RELEASING

Making a release (for release managers)
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1. Pre-release check list

- Make sure tests pass on all the supported Python versions (sudo tox)
- Make sure CHANGES file is up to date
- Make sure __version__ string in libcloud/__init__.py is up to date

2. Creating release artifacts

 We have a script that runs the required setup.py commands and then hashes
 and signs the files. To run it:

    cd dist
    ./release.sh -u yourusername@apache.org

 This should result in a set of apache-libcloud-${VERSION}.{tar.bz2,zip}{,asc,md5,sha1}
 files that are suitable to be uploaded for a release.

3. Uploading release artifacts

 - Add release artifacts to the SVN repository at
   https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/libcloud/

   It may take up to a day for the artifacts to be available on all the
   Apache mirrors, but they should be instantly available at
   http://www.apache.org/dist/libcloud/.

 - If there is more than one older release in the repository, delete the
   oldest one. Old releases are automatically archived and available at
   https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/libcloud/.

4. Tagging a release

 svn copy https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/libcloud/trunk/ \
   https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/libcloud/tags/<version number> \
   -r <release revision number> \
   -m "Release <version number>"

5. Publishing package to PyPi

  TODO

6. Updating a website and doap_libcloud

 - Update "News" page

 - Update "Downloads" page

 - Update "Get it" section in the sidebar

 - Update doap_libcloud.py and add info about the new version

7. Sending announcements

 - Send a release announcement to {dev,users}@libcloud.apache.org. If it's a
   major release also send it to announce@apache.org.

 - Send a release announcement to Twitter

Miscellaneous:

- If needed, use Apache URL shortening service - http://s.apache.org/