calamares/hacking/RELEASE.md

The Calamares release process

(0) A week in advance

• Run Coverity scan, fix what's relevant.
• Build with clang -Weverything, fix what's relevant.
• Make sure all tests pass.
• Notify translators.

(1) Preparation

• Check README.md and everything in hacking, make sure it's all still relevant.
• Update CHANGELOG.md.
• Update submodules.
• Pull latest translations from Transifex.
• Bump version in CMakeLists.txt, commit.

(2) Tarball

• Create tarball with git-archive-all.
• Test tarball.

(3) Tag

• git tag -s v1.1.0
• Generate MD5 and SHA1 checksums.
• Upload tarball.
• Announce on mailing list, notify packagers.
• Write release article.

(4) Release day

• Publish tarball.
• Update download page.
• Publish release article on calamares.io.
• Publicize on social networks.
• Update release date on JIRA.
• Publish blog post.