Hans Dockter wrote:
> I have a couple of issues regarding our release process.
>
> If we do a minor release we have a Wiki page for the release. This
> page describes the new and noteworthy and displays a Jira query with
> the fixed issues. What should be do in case of a bug fix release? So
> far I have pasted the Jira issues in the announce email. But thinking
> about it, I guess we should also have a Wiki page for bug fix
> releases. Then there is also one place to look for all release notes.
>
> For the 0.6 and the 0.6.1 release I have forgotten to update the
> release notes (changelog.txt) which are shipped with the distribution.
> Which shows again that things which are not automated are likely to
> fail. There are couple of ways we can deal with this in the future:
> - Don't ship a changelog.txt.
> - Autogenerate the changelog.txt with a Jira query.
> - Just have a link to the wiki release notes in changelog.txt
>
> Thoughts?
>
I think we should have the same process for all releases - bug fix or
minor or major.
You should start by writing down what one has to do to do a release. A
checklist can be just as reliable and a whole heap cheaper than
automation in some situations. Then we can simplify and automate later,
if we need to.
Adam
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