Release Checklist

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Kickoff

Update gnulib to latest version

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Must occur first as it could resolve existing, or create new, bug reports. You should run ./bootstrap in the source tree after updating to the new gnulib version.

File bug reports

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  • Put out a general call for reports on maintainers@octave.org and help@octave.org mailing-list for all outstanding unreported known bugs.

Review submitted patches on Savannah

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  • Submitted patches from bug tracker included.
  • Submitted patches from patch tracker included.

Review open bugs on Savannah

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  • Review bugs and update to correct category, such as "Patch submitted", correct title if necessary.
  • Add "must-fix" items to 6.1 Release Bug Fix List.

GPL License activities

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  • Update copyright statements for all source controlled files.
  • Update dates in any other locations (launch message, citation, MXE files, etc.).
  • Add any new contributors to contributors.in who wish to be mentioned (don't add them without permission).

Style-check code base

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This will produce lots of whitespace changes, but no behavior changes. Must occur after patches have been added, since whitespace changes can prevent patches from applying
  • m-file style check
  • C++ style check


Repeat until all bugs are resolved

Run lint checker on code base

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  1. Verify 'make check' is passing on all buildbot combinations of OS and compilers
    • Start discussion on octave-maintainers list about which failing tests must be fixed
    • Identify and fix any tests determined critical in step above
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  2. Compile and run Octave test suite with --enable-address-sanitizer-flags to check for memory leaks
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  3. Review documentation
    • Grammar check documentation so that it conforms to Octave standards
    • Spell check documentation
    • Verify no functions missing from manual
    • Verify deprecated functions removed from "see also" links
    • Verify all formats (Info, HTML, pdf) build correctly
    • Review NEWS for any features which should be announced
    • Update major version number in "@subtitle Edition XXX" in octave.texi
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  4. Localization and Internationalization
    • Update language translation files (*.ts)
    • Create issue report on Savannah as a centralized location for uploading files
    • Submit call for translations for GUI strings
    • Push translations provided by translators
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  5. Update shared library and oct file API version numbers
    • Increment oct file API version number (configure.ac:OCTAVE_API_VERSION, increment number and drop "+" suffix)
    • Increment libtool versioning (liboctave/module.mk:%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_current, libinterp/module.mk:%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_current, libgui/module.mk:%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current)
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  6. Verify build process and create release candidates
    • Update configure.ac with new version information
      • Update AC_INIT, OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION, OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION, OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION, OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE
    • Verify 'make distcheck' passes
    • Create release candidate
      • 'make dist'
      • hg tag repository with release candidate ID
      • For Windows, create installer Windows Installer
      • Upload release candidate
      • Add release candidate version to Savannah bug tracker
      • Announce release candidate to Octave-Maintainers, Octave-Help, on web page
      • Repeat release candidate cycle until clean
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Final Release

    • Update version information
      • Update configure.ac (AC_INIT, OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION, OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION, OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION, OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE)
      • Update NEWS (final release date)
      • Update CITATION (version, year, URL)
      • Update org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml (version number and release date)
    • hg tag repository with release version number
    • merge default onto stable to become the current stable release
    • Savannah bug tracker version info
      • add new release version to bug tracker
      • remove release candidate versions from bug tracker
    • Announce final release on
      • Octave mailing lists
      • Octave web site
      • This wiki
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Post-Release

    • Update configure.ac (AC_INIT, OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION, OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION, OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION) to next release cycle
    • Update oct file API version number (configure.ac:OCTAVE_API_VERSION, add "+" suffix)
    • Remove all deprecated functions (either OCTAVE_DEPRECATED in C++ or scripts/deprecated for m-files) scheduled for deletion in default branch
    • Move NEWS file to backup in etc/NEWS.X
    • Create new NEWS file
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