Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of Bitten Dev/Release Check List

Timestamp:

Oct 21, 2010, 11:23:01 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

osimons

Comment:

Minor adjustments to release checklist following the experiences of todays release.

Bitten Dev/Release Check List

@@ -11 +11 @@
  * Update version in `setup.py`
  * Drop `[egg_info]` section `setup.cfg`
- * Update `ChangeLog` with release information and changes (make changes in trunk and merge to 0.6-stable)
+ * Update `ChangeLog` with release information and changes - make changes in trunk and merge to stable branch
  * Before first major releases:
    * `svn copy trunk -> /branches/<major>.x`
@@ -18 +18 @@
 
  * svn copy /branches/<major>.x -> /tags/<major>.<minor><beta?>
- * Commit message should contain a link to `[milestone:<major><minor>]` if not beta.
+ * Commit message should contain a link to `[milestone:<major><minor>]`.
 
 == Adjust source trees ==
@@ -26 +26 @@
  * Reset version information in `setup.py` to new next version + add back `[egg_info]` section
  * Add new empty section in `ChangeLog` for coming version
- * If `ChangeLog` changed in branch, also update in trunk
 
 == Make releases ==
 
- * Build docs for the tag
+ * Checkout/export the freshly tagged code and use it to make releases.
+ * Build docs (`./setup.py build_doc` and open doc/index.html in a browser to verify result).
  * Build and upload installers to FTP site in following formats and versions - for both 'Bitten' and 'Bitten-Slave':
-   * .tar.gz (`sdist` *nix) and .zip (`sdist` win)
-   * py26.egg (`bdist_egg`)
-   * py25.egg (`bdist_egg`)
-   * py24.egg (`bdist_egg`)
-   * amd64.exe (`bdist_wininst`)
-   * .exe (`bdist_wininst`)
+   * .tar.gz (`sdist` *nix) and .zip (`sdist` Windows)
+   * py26.egg (`bdist_egg` using any Python)
+   * py25.egg (`bdist_egg` using any Python)
+   * py24.egg (`bdist_egg` using any Python)
+   * amd64.exe (`bdist_wininst` using 32-bit Windows Python)
+   * .exe (`bdist_wininst` using 64-bit Windows Python)
  * Run `update-latest.sh` script in FTP directory to make 'latest' links and md5 checksums (also make a similar script for Bitten-Slave when that is ready)
  * Update wiki:Download page with new links
@@ -46 +46 @@
 
 == Questions... ==
- * What about PYPI?
- * Do we prepare releases for both Bitten and Bitten-Slave?
- * What source and egg versions do we need to prepare?
+ * What about PYPI? Entries for both Bitten and Bitten-Slave?