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Release Manager's Checklist
This page is gradually being rewritten to reflect the current Boost release process. Until the rewrite is complete, some sections are out-of-date
Introduction
Release cycle initialization
- Update Trac milestones: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/admin/ticket/milestones
- In trunk, change version number in:
- trunk/index.html (2 places; H1 and Release History link)
- trunk/Jamroot (1 place)
- trunk/boost/version.hpp (2 places)
- trunk/more/getting_started/detail/release-variables.rst (3 places)
- In trunk,
- In more/getting_started, run bjam.
- Inspect results.
- Commit version number and Getting Started doc changes:
- To trunk.
- Merge and commit to branches/release.
- Update ReleaseSchedule
- Post the "Open for merges" heads up message. See Heads up messages to notify developers as deadlines loom
- Verify the root/index.htm, root/boost/version.hpp, root/Jamfile.v2 and root/Jamrules release numbers are correct and agree.
- Verify via jamboost@… that bjam pre-built executables up-to-date.
- Create a placeholder for release information at: website/public_html/beta/feed/history/, for example for boost 1.39.0:
svn co https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/website/public_html/beta beta-website svn cp beta-website/feed/templates/boost_x_xx_x.qbk beta-website/feed/history/boost_1_39_0.qbk
Then edit the version number (in two places) in the new entry and commit.
Monitoring Release Progress
- Monitor http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/inspection_report.html to verify problems are actively being reduced. Make sure none of the problems are in files the release manager is responsible for.
- Monitor regression tests (http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs) to verify that errors are actively being reduced or accounted for on key platforms and compilers.
- Boost errors are being actively worked on by library maintainers.
- Compiler or standard library errors are at least identified, and preferably reported to the supplier.
- No errors remain uninvestigated or unclassified.
- Monitor the developer and user mailing lists to verify that all posted patches are being applied, rejected, or otherwise dealt with.
- Monitor the developer and user mailing lists, and outstanding tickets, to verify that all posted bug reports are being investigated, fixed, rejected, or otherwise dealt with.
- Monitor SVN commits to verify that all the expected and/or promised content actually gets committed. Try to get developers to avoid last minute commits of major changes.
New Library Checklist
Before a new library is merged into branches/release, the release manager should verify:
- root/index.html includes the library in it's list of new libraries.
- root/libs/libraries.htm entry is OK, both in the alphabetic list and in the category lists.
- root/libs/maintainers.txt entry is OK.
- website/public_html/beta/feed/history/ entry is OK.
- The library has been added to the website documentation list
- The library's root/libs/xxx directory contains an index.htm or index.html file with either the main docs or a redirection to the main docs.
- The primary docs pages meet Boost requirements and guidelines. Don't leave this until too late; it has turned up lots of issues in the past.
- Component has been added to Trac. See https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/admin/ticket/components
- Trunk inspection report is clean.
- Trunk regression tests are reasonably clean or marked up.
After a new library is merged into branches/release, the release manager should verify:
- Doc builds, if any, are running properly.
- Release branch inspection report is clean.
- Release branch regression tests are reasonably clean or marked up.
Beta Release
Follow the tagging and release procedures below as for regular releases.
Between Beta and Release
See ReleasePractices/PostBetaMerges
Build Distribution packages
- If it hasn't already been done, run a snapshot using tools/release/snapshot.bat.
- Build the distribution packages using tools/release/build_release_packages.bat.
cd <snapshot-directory> %BOOST_TRUNK%\tools\release\build_release_packages boost_X_XX_X_beta1 >build_packages.log 2>&1
- Unpack .bz2 and .7z distribution packages on Linux and Windows, respectively, and verify bootstrap build works OK.
- Upload distribution packages to snapshot ftp site.
- Important: Request final review from release team, developers list.
Releases
- Important: Release team must have signed off on packages. Ignoring this in the past has led to mistakes!
- See http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Release%20files%20for%20download for SourceForge File Release System (RFS) documentation.
- Create a directory on SourceForge:
- login
- Develop | Project Admin | File Manager
- Click on the "boost" folder's gear icon to bring up context menu | New folder | New folder name: 1.41.0.beta.1
- Upload release packages:
cd <snapshot-directory> dir boost_* // verify this gets only the desired files %BOOST_TRUNK%\tools\release\upload2sourceforge 1.41.0.beta.1
- Complete SourceForge release process:
- login
- Project Admin | File Manager
- Verify files are present and in the correct directory.
- Click each file to set properties:
- Label: "Windows line endings" or "Unix line endings"
- Do not set Platform, since we have no default download platform.
- Save.
- Click Files (on upper menu bar), and check "Newest Files" entries are correct. (There may be a delay before labels appear)
- Apply Subversion release tag. (See Subversion Release Tag)
- Upload boost_n_n_n.zip to the web server (Requires server keys/access; currently only Rene and Beman. Also assumes ~/.ssh has Beman's key files):
cd <snapshot-directory> rsync -avP -e ssh boost_1_39_0.zip grafik@beta.boost.org:/u/grafik/www.boost.org/archives/live/
- Merge the website/beta to website/live. (Anyone with website svn write permission.)
- Check actual www.boost.org site with browser. Look at a bunch of files that should have been updated to make sure the updates actually "took".
- Post a message announcing the release and recapping "Latest News". Post as separate messages to: boost, boost-announce, boost-users, comp.lang.c++.moderated, c++std-news
Subversion Release Tag
With TortoiseSVN:
- Do a log on an updated local working copy of branches/release.
- Select the revision number for the release; right-click and select "Create branch/tag from revision".
- To URL: https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/tags/release/Boost_n_nn_n
- Specific revision in repository: should already be set to correct revision number.
- Log message: Release 1.37.0
- Click OK
Copyright Beman Dawes 2001, 2008
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)