branch. Set a date for the branch (weekends are better because
they are less busy).
- 2. Update the libiberty and config directories and the top level
- configure files.
+ 2. When the branch date is near: Update the libiberty and config
+ directories and the top level configure files.
3. When branch day arrives add markers for the upcoming release to
gas, ld, gold and binutils NEWS files.
4. Create the release branch using:
- git tag -a binutils-2_30-branch [eg for the 2.30 branch...]
+ git tag -a binutils-2_30-branch [e.g. for the 2.30 branch...]
git push --tags origin binutils-2_30-branch
- 5. Update bfd/configure and bfd/configure.ac on HEAD to indicate
+ 5. Update "BINUTILS_BRANCH" in gdbadmin's crontab:
+
+ Log in as gdbadmin on sourceware.org, and then:
+
+ $ cd crontab
+ $ vi crontab
+ [change BINUTILS_BRANCH]
+ $ cvs ci crontab
+ $ crontab crontab
+
+ If you do not have access to this account, please feel free to
+ ask Joel Brobecker <brobecker AT adacore DOT com>.
+
+ 6. Update bfd/configure and bfd/configure.ac on HEAD to indicate
snapshot of the following release.
[make-prerelease.sh command hv + C]
- 6. Rename the current HEAD version entry in Bugzilla, and create a
+ 7. Rename the current HEAD version entry in Bugzilla, and create a
new one. E.g. rename "2.30 (HEAD)" to 2.30, and create "2.31
- (HEAD)". Go to "Edit products" from the bottom toolbar, click on
- "binutils", then on "Edit versions". If you don't have
- permissions to do this, either ask Daniel Berlin to fix your
- account or ask Daniel Jacobowitz to do it.
+ (HEAD)":
+
+ https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/editversions.cgi?product=binutils
- 7. Regenerate various files on both branch and HEAD by configuring
- with --enable-maintainer-mode. No need to check in changes to
- the autoconf/automake/etc files, but be sure the .pot files are
- up to date. NB/ Remember to include gold and gprof.
+ 8. Update the release number in bfd/version.m4 for the mainline and
+ the branch. The mainline should have the minor number
+ incremented, but the branch only needs the point value set to 90
+ as the release has not actually happened yet.
- 8. Create an initial prerelease:
+ Regenerate various files on both branch and HEAD by configuring
+ with --enable-maintainer-mode. NB/ Remember to build gold and
+ gprof. Commit the changes. Make sure that this includes the
+ .pot files as well as the configure and makefiles.
+
+ 9. Create an initial prerelease:
a. Change the version on the branch (bfd/version.m4), regenerate
the files, and check this in.
scp ../binutils-$version.tar.xz sourceware.org:~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots
ssh sourceware.org md5sum ~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-$version.tar.xz
- 9. Send it to the Translation Project:
+ 10. Send it to the Translation Project:
http://translationproject.org/html/maintainers.html
Sending mail for one of the POT files is sufficient.
- 10. Announce the availability of the snapshot and the branch on the
+ 11. Announce the availability of the snapshot and the branch on the
binutils mailing list. Set a date for when the release will
- actually happen. Nag maintainers to fix any testsuite failures
- for their architectures...
+ actually happen. Something like:
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Hi Everyone,
+
+ The 2.XX branch has now been created:
+
+ git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git -b binutils-2_XX-branch 2.XX
+
+ A snapshot of the sources is also available here:
+
+ ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.XX.0.tar.xz
+
+ Please could all patches for the branch be run by me.
+ The rules for the branch are:
+
+ * No new features.
+ * Target specific bug fixes are OK.
+ * Generic bug fixes are OK if they are important and widely tested.
+ * Documentation updates/fixes are OK.
+ * Translation updates are OK.
+ * Fixes for testsuite failures are OK.
+
+ Ideally I would like to make the release happen in two weeks time,
+ i.e. Saturday 27th Jan. Which I hope will be enough time for everyone
+ to get their final fixes in.
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 12. Build various different toolchains, test them and nag
+ maintainers to fix any testsuite failures for their
+ architectures...
+
+
+When the time comes to actually make the release....
+
+
+ 20. Make sure that the branch sources still build, test and install
+ correctly.
+
+ 21. Update the release number in bfd/version.m4 on the release
+ branch to a whole new minor version number, without a point
+ value. Eg "2.29.90" becomes "2.30". Change bfd/development.sh
+ to set the value to "false". Regenerate the configure and
+ makefiles. Add changelog entries for the updates and add a
+ "this-is-the-2.XX-release" commit and commit. Make sure to
+ include the .gmo files.
+
+ 22. Check that your file creation mask will create the
+ correct file permissions. Eg:
+
+ umask 022
+
+ 23. Create the release tarballs:
+
+ ./src-release -b -g -l -x binutils
+
+ 24. Check that the files in the tarballs have the correct
+ permissions. FIXME: The tarballs will contain spurious
+ autom4te.cache directories which could be removed to reduce
+ their size.
+
+ 25. Sanity check the release on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu by building and
+ running the testsuite. Make the source directory read-only
+ before building. Also test "make install". If necessary fix
+ any problems.
+
+ 26. Tag the branch with the new release number:
+
+ git tag -a binutils-2_XX
+ [optional: add "-u XXXXX" to sign with a gpg key]
+ git push origin binutils-2_XX
+
+ NB/ If you do sign the binaries make sure to use a key
+ that has been published with the FSF.
+
+ 27. Clean up the source tree. (Use "git status" to find new
+ files, and remove them).
+
+ 28. Edit bfd/development.sh on the branch and set
+ "development=true". Also bump the version by adding a trailing
+ .0, so that the date suffix keeps the version lower than the
+ trunk version. Regenerate files. Commit these changes.
+
+ 29. Upload the tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.
+
+ gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:binutils binutils-X.XX.tar.*
+
+ The gnupload script is in the gnulib/build-aux directory.
+
+ Check for an email response from the upload. If necessary
+ fix any problems.
+
+ 30. Upload the tarballs (and signatures) to sourceware.org:
+
+ sftp sourceware.org
+ cd /sourceware/ftp/pub/binutils/releases
+ put binutils-X.XX.tar.*
+ chmod 644 binutils-X.XX.tar.*
+ quit
+
+ FIXME: Should the signatures (created by the gnupload script in
+ step 29) be uploaded as well ?
+
+ 31. Update web pages. For sourceware.org:
+
+ Create a new documentation folder on the sourceware.org web
+ pages as /sourceware/www/sourceware/htdocs/binutils/docs-X.XX.
+ Make the html documentation locally with the "make html" command
+ and then upload and rename the directories as needed. Create an
+ index.html file and then edit the docs link to point to the new
+ docs-X.XX directory.
+
+ Update the sourceware.org site to point to the new documentation
+ and mention the new version.
+
+ For the www.gnu.org site you have to email webmasters@gnu.org
+ and ask them to make the change(s).
+
+ 32. Send emails to binutils@sourceware.org, info-gnu@gnu.org and
+ David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> announcing the new release.
+ Sign the email and include the checksum.
+ (The email to Davis is so that he can update the GNU Toolchain
+ social media). Something like this:
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Hi Everyone,
+
+ We are pleased to announce that version 2.XX of the Binutils project
+ sources have been released and are now available for download at:
+
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils
+ https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/releases/
+
+ checksums: xxxx
+
+ This release contains numerous bug fixes, and also the
+ following new features:
+
+ <extract info from the NEWS files>
+
+ Our thanks go out to all of the binutils contributors, past and
+ present, for helping to make this release possible.
-xxx -- fill in stuff here -- xxx
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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