Lazarus 0.9.28 release plan
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Release preparation
Gather list of todos from developers (Vincent)Add LazTarget (0.9.30) to the mantis, so we can postpone issues one release.
Before tagging
Informally announce (IRC, mailing list) a pending release (+/- week before actual release), so that people can test for regressions(Vincent)Create fixes_0_9_28 branch for the final fixes before tagging(Vincent)
Bugs to be fixed
Things that need to be fixed before tagging:
A list of bugs with target 0.9.28.
Tagging release
Set release version in fixes_0_9_28(Vincent)lazarus/ide/version.inc- lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas
- lazarus/debian/changelog
lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist
Tag fixes_0_9_28 to tags/release_0_9_28(Vincent)Increase version number in fixes to 0.9.28.1(Vincent)
Building and uploading release
Building
- source (Vincent)
win32(Vincent)win32 for arm-wince(Vincent)win64(Vincent)- linux source rpm (Vincent)
- linux i386 rpm (Vincent)
- crosswin32 rpm (Mattias)
- linux x86_64 rpm (Vincnet)
- crosswin32 rpm (Mattias)
- linux i386 deb (Vincent)
- crosswin32 deb (Mattias)
- linux x86_64 deb (Vincent)
- crosswin32 deb (Mattias)
Mac OS X powerpc(Vincent)Mac OS X i386(Vincent)
Uploading
- Ubuntu repo i386 (Vincent)
- Ubuntu repo x86_64 (Vincent)
- Move files from their temporary location (/home/pfs/project/l/la/lazarus/OldFiles/0.9.28) to the actual visual location in the SourceForge File Release System (Vincent)
Announcements
- Wiki: downloading, installation, getting source hints (Mattias)
- List of changes: Lazarus 0.9.28 release notes (Mattias)
- Mailing lists (Mattias)
- News item on www.lazarus.freepascal.org (Vincent)
- Sourceforge (Vincent)
- Freshmeat (Vincent)
- Change IRC topic (Marc)
- New versions in Mantis (Vincent)
After release
Make sure snapshots are created correctly for the new version(Vincent)
Further
- Relax (all)
- Plan next release (Paul)