Detailed Lazarus release template todo
This page can be used as template for a Detailed Lazarus release 1.x todo
Release preparation
- Gather list of todos from developers
- Add new LazTarget to the mantis for so we can postpone issue one release.
Bugs to be fixed
Things that need to be fixed before tagging:
Tagging release
- Set version to 1.0 in fixes_1_0 branch (Mattias)
- open lazarus/lazarus.lpi in the IDE and change the version numbers in the project options dialog 1.0.1.1 for RC1, 1.0.1.2 for RC2, 1.0.1.3 for final
- lazarus/ide/version.inc 1.0 RC2, 1.0
- lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas 1.0.1.1 for RC1, 1.0.1.2 for RC2, 1.0.1.3 for final
- lclbase.lpk
- lcl.lpk
- lazarus/debian/changelog 1.0.1-1 for RC1, 1.0.1-2 for RC2, 1.0.1-3 for final
- lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist v1.0 RC2
- tools/install/linux/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
- tools/install/win/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
- tools/install/macos/environmentoptions.xml same as version.inc
- check if lpl files needs updating by running ./tools/lplupdate -c (Mattias)
- run ./tools/updatemakefiles (Mattias)
- Tag fixes_1_0 branch to tags/release_1_0_RC2 (Mattias)
svn copy svn+ssh://svn.freepascal.org/FPC/svn/lazarus/branches/fixes_1_2 svn+ssh://svn.freepascal.org/FPC/svn/lazarus/tags/lazarus_1_2_4 -m 'tagged 1.2.4 as tags/lazarus_1_2_4'- Set version to 1.1 in trunk (Vincent)
Building release
- win32 (Vincent)
- source (Mattias)
- linux source rpm (Mattias)
- linux i386 rpm (Mattias)
- linux i386 deb (Mattias)
- linux x86_64 rpm (Vincent)
- Mac OS X powerpc (Vincent)
Announcements
- List of changes (Mattias)
- Mailing lists (Mattias)
- News item on www.lazarus.freepascal.org (Vincent)
- Twitter (who?)
- Sourceforge (Mattias)
- Freshmeat (Vincent)
- Wiki: downloading, installation, getting source hints (Mattias)
- Change IRC topic (Marc)
- New versions in Mantis (Marc)
After release
- Make sure snapshots are created correctly for the new version (Vincent)
Further
- Relax (all)
- Plan next release
See also
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