HowToRelease

Preparation

1. Check todo lists and bug trackers.
2. Update Template:ZNC-Versions.
3. Prepare ChangeLog/git, let everyone check it.
4. Move ChangeLog/git and create that page again.

To release RC1

1. Update version number in CMakeLists.txt
2. (if minor version) make a new branch 1.7.1 from 1.7.x
3. commit with message ZNC 1.7.1-rc1.
   • Example: https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/9e4d89aaa4e2b6e5c79600b93665c1c0e0bb5255
4. Run ./make-tarball.sh 1.7.1-rc1
5. Test the tarball, publish it.
6. Tag the last commit with znc-1.7.1-rc1 (but without annotated tag), push commit and tag to github.
7. Set Template:ZNC-Version-Alpha to 1.7.1-rc1

Release, release, release

1. git pull!!!!
2. Update version number in CMakeLists.txt, configure.ac and version.h
   • Example: https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/c426898b3a1b899dfe8a8b2a3eeb4b18d8be1bf2
3. Update ChangeLog.md based on ChangeLog/git
4. Commit ("Increase the version number to 1.7.1")
5. Create tarball (make-tarball.sh 1.7.1)
6. Tag the new version in git (Use the changelog as msg, first line is "ZNC 1.7.1")
   1. git tag -s znc-1.7.1 HEAD
   2. git push --tags
7. Merge 1.7.1 to 1.7.x, delete branch 1.7.1
8. (If minor release?) Revert changes to CMakeLists.txt, version.h and configure.ac
   • Example: https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/bae80fd383fa9d75bcc4e891d79248363a6d1d24
9. (If major release?) Bump version number to foo+1. (Commit msg: "Increase the version number to foo+1")
10. Update the wiki
    1. Update Template:ZNC-Version.
    2. Clear Template:ZNC-Version-Alpha.
11. Upload the release files to znc.in/.
    • Accessible as /srv/znc.in/www/htdocs/ on harpy.
    • The files have to be chgrp's to user group znc!!!
    • The files themselves go directly into archive/
    • The main dir only gets symlinks
12. Write znc-1.7.1-changelog.txt
13. Update version number on Wikipedia.
14. Update topic on freenode channel
15. Update cygwin package using https://github.com/znc/znc-cygwin
16. Update docker image using https://github.com/znc/znc-docker and https://github.com/docker-library/official-images