The Widget Jones Library release checklist

Scope

This document provides a checklist to observer when doing a new Widget Jones Library release.

Release checklist

Source release

• define new release version (e.g. 1.1 or 2.0)
• add a new entry into ChangeLog and into NEWS
• verify that the new release works correctly
• commit changes related to the release
• tag the release by creating a wjl-VERSION tag in the repository:

  svn copy https://svn.oss.euedge.com/wjl/trunk https://svn.oss.euedge.com/wjl/tags/wjl-VERSION
  

• create a source distribution by:

  svn export https://svn.oss.euedge.com/wjl/tags/wjl-VERSION
  tar cfz wjl-VERSION.tar.gz wjl-VERSION
  

• upload the distribution into the Trac Download plugin
• syndicate release information on:
  • freshmeat.net