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6cd4e0f6
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6cd4e0f6
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Oct 27, 2016
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Michael Schumacher
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Make required post-relase version bump more obvious
... plus small styling fixes.
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a check-list for doing a GIMP release
( ) Announce a string freeze on the GIMP Developer mailing list.
Mention that a release is planned, what brach will be frozen, and
how long the string freeze is going to last. Plan for a couple of
weeks at least. No translatable strings must be touched during
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to the next odd micro and commit this change. GIT versions always
have odd micro numbers.
[ ] In configure.ac, modify gimp_micro_version accordingly.
[ ] In configure.ac, modify gimp_interface_age accordingly.
( ) Publish dist tarballs:
[ ] Use md5sum to create a checksum of the tarball (tar.bz2).
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on the download server.
[ ] Change permissions of the new files to make them writable by
the 'gimpadmins' group. This will allow other members of this
group to correct mistakes and to update the 0.0_LATEST-IS-
file next time.
the 'gimpadmins' group. This will allow other members of this
group to correct mistakes and to update the 0.0_LATEST-IS-
file next time.
( ) Add the new version to the GIMP product on bugzilla.gimp.org.
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[ ] Create a news items for the release in content/news/
[ ] Commit and push the changes, the web server should then
update itself soon (
every 5 minutes). Go to
https://testing.gimp.org to verify the changes.
update itself soon (
it checks for updates every 5 minutes).
Go to
https://testing.gimp.org to verify the changes.
( ) Grab a properly chilled beverage and enjoy yourself.
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the changes you did in the testing branch.
[ ] Push the changes, the web server should then update itself
soon (
every 15 minutes). Got to https://www.gimp.org to
verify the changes.
soon (
it checks for updates every 15 minutes).
Go to https://www.gimp.org to
verify the changes.
[ ] Due to the tendency of news sites to front-run release
articles even before actual announcements appear, publish
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