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Release process for publishing a new KDevelop version

HowTo

This list explains how to obtain release artifacts.

(all commands are fish commands, adapt as needed)

For kdevelop, kdev-python, kdev-php: go to stable branch, don't forget to pull, edit CMakeLists.txt with the new version number. Don't create a tag. Commit and push.
Create tarballs with releaseme: set VERSION 5.2.4; for application in kdev-python kdev-php kdevelop; ruby tarme.rb --version $VERSION --origin stable $application; ruby tagme.rb --version $VERSION; end
Sign: for file in *.tar.xz; gpg --detach-sign --armor $file; end
When built, get the AppImage: http://home.kfunk.org:8080/job/kdevelop-appimage-centos/
Update kde:craft-blueprints-kde/extragear/kdevelop/version.ini to have the new tarball version and default target, commit and push
When build, get the new windows installers: https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/KDevelop_Release_win32/ and https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/KDevelop_Release_win64/
Upload all of them either using ftp + filing a sysadmin ticket, or directly: make directory structure, sign files, then
- scp *AppImage* [email protected]:/home/ftpadmin/stable/kdevelop/$VERSION/bin/linux/
- scp *.tar.xz* [email protected]:/home/ftpadmin/stable/kdevelop/$VERSION/src/
- scp *.exe* [email protected]:/home/ftpadmin/stable/kdevelop/$VERSION/bin/windows/

Checklist

This list explains how to perform the release from the management point of view. 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/