2008-01-17 01:03:43 +00:00
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2008-01-10
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2001-04-16 12:21:41 +00:00
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2003-09-24 14:00:00 +00:00
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This text summarizes some points to pay attention to when a new release
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2008-01-17 01:03:43 +00:00
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of sane-backends is planned.
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2002-09-26 21:47:20 +00:00
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Timetable (approximate periods):
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2003-09-24 14:00:00 +00:00
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Day 0: Announcement of upcoming release on sane-devel including timetable
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2004-11-07 19:40:52 +00:00
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Day 14: Feature freeze (only bugfixes + documentation updates)
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Day 28: Code freeze (only fixes for bugs that can destroy hardware, can cause
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2002-09-26 21:47:20 +00:00
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compilation problems or render a backend completely unusable, and
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documentation updates are allowed)
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2004-11-07 19:40:52 +00:00
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Day 35: Release
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2001-04-16 12:21:41 +00:00
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Before the release:
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2002-03-17 20:34:37 +00:00
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* Make sure that config.guess and config.sub are up-to-date (get them from
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2008-02-10 20:32:40 +00:00
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savannah.gnu.org/projects/config)
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2003-09-24 14:00:00 +00:00
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* configure.in: increase version number (twice!)
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* configure.in: remove -cvs from textual version number
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2006-06-29 17:47:49 +00:00
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* configure.in: set is_release=yes
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2008-02-10 20:32:40 +00:00
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* OPTIONAL: aclocal.m4: recreate by running aclocal
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* OPTIONAL: include/sane/config.h.in: recreate (autoheader in root of checkout)
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* DONT run automake, it will overwrite our custom ltmain.sh
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* configure: recreate by running autoconf
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2001-04-16 12:21:41 +00:00
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* NEWS: update and enter date of release
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* sane-backends.lsm: update
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* ChangeLog: set release marker
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2008-02-10 20:32:40 +00:00
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* cvs commit
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2004-11-07 19:40:52 +00:00
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* tag CVS with release tag; e.g.: 'cvs tag RELEASE_1_0_15'
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2001-04-16 12:21:41 +00:00
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Making the release:
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2003-11-26 21:42:24 +00:00
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* make tar.gz, sane-backends-x.y.z.lsm, and .md5sum with "make sane-backends"
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2004-11-07 19:40:52 +00:00
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* unpack tar.gz in temporary directory
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* make diff from last release by unpacking it also in temporary directory
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and running e.g.
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diff -uNr sane-backends-1.0.14 sane-backends-1.0.15 > sane-backends-1.0.14-1.0.15.diff'
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* check that the diff applies cleanly to the old version
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2008-02-10 23:02:31 +00:00
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* install devel headers required to build optional backends (1284,gphoto,etc)
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2004-11-07 19:40:52 +00:00
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* check that the new version .tar.gz can be compiled
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* upload these files together with the .diff to the FTP/HTTP servers
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(at the moment: rpm.org and alioth.debian.org).
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2008-02-11 02:50:55 +00:00
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Announcing the release:
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* checkout the html module and:
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* copy sane-backends.html to sane-backends-"old-version".html
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* update sane-supported-devices.html with link to above "old" file
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* rebuild sane-backends.html and sane-mfgs.html (see doc/Makefile)
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* rebuild html man pages (see doc/Makefile)
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* add md5 sum to sane-md5sum.txt
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* check and update platforms page (sane-support.html)
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2003-09-24 14:00:00 +00:00
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* write announcements on sane-project.org and sane-devel, maybe others
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2003-11-26 21:42:24 +00:00
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(e.g. freshmeat), include the md5 hash
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2001-04-16 12:21:41 +00:00
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After the release:
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2004-11-07 19:40:52 +00:00
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* move ChangeLog to ChangeLog-"version" and start a new ChangeLog
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2008-02-10 23:02:31 +00:00
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* add ChangeLog-"version" to DISTFILES in Makefile.in
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2003-09-24 14:00:00 +00:00
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* configure.in: add -cvs suffix
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* configure.in: set is_release=no
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2008-02-11 02:50:55 +00:00
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* configure: regenerate with autoconf
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