packagekit/RELEASE

PackageKit Release Notes

1. Write NEWS entries for PackageKit and gnome-packagekit in the same
   format as usual. Ignore any trivial commits.

git-shortlog PACKAGEKIT_0_3_11.. | grep -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new
git-shortlog GNOME_PACKAGEKIT_0_3_11.. | 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 0.4.0"
git tag -a -f -m "Release 0.4.0" PACKAGEKIT_0_4_0
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. Commit changes in gnome-packagekit git:

git commit -a -m "Release version 0.4.0"
git-tag GNOME_PACKAGEKIT_0_4_0
git push --tags
git push

6. run 'make dist-gzip' in both the PackageKit and gnome-packagekit dirs.

7. Upload both tarballs to:

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

8. Do post release version bump in configure.ac

9. Commit changes in both projects:

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

10. Upload new html sources

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

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Subject: PackageKit and gnome-packagekit 0.4.0 released!

Today I released PackageKit and gnome-packagekit 0.4.0.

PackageKit release notes: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=packagekit.git;a=blob;f=NEWS

gnome-packagekit release notes: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=users/hughsient/gnome-packagekit.git;a=blob;f=NEWS

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

Thanks to all those who made this possible.
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