commit fc1a32656406f620ff8be6eeedb6e40a949c567b
parent cc193b488dda356f6399260aa3e00e65251f2ec6
Author: Philippe Gervais <philippe.n.gervais@free.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 20:04:40 +0200
Add more details in TODO-release.md
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1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/TODO-release.md b/TODO-release.md
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# This is a list of things to do when releasing a new version.
+## Preparation
+
- Update version number in CMakeLists.txt
- Update version number in src/Tests/guitar-adnote.xmz
-- Update news on sourceforge website
-- Upload source tarball to sourceforge website
-- Update the "Linux/BSD/Source" link on http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/download.html (do that here : https://github.com/zynaddsubfx/zyn-website/blob/master/download.html )
- Update Copyright (mainly YEAR) info in src/UI/MasterUI.fl (note this is mentioned 2 times on line 5 and line 872)
+- Update AUTHORS.txt to included new contributors since the last release
- Check and update (if needed) the manpage file : doc/zynaddsubfx.1.txt
+- Check NEWS.txt contains all the changes since the previous version
+
+## Build and test a release candidate
+
+All applies to the 4 UI options: no-gui, fltk, ntk and zyn-fusion.
+
+- Check the code builds on Linux, Mac and Windows (standalone and plugin versions)
+- Check the docker containers produce binaries
+- Check the code runs on Linux, Mac and Windows (standalone and plugin versions)
+
+Then tag the release git commit with the version number.
+
+## Publish the new version
+
+- Build tarballs
+- Upload source tarball to sourceforge website
+- Update the "Linux/BSD/Source" link on http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/download.html (do that here : https://github.com/zynaddsubfx/zyn-website/blob/master/download.html)
+
+- Update news on sourceforge website (https://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io/news.html)
- Issue release announcement to linux-audio-announce, zynaddsubfx-user, kvr,
linux-musicians
