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, include/znc/version.h and configure.ac, make a new branch 1.7.1 from 1.7.x, commit with message ZNC 1.7.1-rc1. (probably version.h should mention -rc1 in VERSION_STR?)
   • Example: https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/9e4d89aaa4e2b6e5c79600b93665c1c0e0bb5255
2. Modify make-tarball.sh to have DESC="-rc1" (TODO: figure it out automatically), run ./make-tarball.sh 1.7.1-rc1 without commiting that change.
3. Test the tarball, publish it.
4. Tag the last commit with znc-1.7.1-rc1 (but without annotated tag), push commit and tag to github.
5. Set Template:ZNC-Version-Alpha to 1.7.1-rc1

Release, release, release

1. Revert changes to make-tarball.sh from above
2. git pull!!!!
3. Update version number in CMakeLists.txt, configure.ac and version.h
   • Example: https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/c426898b3a1b899dfe8a8b2a3eeb4b18d8be1bf2
4. Update ChangeLog.md based on ChangeLog/git
5. Commit ("Increase the version number to 1.7.1")
6. Create tarball (make-tarball.sh 1.7.1)
7. 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
8. Merge 1.7.1 to 1.7.x, delete branch 1.7.1
9. (If minor release?) Revert changes to CMakeLists.txt, version.h and configure.ac
   • Example: https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/bae80fd383fa9d75bcc4e891d79248363a6d1d24
10. (If major release?) Bump version number to foo+1. (Commit msg: "Increase the version number to foo+1")
11. Update the wiki
    1. Remove released=no from version header in Changelog.
    2. Update Template:ZNC-Version.
    3. Clear Template:ZNC-Version-Alpha.
12. 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
13. Write znc-1.7.1-changelog.txt
14. Update version number on Wikipedia.
15. Update topic on freenode channel
16. Update cygwin package using https://github.com/znc/znc-cygwin
17. Update docker image using https://github.com/znc/znc-docker and https://github.com/docker-library/official-images