@c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*- @node Release work @chapter Release work @menu * Development phases:: * Minor release checklist:: * Major release checklist:: * Release extra notes:: @end menu @node Development phases @section Development phases There are 2 states of development on @code{master}: @enumerate @item @strong{Normal development}: Any commits are fine. @item @strong{Build-frozen}: Do not require any additional or updated libraries or make non-trivial changes to the build process. Any such patch (or branch) may not be merged with master during this period. This should occur approximately 1 month before any alpha version of the next stable release, and ends when the next unstable branch begins. @end enumerate After announcing a beta release, branch @code{stable/2.x}. There are 2 states of development for this branch: @enumerate @item @strong{Normal maintenance}: The following patches @strong{MAY NOT} be merged with this branch: @itemize @item Any change to the input syntax. If a file compiled with a previous @code{2.x} (beta) version, then it must compile in the new version. Exception: any bugfix to a Critical issue. @item New features with new syntax @emph{may be committed}, although once committed that syntax cannot change during the remainder of the stable phase. @item Any change to the build dependencies (including programming libraries, documentation process programs, or python modules used in the buildscripts). If a contributor could compile a previous lilypond @code{2.x}, then he must be able to compile the new version. @end itemize @item @strong{Release prep}: Only translation updates and important bugfixes are allowed. @end enumerate @node Minor release checklist @section Minor release checklist A @qq{minor release} means an update of @code{y} in @code{2.x.y}. @subheading Pre-release @enumerate @item Switch to the release branch, get changes, prep release announcement: @example git checkout release/unstable git merge origin vi Documentation/web/news-front.itexi Documentation/web/news.itexi @end example @item Commit, push, switch back to master: @example git commit -m "Release: update news." Documentation/web/ git push origin @end example @item If you do not have the previous release test-output tarball, download it and put it in @code{regtests/} @item Prepare GUB environment by running: @example ### my-gub.sh # special terminal, and default PATH environment. # import these special environment vars: # HOME, HTTP_PROXY, TERM env -i \ HOME=$HOME \ HTTP_PROXY=$HTTP_PROXY \ bash --rcfile my-bashrc @end example @example ### my-bashrc export PS1="\[\e[1;33mGUB-ENV \w\]$ \[\e[0m\]" export PATH=$PATH export TERM=xterm @end example @item Build release on GUB by running: @example make LILYPOND_BRANCH=release/unstable lilypond @end example @noindent or something like: @example make LILYPOND_BRANCH=stable/2.12 lilypond @end example @item Check the regtest comparison in @file{uploads/webtest/} for any unintentional breakage. More info in @ref{Precompiled regression tests}. @item If any work was done on GUB since the last release, upload binaries to a temporary location, ask for feedback, and wait a day or two in case there's any major problems. @warning{Always do this for a stable release.} @end enumerate @subheading Actual release @enumerate @item If you're not the right user on the webserver, remove the @code{t} from the rsync command in: @example test-lily/rsync-lily-doc.py test-lily/rsync-test.py @end example @code{graham} owns v2.13; @code{han-wen} owns v2.12. @item Upload GUB by running: @example make lilypond-upload \ LILYPOND_REPO_URL=git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git \ LILYPOND_BRANCH=release/unstable @end example @noindent or something like: @example make lilypond-upload \ LILYPOND_REPO_URL=git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond.git \ LILYPOND_BRANCH=stable/2.12 @end example @end enumerate @subheading Post release @enumerate @item Switch back to master and get the updated news: @example git checkout master git merge release/unstable @end example @item Update @file{VERSION} in lilypond git and upload changes: @example vi VERSION @end example @itemize @item VERSION = what you just did +0.0.1 @item DEVEL_VERSION = what you just did (i.e. is now online) @item STABLE_VERSION = what's online (probably no change here) @end itemize @example git commit -m "Release: bump version." VERSION git push origin @end example @item (for now) do a @code{make doc} and manually upload: @example ### upload-lily-web-media.sh #!/bin/sh BUILD_DIR=$HOME/src/build-lilypond PICS=$BUILD_DIR/Documentation/pictures/out-www/ EXAMPLES=$BUILD_DIR/Documentation/web/ly-examples/out-www/ cd $BUILD_DIR rsync -a $PICS graham@@lilypond.org:media/pictures rsync -a $EXAMPLES graham@@lilypond.org:media/ly-examples @end example @item Wait a few hours for the website to update. @item Email release notice to @code{info-lilypond} @end enumerate @node Major release checklist @section Major release checklist A @qq{major release} means an update of @code{x} in @code{2.x.0}. @subheading Main requirements This is the current official guidelines. @itemize @item 0 Critical issues for two weeks (14 days) after the latest release candidate. @end itemize @subheading Potential requirements These might become official guidelines in the future. @itemize @item Check reg test @item Check all 2ly scripts @item Check for emergencies the docs: @example grep FIXME --exclude "misc/*" --exclude "*GNUmakefile" \ --exclude "snippets/*" ????*/* @end example @item Check for altered regtests, and document as necessary. (update numbers in the following command as appropriate) @example git diff -u -r release/2.12.0-1 -r release/2.13.13-1 input/regression/ @end example @end itemize @subheading Housekeeping requirements Before the release: @itemize @item write release notes. note: stringent size requirements for various websites, so be brief. @item Run convert-ly on all files, bump parser minimum version. @item Make directories on lilypond.org: @example ~/web/download/sources/v2.14 ~/web/download/sources/v2.15 @end example @item Shortly after the release, move all current contributors to previous contributors in: @example Documentation/included/authors.itexi @end example @item Website: @itemize @item make a link from the old unstable to the next stable in lilypond.org's /doc/ dir. Keep all previous unstable->stable doc symlinks. Also, make the old docs self-contained -- if there's a redirect in /doc/v2.12/Documentation/index.html , replace it with the index.html.old-2.12 files. The post-2.13 docs will need another way of handling the self-containment. It won't be hard to whip up a python script that changes the link to ../../../../manuals.html to ../website/manuals.html , but it's still a 30-minute task that needs to be done before 2.16. @item doc auto redirects to v2.LATEST-STABLE @item add these two lines to http://www.lilypond.org/robots.txt: @example Disallow: /doc/v2.PREVIOUS-STABLE/ Disallow: /doc/v2.CURRENT-DEVELOPMENT/ @end example @end itemize @end itemize @subheading Unsorted @itemize @item submit pots for translation: send url of tarball to translation@@iro.umontreal.ca, mentioning lilypond-VERSION.pot @item update links to distros providing lilypond packages? link in: @file{Documentation/web/download.itexi} This has nothing to do with the release, but it's a "periodic maintenance" task that might make sense to include with releases. @item Send announcements to... News: @example comp.music.research comp.os.linux.announce comp.text.tex rec.music.compose @end example Mail: @example info-lilypond@@gnu.org linux-audio-announce@@lists.linuxaudio.org linux-audio-user@@lists.linuxaudio.org linux-audio-dev@@lists.linuxaudio.org tex-music@@icking-music-archive.org --- non-existant? abcusers@@blackmill.net rosegarden-user@@lists.sourceforge.net info-gnu@@gnu.org noteedit-user@@berlios.de gmane.comp.audio.fomus.devel gmane.linux.audio.users gmane.linux.audio.announce gmane.comp.audio.rosegarden.devel @end example Web: @example lilypond.org freshmeat.net linuxfr.com http://www.apple.com/downloads harmony-central.com (news@@harmony-central.com) versiontracker.com [auto] hitsquad.com [auto] http://www.svgx.org https://savannah.gnu.org/news/submit.php?group_id=1673 @c => planet.gnu.org @end example @end itemize @node Release extra notes @section Release extra notes @subsubheading Regenerating regression tests Regenerating regtests (if the lilypond-book naming has changed): @itemize @item git checkout release/lilypond-X.Y.Z-A @item take lilypond-book and any related makefile updates from the latest git. @item configure; make; make test @item tar -cjf lilypond-X.Y.Z-A.test-output.tar.bz2 input/regression/out-test/ @item mv lilypond-X.Y.Z-A.test-output.tar.bz2 ../gub/regtests/ @item cd ../gub/regtests/ @item make lilypond @end itemize @subsubheading stable/2.12 If releasing stable/2.12, then: @itemize @item apply doc patch: patches/rsync-lily.patch (or something like that) @item change infodir in gub/specs/lilypond-doc.py from "lilypond.info" to "lilypond-web.info" @end itemize @subsubheading Updating a release (changing a in x.y.z-a) Really tentative instructions, almost certainly can be done better. @enumerate @item change the VERSION back to release you want. push change. (hopefully you'll have forgotten to update it when you made your last release) @item make sure that there aren't any lilypond files floating around in target/ (like usr/bin/lilypond). @item build the specific package(s) you want, i.e. @example bin/gub mingw::lilypond-installer make LILYPOND_BRANCH=stable/2.12 -f lilypond.make doc bin/gub --platform=darwin-x86 'git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond-doc.git?branch=stable/2.12' @end example or build everything with the normal "make lilypond", then (maybe) manually delete stuff you don't want to upload. @item manually upload them. good luck figuring out the rsync command(s). Hints are in test-lily/ or run the normal lilypond-upload command, and (maybe) manually delete stuff you didn't want to upload from the server. @end enumerate