Detailed Lazarus release template todo

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This page can be used as template for a Detailed Lazarus release 0.9.x todo

Release preparation

  • Gather list of todos from developers
  • Add new LazTarget to the mantis for so we can postpone issue one release.

Bugs to be fixed

Things that need to be fixed before tagging:

Tagging release

  • Set release version in trunk (Vincent)
    • lazarus/ide/version.inc
    • lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas
    • lazarus/debian/changelog
    • lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist
    • open lazarus/lazarus.lpi in the IDE and change the version numbers in the project options dialog
  • Tag trunk to tags/release_X_Y_Z (Vincent)
  • Increase version number in trunk (Vincent)

Building release

  • win32 (Vincent)
  • source (Mattias)
  • linux source rpm (Mattias)
  • linux i386 rpm (Mattias)
  • linux i386 deb (Mattias)
  • linux x86_64 rpm (Vincent)
  • Mac OS X powerpc (Vincent)

Announcements

  • List of changes (Mattias)
  • Mailing lists (Mattias)
  • News item on www.lazarus.freepascal.org (Vincent)
  • Sourceforge (Mattias)
  • Freshmeat (Vincent)
  • Wiki: downloading, installation, getting source hints (Mattias)
  • Change IRC topic (Marc)
  • New versions in Mantis (Marc)

After release

  • Make sure snapshots are created correctly for the new version (Vincent)

Further

  • Relax (all)
  • Plan next release