This all requires quickbook and python on your path. Working on the live site directly, so check the changes before checking in. The site is checked out from:

​https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/website/public_html/live/

Cycle start

• Copy template from feed/templates/boost_x_xx_x.qbk to feed/history/boost_1_50_0.qbk (using the appropriate version number).
• svn add that file.
• Edit file to use the correct version number.
• Run site-tools/update.py.
• svn add the new release notes file created in users/history/.
• Check the changes are okay (dev.rss should be the only updated feed, also some changes to generated/state).

Updating release notes

• Edit feed/history/boost_1_50_qbk (using the appropriate version number).
• Run site-tools/update.py
• Check the changes are okay (if there are no status changes then only the release notes html page, the dev.rss feed, and files under generated/state should be updated).
• Check the changes in.

Add documentation to site (beta and final, requires ssh access, and write permissions for site)

• ssh into the site
• Download the boost_version.tar.bz2 file using wget (might need to rename the file).
• Expand using tar -xjf.
• Might need to fix directory permissions with: find boost_version -type d | xargs chmod a+rx
• Move to site using sudo mv boost_version /home/www/shared/archives/live/
• Store the compressed file: sudo mv boost_version.tar.bz2 /home/www/shared/archives/live/zipfiles

Beta release

• Put documentation on server as above.
• It should be immediately available on the web server (the version check ignores beta versions)
• Add the status, download and documentation tags to the release notes, something like:

  [status beta]
  [download http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.50.0.beta.1/]
  [documentation /doc/libs/1_50_0_beta1/]
  

Release candidate

Update documentation, so that release notes link to RC documentation and it can be seen in place.

• Put documentation on server as above.
• Website:
  • website/public_html/live/doc/.htaccess:
    • Redirect from development to new version (not really necessary?).
  • Check changes, commit, check on the site that they've worked.
• Release notes:
  • Update documentation link.
  • Update & commit.

Release

Some of these might have been done for the release candidate.

• If necessary, put documentation on server as above.
• Website:
  • common/menu-doc.html:
    • Edit menu link.
  • doc/.htaccess:
    • Redirect from development and release to new version.
  • common/code/boost.php:
    • Update version.
  • Check changes, commit, check on the site that they've worked.
• Release notes:
  • Copy date from email into last-revision.
  • Set status to released.
  • Update download link.
  • Update documentation link.
  • update & commit.