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Docutils_ Release Procedure
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:Author: David Goodger; Felix Wiemann; open to all Docutils developers
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:Authors: David Goodger; Lea Wiemann; open to all Docutils developers
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:Contact: goodger@python.org
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:Date: $Date: 2005-11-08 22:48:57 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2005) $
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:Revision: $Revision: 4020 $
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:Date: $Date: 2008-06-10 11:56:45 +0200 (Die, 10 Jun 2008) $
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:Revision: $Revision: 5570 $
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:Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.
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.. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
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(Steps in boldface text are *not* covered by the release script at
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sandbox/fwiemann/release.sh. "Not covered" means that you aren't even
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reminded of them. Note: The release.sh script needs to be updated to
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reflect the recent move to Subversion!)
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* **Announce a check-in freeze on Docutils-develop. Post a list of
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major changes since the last release and ask for additions.**
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**You may want to save this list of changes in a file
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(e.g. CHANGES.txt) to have it at hand when you need it for posting
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announcements or pasting it into forms.**
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Steps in boldface text are *not* covered by the release script at
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sandbox/infrastructure/release.sh. "Not covered" means that you aren't even
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.. Note:: This document does not cover branching and tagging, but the
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.. Note:: You may want to use ReleaseForge_ instead of using
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SourceForge's file release system.
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.. _ReleaseForge: http://releaseforge.sourceforge.net/
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* **On the Docutils-develop mailing list, announce that the release is
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going to be made, update the release notes and ask for additions.**
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* **Announce a check-in freeze on Docutils-develop.**
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* Change ``__version_details__`` in docutils/docutils/__init__.py to
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"release" (from "repository").
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(c) Repeat step b) for all supported Python versions.
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* Run the _`test suite` from the expanded archive directory with all
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supported Python versions: ``cd test ; python -u alltests.py``.
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supported Python versions on all available platforms (GNU/Linux, Mac
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cd test ; python -u alltests.py
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* Add a directory X.Y.Z (where X.Y.Z is the current version number
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of Docutils) in the webroot (i.e. the ``htdocs/`` directory).
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:File Type: Source .gz
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:Processor Type: Platform-Independent
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:Release Notes: <insert README.txt file here>
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:Change Log: <insert summary from CHANGES.txt_>
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:Change Log: <insert current release notes here>
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Also check the "Preserve my pre-formatted text" box.
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* **Send announcement email to:**
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* docutils-develop@lists.sourceforge.net (also announcing the end
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of the check-in freeze)
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* docutils-develop@lists.sourceforge.net (also announcing the end of
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