Accessibility: Release Checklist

Release Checklist

  1. Come up with release codename (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Futurama_characters)
  2. Edit NEWS
  3. Update ChangeLog and double-check version in configure.ac
  4. Distcheck
    1. make distcheck
  5. COMMIT CHANGES
  6. Run automated QA scripts, get QA sign-off. Test on openSUSE 11.0/11.1 for 32 and 64 bit.
  7. Tag release
    1. svn cp svn+ssh://mono-cvs.ximian.com/source/branches/uia2atk/1.0 svn+ssh://mono-cvs.ximian.com/source/tags/uia2atk/$VERSION
    2. Commit Message: "Tag for $VERSION release"
    3. Double check it worked: http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/tags/
  8. Build tarballs and RPMs for openSUSE 11.0/11.1 for 32 and 64 bit.
  9. Increment version in configure.ac on trunk/branch (wherever the tag was made from)
  10. Upload the release
    1. TODO:
  11. Edit releases (http://www.mono-project.com/Accessibility:_Releases?action=edit) wiki page
  12. Add Release Notes wiki page (e.g.: Accessibility:_Release_Notes_0.9.1)
  13. Update homepage (http://www.mono-project.com/Accessibility?action=edit)
    1. Use data from the NEWS page (http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/uia2atk/NEWS) to populate the page
  14. Email mono-a11y list (mailto:mono-a11y@forge.novell.com), mono-announce list (mailto:mono-announce-list@lists.ximian.com) and gnome-announce list (mailto:gnome-announce-list@lists.gnome.org)
  15. Change #mono-a11y's topic