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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
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http://ngircd.barton.de/
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(c)2001-2017 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
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ngIRCd is free software and published under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License.
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-- HowToRelease.txt --
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I. Introduction
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Creating a new ngIRCd release requires a few steps to follow: the source
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tree must be in a releasable state (be up to date, include all required
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patches, be tested on as many platforms as possible), a name for the new
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release must be chosen, and all the files describing the release must be
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updated accordingly.
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Since ngIRCd release 13 (2009-12-25) we use "simple" release numbers for
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major releases (e.g. "13", "17", "42", ...) introducing new features and
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sub-releases for bug fixes only (e.g. "14.1", "22.3", ...).
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When creating pre-releases or release candidates, please use the tilde ("~")
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character to separate the "postfix" in the release number (e.g. "17~rc2"
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or "123.4~rc6").
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The release/version number of a build is automatically generated using the
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GIT "describe" command, see git-describe(1). Therefore it is required that
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a new release is tagged in the GIT tree and that the configure script is
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up-to-date (e.g. using ./autogen.sh) before generating the archives!
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II. How to prepare a new ngIRCd release?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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a) Make sure the source tree is in a releasable state ;-)
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- is the AUTHORS file up to date?
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b) Make sure you have working versions of GNU autoconf and GNU automake
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installed on the system you use for generating the release:
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as of October 2010 we are using GNU autoconf 2.67 and GNU automake 1.11.1
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which seem to work just fine.
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c) Update the files describing the new release:
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- ChangeLog
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- NEWS
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d) Update the version numbers in the following files:
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- contrib/ngircd.spec
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e) Generate a new Debian change log entry in the following file, e.g. using
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the Debian "dch" tool of the "devscripts" package:
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- contrib/Debian/changelog
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f) Commit the above changes to GIT: "git add", "git commit"
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g) Create a new signed GIT tag for the new release: "git tag -s".
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Please note that we don't use the tilde ("~") here, instead use a simple
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hyphen ("-") as delimiter: e.g. "rel-16" "rel-17-rc1", "rel-18-pre2", ...
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h) Run "./autogen.sh" to update the ./configure script with the correct
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release number (autogenerated using "git describe", see above).
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i) Run "./configure" to rebuild all generated Makefiles.
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j) Run "make distcheck" to generate the distribution archives.
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k) Sign the distribution archive(s) using GnuPG: "gpg -b <archivefile>"
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l) Upload and distribute the newly generated ngIRCd release archive(s)
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and GnuPG signatures.
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m) Write an announcement to the mailing list, freshmeat, Twitter, ...
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n) Update the list of releases in our bug tracker.
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o) Relax :-)
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