)
46	+	- linux x86_64 rpm (Vincent)
47	+	- linux i386 deb (Vincent)
48	+	- linux x86_64 deb (Vincent)
49	+	- Mac OS X powerpc (Vincent)
50	+	- Mac OS X i386</s> (Vincent)
51	+	- Add deb snaphots to Ubuntu testing repo (Vincent)
52	+
53	+	### Ask for testing
54	+
55	+	- Informally announce (IRC, mailing list) a pending release (+/- week before actual release), so that people can test for regressions.
56	+
57	+	- Create Release Candidate
58	+	- RC1
59	+
60	+	### Merge revisions from trunk
61	+
62	+	[[Lazarus 1.0 fixes branch]]
63	+
64	+	### Tagging release
65	+
66	+	- Set version to 1.0 in fixes_1_0 branch (Mattias)
67	+	- open lazarus/lazarus.lpi in the IDE and change the version numbers in the project options dialog 1.0.1.1 for RC1, 1.0.1.2 for RC2, 1.0.1.3 for final
68	+	- lazarus/ide/version.inc 1.0 RC2, 1.0
69	+	- lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas 1.0.1.1 for RC1, 1.0.1.2 for RC2, 1.0.1.3 for final
70	+	- lclbase.lpk
71	+	- lcl.lpk
72	+	- lazarus/debian/changelog 1.0.1-1 for RC1, 1.0.1-2 for RC2, 1.0.1-3 for final
73	+	- lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist v1.0 RC2
74	+	- tools/install/linux/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
75	+	- tools/install/win/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
76	+	- tools/install/macos/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
77	+	- check if lpl files needs updating by running ./tools/lplupdate -c (Mattias)
78	+	- run ./tools/updatemakefiles (Mattias)
79	+	- Tag fixes_1_0 branch to tags/release_1_0_RC2 (Mattias)
80	+
81	+	`svn copy svn+ssh://svn.freepascal.org/FPC/svn/lazarus/branches/fixes_1_0 svn+ssh://svn.freepascal.org/FPC/svn/lazarus/tags/lazarus_1_0_RC2 -m 'tagged 1.0.8 as tags/lazarus_1_0_8'`
82	+
83	+	- Set version to 1.1 in trunk (Vincent)
84	+
85	+	### Building release
86	+
87	+	- source (Vincent)
88	+	- html docs (Vincent)
89	+	- chm docs (Vincent)
90	+	- win32 (Vincent)
91	+	- win32 for arm-wince (Vincent)
92	+	- win64 (Vincent)
93	+	- linux source rpm (Joost)
94	+	- linux i386 rpm (Joost)
95	+	- crosswin32 rpm (Mattias)
96	+	- linux x86_64 rpm (Joost)
97	+	- linux i386 deb (Vincent)
98	+	- crosswin32 deb (Mattias)
99	+	- linux x86_64 deb (Vincent)
100	+	- Mac OS X powerpc (Vincent)
101	+	- Mac OS X i386 (Vincent)
102	+	- Add debs to ubuntu repo (Vincent)
103	+
104	+	### Tests
105	+
106	+	- Menu item exists
107	+	- Clear pcp directory and start IDE, a new project application with a form should be visible
108	+	- Double click on form - a FormCreate event should be created
109	+	- Check View / IDE internals / What needs building - no package should need building, only the project
110	+	- Restart the IDE - there should be no warning about upgrading
111	+	- Install the package cody, after restart the component palette should show the component TCodyTreeView
112	+
113	+	### Announcements
114	+
115	+	- Wiki: downloading, installation, getting source hints (Mattias)
116	+	- [[Installing Lazarus]]
117	+	- <s>List of changes: [[Lazarus 1.0 release notes]]</s> (Mattias)
118	+	- <s>Mailing lists</s> (Mattias)
119	+	- <s>News item on www.lazarus.freepascal.org</s> (Mattias)
120	+	- <s>Sourceforge</s> (Vincent)
121	+	- <s>Freshmeat</s> (Vincent)
122	+	- <s>Change IRC topic</s> (Vincent)
123	+	- <s>New versions in Mantis</s> (Vincent)
124	+
125	+	### After release
126	+
127	+	- Make sure snapshots are created correctly for the new version (Vincent)
128	+
129	+	### Further
130	+
131	+	- Relax (all)
132	+	- Plan next release
133	+
134	+	---
135	+	From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Lazarus 1.0 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).
136	+	Category: Development Strategy

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