KDevelop/Release Process

Release process for publishing a new KDevelop version

Checklist

This checklist should be processed in the respective order.

• Website
  • Prepare release announcement for kdevelop.org (don't publish yet)

• Repositories (needs to be done for each repository we release)
  • Verify unit tests are working
  • Using the ReleaseMe script (see next paragraph)
    • Generate tarballs
    • Tag the version
  • Adjust codebase for next dev cycle

• Bugzilla
  • Add new versions in bugzilla
  • Add new milestones in bugzilla

• Publishing
  • Upload tarball to KDE FTP (see ftp://upload.kde.org/README)
  • File sysadmin ticket to publish files
  • Wait for it to be uploaded

• When files are uploaded
  • Update download page on the website (https://www.kdevelop.org/download)
  • Publish release announcement on the website
  • Share blog post on Reddit/Hackernews/Twitter/whatever
  • Mail release announcement to kde-announce-apps@ & kdevelop@ & kdevelop-devel@
  • Update IRC channel topic

• Optional stuff
  • Update Wikipedia (release date, feature comparison)
  • Update screenshots (website, kde.org, kde-apps, freshmeat, facebook)
  • Update OpenHub (app icon/logo)

More information can be found here: https://techbase.kde.org/ReleasingExtragearSoftware

Using ReleaseMe

Setup:

git clone kde:releaseme
cd releaseme
cat README.md

Step 1: tarballing

./tarme.rb --version 5.0 --origin 5.0 kdevplatform

Step 2: tagging

./tagme.rb 5.0.0

Rinse & repeat for kdevelop, kdev-php, kdev-python

Upload the tarballs to the KDE FTP and notify the sysadmins:

• Upload to ftp://upload.kde.org:21/incoming/
• Create one ticket at https://phabricator.kde.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/2/

Also add the sha256sum of the tarballs to the sysadmin ticket; also tell where sysadmins should upload the tarballs.

• Example destination: http://download.kde.org/stable/kdevelop/5.0.0/src/