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  1. NOTES ON RELEASING NEW VERSION OF NAGIOSPLUG
  2. *** Pre-release
  3. git pull
  4. . tools/devmode, if feeling adventurous
  5. check compilation, check tinderbox screens
  6. *** Prepare and commit files
  7. Update BUGS, NEWS file
  8. Update AUTHORS if new members
  9. Update configure.in, package.def and NP-VERSION-GEN with version
  10. Run git2cl (get from http://josefsson.org/git2cl/):
  11. git2cl >Changelog
  12. commit BUGS NEWS configure.in package.def ChangeLog
  13. *** Create new tag
  14. git tag release-1.4.14
  15. *** Checkout new version
  16. rm -fr /tmp/nagioslug
  17. # If you need to checkout the tag, don't forget to "checkout master" later to
  18. # get back to your development branch:
  19. git checkout tags/release-1.4.14
  20. # Beware: the trailing slash of --prefix is REQUIRED
  21. git checkout-index --prefix=/tmp/nagioslug/ -a
  22. *** Build the tarball
  23. cd /tmp/nagioslug
  24. tools/setup
  25. ./configure
  26. make dist
  27. *** Upload generated tarball to sourceforge
  28. sftp upload.sf.net
  29. cd uploads
  30. put file
  31. SF -> Submit News about release. Make sure it is called "Nagios Plugins" (with those caps)
  32. Link to download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=29880
  33. Include contents of NEWS for this release
  34. List all people on team involved.
  35. Add acknowledgement to contributors
  36. Submit. Get URL to news item
  37. SF -> Admin -> File Releases
  38. Add a release to nagiosplug and create a file release
  39. Name: 1.4.1
  40. Create release
  41. Step 1: Add release notes pointing to news item
  42. Step 2: add file
  43. Step 3: *.tar.gz, Platform Independent, Source .gz
  44. Step 4: Send notice
  45. *** Announce new release
  46. Send email to nagiosplug-help, nagios-announce with the news text
  47. Add a news item to http://nagiosplugins.org