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diff --git a/doc/devel/checklist b/doc/devel/checklist new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23eed02 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devel/checklist @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ + -== Checklist for releases ==- + + +Preparing for the release: +- update the 'version' file in the content dir +- update 'uqmversion.h' +- update uqm.lsm (needs to be done after the content packages are generated) +- test on all relevant platforms +- make sure the documentation files are up-to-date + - Clean up the ChangeLog file + - generate Whatsnew from the ChangeLog + - doc/users/manual.txt + - doc/users/unixinstall + - Contributing + - AUTHORS + - INSTALL (and platform variants) + - unix man pages (in the future) + + +Building the release: +- make a final build in release mode +- for the source archive: + - use a clean subversion checkout. + Just using 'svn update' and watching the output will not be + enough, as the files not in repository will be ignored. + - be sure to include content/version +- Building the content packages: + - make sure the permissions in the .zip files are ok (0644 for data files + and 0755 for executables and dirs) + - don't compress .ogg files + + +Announcing the release: +- provide md5 sums for the released files +- add a new entry for the release in the bugs database +- update the home page + - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/index.php (News item) + - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php + - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/info.php + - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/WhatsNew + - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php +- send a mail to sc2-announce +- set the forum 'news' +- set the #sc2 irc channel topic +- update the version number in http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Template:Uqmversion + + +Moving on to the next version: +- update the snapshots page so that content diffs are generated to the + most recent release +- update doc/devel/versions with the release revision + |