[edit] Release naming scheme

We will just increment version numbers. All version below the feature level of original buzz will be named 0.X, afterwards 1.X and so on. When a new release is planned, we will release versions named Z.X-rcY. These release candidates are for people who like to test a new version. It is likely to have bugs though. Only when the version is considered as stable, it will be re-released as Z.X.

We don't use the odd-even number scheme where odd release numbers such as 0.3 denote development versions. Development versions can be obtained from SVN.

[edit] Pre-Releases

update and spellcheck files: README, NEWS
in buzztard, bump BT_RELEASE_YEAR, BT_RELEASE_DATE for ./docs/version.entities.in
src/ui/edit/about-dialog.c
- copy NEWS into dialog
- check year for copyright
check translations: cd po; intltool-update -r
touch po/ChangeLog
make dist or GNOME_DISABLE_CRASH_DIALOG=1 make distcheck
upload tarball to www.buzztard.org/files/
sent email:

to coordinator@translationproject.org
subject buzztard-0.4.pot
body http://www.buzztard.org/files/buzztard-X.Y.Z.tar.gz

upload API docs

[edit] Stable Release checklist

update translations

cd po && for file in *.po; do wget -O$file http://translationproject.org/latest/buzztard/$file; done

run unit tests
make dist or GNOME_DISABLE_CRASH_DIALOG=1 make distcheck
tag repository:

svn mkdir -m"release dir" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/tags/RELEASE_0_3
svn cp -m"tagging release" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/trunk/bml https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/tags/RELEASE_0_3/bml
svn cp -m"tagging release" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/trunk/gst-buzztard https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/tags/RELEASE_0_3/gst-buzztard
svn cp -m"tagging release" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/trunk/buzztard https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/tags/RELEASE_0_3/buzztard
svn cp -m"tagging release" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/trunk/bsl https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/tags/RELEASE_0_3/bsl

upload source tarballs (use firefox, epiphany has issues with menues)
announce new version:
- mailing lists: linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org, (gnome-multimedia@gnome.org), gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, buzztard-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, buzztard-user@lists.sourceforge.net
  - template from 0.3.0, 0.4.0
- advogato blog
- sf.net news
- freshmeat.net
- gnomefiles.org
- buzzupdate
- linuxmusicians
- wikipedia
bump version number in configure.ac files
bump dependencies
add release marker to ChangeLog: === release 0.3.0 === and commit

[edit] Bugfix Release checklist

tag repository:

svn mkdir -m"branch dir" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/branches/RELEASE_0_3
svn cp -m"branching" https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/tags/RELEASE_0_3/buzztard https://buzztard.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/buzztard/branches/RELEASE_0_3/buzztard