Kexi/Releases/Howto

Maintainer of this section: Jstaniek (talk)

Before creating tarballs

• Update version info in the source code:
  • KEXI: in kexi.git/cmake/modules/SetKexiVersionInfo.cmake
    • PROJECT_STABLE_VERSION_MAJOR
    • PROJECT_STABLE_VERSION_MINOR
    • KEXI_ALPHA/KEXI_BETA/KEXI_BETA/KEXI_RC
  • KEXI: in kexi.git/CMakeLists.txt
    • Maybe KEXI_FRAMEWORKS_MIN_VERSION
  • KDb: project() in kdb.git/CMakeLists.txt
  • KProperty: project() in kproperty.git/CMakeLists.txt
  • KReport: project() and maybe REQUIRED_KPROPERTY_VERSION in kreport.git/CMakeLists.txt
• Test Windows installer

Information updates

• Set version tag (git tag -a) in all git repos to the commit the tarballs are made from
• Push tags (git push --tags origin) to all git repos
• Add version for all KEXI and Framework bug.kde.org products: KDb, KProperty, KReport, KEXI
• Collect changelog items (use git-changelog tool: TODO share it), use the template.
• Extract release highlight and attach screenshots
• Write announcement
  • Ask for proofreading at [email protected]
  • See what packages will be ready at release day (*Linux, Windows, OSX), push people to have them ready
• Major release:
  • Create tour
  • Update stable major version at community.kde.org for Kexi and KexiLibs
  • Update unstable major version at community.kde.org for Kexi and KexiLibs
  • Update checkboxes and dates at Kexi/Schedules.
• Update version in craft-blueprints-kde.git/extragear: kexi/kexi.py, kdb/kdb.py, kproperty/kproperty.py, kreport/kreport.py
• Update stable_kf5 in repo-metadata.git/projects/calligra/kexi/i18n.json, projects/extragear/libs/kdb/i18n.json, projects/extragear/libs/property/i18n.json, projects/extragear/libs/kreport/i18n.json
• TODO: Update info on http://userbase.kde.org/Kexi/Download
• Update stable release version at community.kde.org for Kexi and KexiLibs
• Update unstable stage at community.kde.org for Kexi and KexiLibs
• Update info in channel topic of #kexi
• Update kexi-project.org
  • Add link to the KEXI release announcement page Kexi/Releases
  • Update Kexi version on the front page
• Publish news on Kexi forum: http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=220
• Publish news on https://twitter.com/kexi_project, https://www.facebook.com/kexi.project
• Publish news on Bountysource - template
• Email [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
• Stable versions:
  • Publish news on http://www.linkedin.com KEXI group
  • Update version on KDE-Apps.org
  • Update version at http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Kexi
  • Update version at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kexi and http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kexi