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* Write a news item for our website.
* Write a news item for our website.
* Update documentation page to link to the new README.
* Update documentation page to link to the new README. (And make sure the README contains a "Release version" line in its header?)
* Create a SF.net news item (Ender, Fingolfin, Sev, ...)
* Create a SF.net news item (Ender, Fingolfin, Sev, ...)
* Update Freshmeat (Ender, Fingolfin, ...)
* Update Freshmeat (Ender, Fingolfin, ...)

Revision as of 07:07, 4 February 2006

How to make a ScummVM release.

This is work in progress and needs to be completed!


Preparations

  • Making the release plan
  • Telling people about it, making sure everybody knows what is going on


Testing & Branching

  • Identify release critical (show stopper) bugs and get people to fix them.
  • Identify other important bugs and get people to fix them.
  • Get even more people to fix all the other bugs, if possible :-).
  • Get people to do lots of testing, possibly by asking for help via a news item.
  • Collect all that information (e.g. in the Wiki).


Preparing the source

  • You have to update the versions in all relevant files. Currently these are at least
    • README
    • Info.plist
    • scummvm.rc
    • base/main.cpp
    • dists/redhat/scummvm.spec
    • doc/03_05.tex
  • Make sure package descriptions are up-to-date:
    • dists/redhat/scummvm.spec
  • Make source tarballs, post them in the SF.net FRS.
    • There is a tool, dist-scummvm.sh, in the scummvm module (inside the tools/ directory), which does this automatically.

Binaries

TODO:

  • Get porters to make binaries. Note: We have a filename convention, which goes like this: "scummvm-VERSION-PORT.EXTENSION". For example: "scummvm-1.0.0-macosx.dmg".
  • Update the website internally, but do not yet put these changes online.

News & Notification

Write a news blurb (or rather multiple to be used in the following). Usually, you want a bit longer one for the website, a list for Versiontracker, something with proper english sentences for Freshmeat, etc....

  • Write a news item for our website.
  • Update documentation page to link to the new README. (And make sure the README contains a "Release version" line in its header?)
  • Create a SF.net news item (Ender, Fingolfin, Sev, ...)
  • Update Freshmeat (Ender, Fingolfin, ...)
  • Update Versiontracker.com (Fingolfin)
  • Put the updated web site online
  • In the File Release System, use the "Notify" feature to make sure everybody who's interested in new releases gets a mail