X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/0175f63ad858d22d5c3218047e70f6cee0b1c305..ec9bb1efeca746fa659a4210725c39d415a06d61:/CHECKLST.txt diff --git a/CHECKLST.txt b/CHECKLST.txt index eca11af9..37b2de61 100644 --- a/CHECKLST.txt +++ b/CHECKLST.txt @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ Before tagging a release containing the word XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE. (Any such comments should state clearly what needs to be done.) + - Also, do some testing of the Windows version with Minefield, and + of the Unix version with valgrind or efence or both. In + particular, any headline features for the release should get a + workout with memory checking enabled! + For a long time we got away with never checking the current version number in at all - all version numbers were passed into the build system on the compiler command line, and the _only_ place version @@ -109,83 +114,27 @@ of the tag. ixion:src/putty/local/announce- in case it's needed again within days of the release going out. - - On my local machines, check out the release-tagged version of the - sources. Do this in a _clean_ directory; don't depend on my usual - source dir. - + Make sure to run mkfiles.pl _after_ this checkout, just in - case. - - - Build the source archives now, while the directory is still - pristine. - + run ./mksrcarc.sh to build the Windows source zip. - + run `./mkunxarc.sh X.YZ' to build the Unix tarball. - - - Build the Windows/x86 release binaries. Don't forget to supply - VER=/DRELEASE=. Run them, or at least one or two of them, to - ensure that they really do report their version number correctly, - and sanity-check the version info reported on the files by Windows. - + Save the release link maps. Currently I keep these on ixion, - in src/putty/local/maps-. - - - Run Halibut to build the docs. Define VERSION on the make command - line to override the version strings, since Subversion revision - numbers are less meaningful on a tag. - + change into the doc subdir - + run `make VERSION="PuTTY release 0.XX" chm', then run `hhc - putty.hhp' to build the .CHM - + then run `make mostlyclean' (destroys the hhc input files but - _not_ the .CHM) - + then `make VERSION="PuTTY release 0.XX"' - - - Build the binary archive putty.zip: all the .exe files except - PuTTYtel, and the .hlp, .cnt and .chm files. - + zip -k putty.zip `ls *.exe | grep -v puttytel` putty.hlp putty.cnt putty.chm - - - Build the docs archive puttydoc.zip: it contains all the HTML - files output from Halibut. - + zip puttydoc.zip *.html - - - Build the installer. - - - Sign the release (gpg --detach-sign). - + Sign the locally built x86 binaries, the locally built x86 - binary zipfile, and the locally built x86 installer, with the - release keys. - + The source archive should be signed with the release keys. - + Don't forget to sign with both DSA and RSA keys for absolutely - everything. - for i in ; do for t in DSA RSA; do gpg --load-extension=idea --detach-sign -u "Releases ($t)" -o $i.$t $i; done; done - - - Begin to pull together the release directory structure. - + subdir `x86' containing the x86 binaries, x86 binary zip, x86 - installer, and all signatures on the above. - + top-level dir contains the Windows source zip (plus - signatures), the Unix source tarball (plus signatures), - puttydoc.txt, the .hlp and .cnt files, and puttydoc.zip. - - - Create subdir `htmldoc' in the release directory, which should - contain exactly the same set of HTML files that went into - puttydoc.zip. - + It also needs a copy of sitestyle.css, because the online - versions of the HTML docs will link to this (although the - zipped form should be self-contained). - - - Create and sign an md5sums file in the top-level directory. - + The md5sums files need not list the .DSA and .RSA signatures. - Easiest thing is to run this command: - md5sum `\find * -name '*SA' -o -type f -print` > md5sums - + Sign the md5sums file (gpg --clearsign). - for t in DSA RSA; do gpg --load-extension=idea --clearsign -u "Releases ($t)" -o md5sums.$t md5sums; done - - - Now double-check by verifying all the signatures on all the - files, and running md5sum -c on the md5sums file. + - Build the release: `bob putty-0.XX RELEASE=0.XX'. This should + generate a basically valid release directory as + `build.out/putty', and provide link maps and sign.sh alongside + that in build.out. + + - Do a bit of checking that the release binaries basically work, + report their version numbers accurately, and so on. Test the + installer and the Unix source tarball. + + - Save the link maps. Currently I keep these on ixion, in + src/putty/local/maps-. + + - Sign the release: in the `build.out' directory, type `./sign.sh + putty Releases', and enter the passphrases a lot of times. - Now the whole release directory should be present and correct. - Upload to ixion:www/putty/. + Upload it to ixion:www/putty/. - Do final checks on the release directory: - + verify all the signatures. In each directory: - for i in *.*SA; do case $i in md5sums*) gpg --verify $i;; *) gpg --verify $i `echo $i | sed 's/\..SA$//'`;; esac; done + + verify all the signatures: + for i in `find . -name '*.*SA'`; do case $i in *md5sums*) gpg --verify $i;; *) gpg --verify $i ${i%%.?SA};; esac; done + check the md5sums: md5sum -c md5sums @@ -211,13 +160,6 @@ of the tag. Download page. + Adjust header text on Changelog page. (That includes changing `are new' in previous version to `were new'!) - + FOR 0.59 ONLY: update the docs page so that it links to the - release .chm as well as the release .hlp and .cnt. Remove this - checklist item after it's done; it won't need doing again in - the subsequent release. - + FOR 0.59 ONLY: update the Download page to remove all the Alpha - links. Remove this checklist item after it's done; it won't - need doing again in the subsequent release. - Update the wishlist. This can be done without touching individual items by editing the @releases array in control/bugs2html. @@ -232,9 +174,6 @@ of the tag. - Run webupdate, so that all the changes on ixion propagate to chiark. Important to do this _before_ announcing that the release is available. - * Don't forget to create the new directories on chiark - - ~/www/putty/{,/x86,/htmldoc} - before running - webupdate. - After running webupdate, run update-rsync on chiark and verify that the rsync mirror package correctly identifies the new