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  6. curl release procedure - how to do a release
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  8. [in the source code repo]
  9. - edit RELEASE-NOTES to be accurate
  10. - update docs/THANKS
  11. - make sure all relevant changes are committed on the master branch
  12. - tag the git repo in this style: 'git tag -a curl-7_34_0'. -a annotates the
  13. tag and we use underscores instead of dots in the version number.
  14. - run "./maketgz 7.34.0" to build the release tarballs. It is important that
  15. you run this on a machine with the correct set of autotools etc installed
  16. as this is what then will be shipped and used by most users on *nix like
  17. systems.
  18. - push the git commits and the new tag
  19. - gpg sign the 4 tarballs as maketgz suggests
  20. - upload the 8 resulting files to the primary download directory
  21. [data in the curl-www repo]
  22. - edit Makefile (version number and date),
  23. _newslog.html (announce the new release) and
  24. _changes.html (insert changes+bugfixes from RELEASE-NOTES)
  25. - commit all local changes
  26. - tag the repo with the same tag as used for the source repo
  27. - make sure all relevant changes are committed and pushed on the master branch
  28. (the web site then updates its contents automatically)
  29. [inform]
  30. - send an email to curl-users, curl-announce and curl-library. Insert the
  31. RELEASE-NOTES into the mail.
  32. [celebrate]
  33. - suitable beverage intake is encouraged for the festivities