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So far, cairo hasn't reached an initial release. But we can still form
good habits now by practicing the release process with the current
snapshots.
A new snapshot is needed whenever significant new features or bug
fixes are committed. Here are the steps to follow:
1) Ensure that there are no local, uncommitted modifications. The best
thing to do here may be to begin with a fresh checkout from CVS:
cvs -d cairographics.org:/cvs/cairo co cairo
But it's probably good enough if "cvs -q update -Ad" generates no
output.
2) Verify that the code passes "make distcheck"
Running "make distcheck" should result in no warnings or
errors and end with a message of the form:
================================================
cairo-X.Y.Z.tar.gz is ready for distribution
================================================
(But the tar file isn't actually ready yet, as we still have
some more steps to follow).
3) Fill out an entry in the NEWS file
Sift through the information in ChangeLog since the last
snapshot. Summarize major changes briefly in a style similar
to other entries in NEWS. Take special care to note any
incompatible changes in the API. These should be easy to find
by looking for cairo.h in the ChangeLog.
4) Increment CAIRO_VERSION in configure.in
Right now, in its pre-release form, we are incrementing
CAIRO_VERSION for each snapshot but we are not changing
the libtool shared library version information. Increment the
subminor version for bug fixes and backwards-compatible
additions to the API. Increment the minor number (and reset
the subminor) for backward-incompatible changes to the API
(including removals). Leave the major number at 0 until we are
ready for the first 1.0 release, (at which point these rules
will change).
5) Commit the changes to NEWS and configure.in
Don't forget to fill out the ChangeLog just like with any
other commit. It's especially important to mention the new
version number in the ChangeLog.
6) Run "make release-publish" which will perform the following steps
for you:
* Verify that make distcheck completes successfully
* Generate the final tar file with the correct version number
* Generate an md5sum file
* scp both files to cairographics.org:/home/www/cairo/snapshots
* Place local copies of both files in the releases directory
* Provide some text for the release announcement
7) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form SNAPSHOT_X_Y_Z:
cvs tag SNAPSHOT_X_Y_Z
8) Send a message to cairo-announce@cairographics.org to announce the
new snapshot using the text provided by the previous step.
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