docs/release_procedure.txt

   1 These are the instructions to follow before a release is finalized.
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   3 SVN $Id$
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   7 1)  Use docs/datatools.php to export the default data store file (in docs/)
   8
   9 2)  Use docs/datatools.php to generate the contents of install/default_data.php
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  11 3)  Use docs/datatools.php to dump the current settings into install/settings.php
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  13 4)  Run a "svn diff" between the templates on trunk and the most recent release,
  14     storing the diff in install/templates/<OLD RELEASE - NEW RELEASE.diff>
  15
  16 5)  Update the po/en_US.pot file using ISSO's makepo.sh.php tool
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  18 6)  Move all the changes from docs/schema_changes.sql to an upgrade script
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  20 7)  Test the installer to make sure it still works, and then test the upgrade script
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  22 8)  Update the Blue Static tracker to ensure that the upgrade script works in a
  23     production environment
  24
  25 9)  Copy the contents of docs/changelog.txt to the bluwww site
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  27 10) Update all the links on bluwww to point to the most recent download
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  29 11) Update the bluwww playground/PRODUCTS.php record for this version
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  31 12) Tag the version in SVN
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  33 13) Export the tagged version to the Blue Static playground
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  35 14) Update the Blue Static site from the latest bluwww
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  37 15) Test the download links to ensure the sources are okay
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  39 16) Tag the bluwww update in the repository