Lazarus 1.0 release plan: what changed

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

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