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## ☐ submit mudlet windows installer to avg and avast whitelisting
 
## ☐ submit mudlet windows installer to avg and avast whitelisting
 
## ☐ merge <code>development</code> into <code>master</code> branch
 
## ☐ merge <code>development</code> into <code>master</code> branch
## ☐ update Linux distro maintainers, flag package outdated on arch (release process ends here)
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## ☐ update Linux distro maintainers, [https://chocolatey.org/packages/mudlet/ContactOwners Chocolatey maintainer], flag package outdated on arch (release process ends here)
 
## ☐ merge, don't squash or rebase, the release branch into development (but don't delete, keep it around for a potential hotfix if needed). Do it right away so next day's PTB's versions is the new release.
 
## ☐ merge, don't squash or rebase, the release branch into development (but don't delete, keep it around for a potential hotfix if needed). Do it right away so next day's PTB's versions is the new release.
  

Revision as of 06:32, 13 March 2021

Mudlet release checklist

  1. 5 days before the release
    1. ☐ announce start of testing in Discord channel #mudlet-testing (add template text here), and link to latest download builds (from Latest Branch Snapshots, but double check that sha matches the latest commit)
    2. ☐ [automated] update mudlet.ts with the latest translations strings for translators to translate (using Qt 5.12.2+ lupdate -verbose -recursive ./src ./3rdparty/dblsqd/dblsqd ./3rdparty/edbee-lib/edbee-lib -ts ./translations/mudlet.ts)
    3. ☐ update mudlet_en_US.ts with the latest translation strings, translate/update the few plural forms it contains as necessary and then generate the binary translation mudlet_en_US.qm file and merge it into the repo (see Translating Mudlet - English (American) translation).
    4. ☐ merge outstanding approved pull requests
    5. ☐ create a new release-<version> branch off development
    6. ☐ go through every single commit (in main repo and installers) and ensure all new functionality is documented
    7. ☐ update http://www.mudlet.org/geyser/files/index.html (need to document how to upload)
    8. ☐ update built-in packages and scripts
    9. ☐ update edbee to latest in our fork, and the subsequent submodule
    10. ☐ update Patreon supporters in About tab
    11. ☐ go through every single commit and write up a newspost with the latest highlights
  2. on release day
    1. ☐ create Quick Redirect like mudlet.org/3-23 (see left-hand side in Wordpress).
    2. ☐ create a new release in the 'release' channel in dblsqd. Make sure to enter the changelog right away, as it cannot be edited after. Include the full version number and a link to the release post (example). A command-line variant of this is: dblsqd release -a mudlet -c release -m "<message>. <a href="https://mudlet.org/4-##">See the changelog</a>." <version, ie 4.11.0>
    3. ☐ merge latest translations from Crowdin
    4. ☐ merge latest autocomplete json
    5. ☐ update mudlet.pro and CMakeLists.txt to new version and strip out BUILD to be empty in release branch (release process starts here)
    6. ☐ tag in git
    7. ☐ reset BUILD in release branch to be -dev
    8. ☐ test that all binaries launch and work
    9. ☐ close github milestone
    10. update downloads on mudlet.org
    11. ☐ post news on mudlet.org - for all languages:
      1. Select English news and "Duplicate this". Repeat these steps for every target language.
      2. In right-hand side Languages tab, change language from English to German. Page will reload. Then write name of English post in the English box. Suggestions will appear. Click the original post to confirm. Translations are now linked. In the end, all languages should be interlinked.
    12. ☐ post news to https://launchpad.net/mudlet
    13. ☐ make a proper github release (use turndown to convert release post html to markdown)
    14. ☐ post thread on forums.mudlet.org
    15. ☐ post update on achaea, starmourn, imperian, topmudsites.com forums, softpedia
    16. ☐ post update on twitter, mud.social, reddit, http://arkadia.rpg.pl, torilmud, muder.ru
    17. ☐ email to [email protected] about the update
    18. ☐ submit mudlet windows installer to avg and avast whitelisting
    19. ☐ merge development into master branch
    20. ☐ update Linux distro maintainers, Chocolatey maintainer, flag package outdated on arch (release process ends here)
    21. ☐ merge, don't squash or rebase, the release branch into development (but don't delete, keep it around for a potential hotfix if needed). Do it right away so next day's PTB's versions is the new release.

Individual contributor TODOs