packagekit/RELEASE

PackageKit Release Notes

1. Write NEWS entries for PackageKit in the same format as usual.

git shortlog PACKAGEKIT_0_4_6.. | grep -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new

2. Add download date to docs/html/pk-download.html, save file.

3. Update library version if new ABI in configure.ac and change DEVELOPMENT_RELEASE if needed

4. Commit changes in PackageKit git:

git commit -a -m "Release version 0.4.7"
git tag -a -f -m "Release 0.4.7" PACKAGEKIT_0_4_7
git push --tags
git push
git push git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit
git push --tags git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit

5. run 'make dist-gzip'

6. Upload tarball to:

scp *.tar.gz packagekit.org:/srv/www/html/releases/

7. Do post release version bump in configure.ac

8. Commit trivial changes:

git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump"
git push

9. Upload new html sources

10. Send an email to packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org

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Subject: PackageKit 0.4.7 released!

Today I released PackageKit 0.4.7.

PackageKit release notes: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/packagekit/tree/NEWS

Tarballs available here: http://www.packagekit.org/releases/

Thanks to all those who made this possible.
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