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| curl release procedure - how to do a release
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| ============================================
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| 
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| in the source code repo
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| -----------------------
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| 
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| - edit `RELEASE-NOTES` to be accurate
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| 
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| - update `docs/THANKS`
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| 
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| - make sure all relevant changes are committed on the master branch
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| 
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| - tag the git repo in this style: `git tag -a curl-7_34_0`. -a annotates the
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|   tag and we use underscores instead of dots in the version number. 
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|    
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| - run "./maketgz 7.34.0" to build the release tarballs. It is important that
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|   you run this on a machine with the correct set of autotools etc installed
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|   as this is what then will be shipped and used by most users on *nix like
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|   systems.
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| 
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| - push the git commits and the new tag
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| 
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| - gpg sign the 4 tarballs as maketgz suggests
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| 
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| - upload the 8 resulting files to the primary download directory
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| 
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| in the curl-www repo
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| --------------------
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| 
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| - edit `Makefile` (version number and date),
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| 
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| - edit `_newslog.html` (announce the new release) and
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| 
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| - edit `_changes.html` (insert changes+bugfixes from RELEASE-NOTES)
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| 
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| - commit all local changes
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| 
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| - tag the repo with the same tag as used for the source repo
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| 
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| - make sure all relevant changes are committed and pushed on the master branch
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|   (the web site then updates its contents automatically)
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| 
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| inform
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| ------
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| 
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| - send an email to curl-users, curl-announce and curl-library. Insert the
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|   RELEASE-NOTES into the mail.
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| 
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| celebrate
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| ---------
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| 
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| - suitable beverage intake is encouraged for the festivities
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| 
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| curl release scheduling
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| =======================
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| Basics
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| ------
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| We do releases every 8 weeks on Wednesdays. If critical problems arise, we can
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| insert releases outside of the schedule or we can move the release date - but
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| this is very rare.
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| 
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| Each 8 week release cycle is split in two 4-week periods.
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| 
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| - During the first 4 weeks after a release, we allow new features and changes
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|   to curl and libcurl. If we accept any such changes, we bump the minor number
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|   used for the next release.
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| 
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| - During the second 4-week period we do not merge any features or changes, we
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|   then only focus on fixing bugs and polishing things to make a solid coming
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|   release.
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| 
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| Coming dates
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| ------------
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| 
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| Based on the description above, here are some planned release dates (at the
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| time of this writing):
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| 
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| - February 25, 2015 (version 7.41.0)
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| - April 22, 2015
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| - June 17, 2015
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| - August 12, 2015
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| - October 7, 2015
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| - December 2, 2015
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| - January 27, 2016
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| - March 23, 2016
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| - May 18, 2016
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