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We had a lot of back and forth about the name of this directory, but nothing very conclusive. In the end, I just chose "devel" just to move on.
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Here are the steps to follow to create a new notmuch release.
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These steps assume that a process (not described here) has already
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been followed to determine the features and bug fixes to be included
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in a release, and that adequate testing by the community has already
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been performed. The little bit of testing performed here is a safety
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check, and not a substitute for wider testing.
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OK, so the code to be released is present and committed to your git
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repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release:
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1) 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, please add them, (and ask the
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authors of the commits to update NEWS in the future).
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2) Verify that the library version in lib/Makefile.local is correct
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See the instructions there for how to increment it.
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The version should have been updated with any commits that
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added API _in a non-upwardly compatible_ way, but do check
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that that is the case. The command below can be useful for
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inspecting header-file changes since the last release X.Y:
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git diff X.Y..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
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Commit this change, if any.
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3) Update the debian/libnotmuchX.symbols file
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If the library version changed at all (step 2) it probably
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means that symbols have changed/been added, in which case the
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debian symbols file also needs to be updated:
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dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
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dpkg-gensymbols -plibnotmuchX | patch -p0
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Carefully review the changes to debian/libnotmuch1.symbols to
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make sure there are no unexpected changes. Remove any debian
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versions from symbols.
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Commit this change, if any.
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4) Upgrade the version in the file "version"
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The scheme for the release number is as follows:
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A major milestone in usability causes an increase in the major
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number, yielding a two-component version with a minor number
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of 0, (such as "1.0" or "2.0").
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Otherwise, releases with changes in features cause an increase
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in the minor number, yielding a two-component version, (such
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as "1.1" or "1.2").
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Finally, releases that do not change "features" but are merely
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bug fixes either increase the micro number or add it (starting
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at ".1" if not present). So a bug-fix release from "1.0" would
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be "1.0.1" and a subsequent bug-fix release would be "1.0.2"
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etc.
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When you are happy with the file 'version', run
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make update-versions
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to propagate the version to the other places needed.
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Commit these changes.
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5) Create an entry for the new release in debian/changelog
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The syntax of this file is tightly restricted, but the
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available emacs mode (see the dpkg-dev-el package) helps.
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The entries here will be the Debian-relevant single-line
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description of changes from the NEWS entry. And the version
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must match the version in the next step.
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Commit this change.
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XXX: It would be great if this step were automated as part of
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release, (taking entries from NEWS and the version from the
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version file, and creating a new commit, etc.)
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6) Run "make release" which will perform the following steps.
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Note: in order to really upload anything, set the make variable
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REALLY_UPLOAD=yes
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* Ensure that the version consists only of digits and periods
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* Ensure that version and debian/changelog have the same version
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* Verify that the source tree is clean
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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 no release exists with the current version
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* Make a signed tag
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* Generate a tar file from this tag
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* Generate a .sha1 sum file for the tar file and GPG sign it.
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* Commit a (delta for a) copy of the tar file using pristine-tar
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* Tag for the debian version
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* if REALLY_UPLOAD=yes
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- push the signed tag to the origin
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XXX FIXME push debian tag
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- scp tarball to web site
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* Provide some text for the release announcement (see below).
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7) 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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