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We've now changed to using "git describe" to automatically report a version number that changes with every git commit. So we no longer need to manually update anything in the Makefile during the release process.
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Here are the steps to follow to create a new notmuch release:
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1) Verify that what you want to release is committed. The release
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process will release the code from the current HEAD commit.
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2) Verify that the NEWS file is up to date.
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Read through the entry at the top of the NEWS file and see if
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you are aware of any major features recently added that are
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not mentioned there. If so, pleas add them, (and ask the
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authors of the commits to update NEWS in the future).
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3) Increment the libnotmuch library version in lib/Makefile.local
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See the instructions there for how to increment it. The
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command below can be useful for inspecting header-file changes
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since the last release X.Y.Z:
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git diff X.Y.Z..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
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Note: We currently don't plan to increment
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LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR beyond 1, so if there *are*
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incompatible changes to the library interface, then
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stop. Don't release. Figure out the plan on the notmuch
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mailing list.
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Commit this change.
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4) Run "make VERSION=X.Y release" which will perform the following steps:
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For the X.Y version, we'll generally just increment Y. But for
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major milestones of usability we're increment X as well.
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* Compile the current notmuch code (aborting release if it fails)
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* Run the notmuch test suite (aborting release if it fails)
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* Check that the notmuch version consists of only two components
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* Check that no release exists with the current version
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* Verify that "make dist" completes successfully
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* Generate the final tar file
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* Generate an sha1sum file
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* Sign the sha1sum using your GPG setup (asks for your GPG password)
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* scp the three files to appear on http://notmuchmail.org/releases
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* Place local copies of the three files in the releases directory
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* Create a LATEST-notmuch-version file (after deleting any old one)
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* Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form X.Y.Z, and sign
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the tag with your GPG key (asks for your GPG password, and you
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may need to set GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to match
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your public-key's setting or this fails.)
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* Push that tag
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* Provide some text for the release announcement (see below).
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5) Send a message to notmuch@notmuchmail.org to announce the release.
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Use the text provided from "make release" above, (if for some
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reason you lose this message, "make release-message" prints
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it again for you.
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