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Release Guidelines
While preparing for the release:
- create cleanup branch (if needed) with some little patches (usually with typecasts fixies, etc);
- create ticket (type=task) for release. Ticket must be blocked by cleanup branch (if present);
- vote for cleanup branch (if present);
- download translations from Transifex.net by command tx pull --all and run:
for i in *.po; do sed -i -e '/^#:/d' $i; done
- update NEWS file in repo and Wiki;
- create new tag in git by command
git tag -s <version>
- new version in Trac;
- new milestone in Trac (no needed for stable branch);
- create tar.(bz2|xz) package files:
mkdir dist; cd dist; ../configure && make dist-bzip2 && make dist-xz
- make checksums for archives:
sha256sum mc-*tar.* >sha256.sum
- upload source packages and checksums to special upload area;
- developers should download tarballs, verify checksums, compile and locally install. If everything is ok than developers keep votes in ticket;
- upload source packages and checksums to http://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads;
- update Wiki start page with latest release number;
- write an announcement: list user visible changes (bugs and features);
- close current milestone (no needed for stable branch);
- close ticket for release.