c-ares/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.md

c-ares release procedure - how to do a release

in the source code repo

• edit RELEASE-NOTES to be accurate

• make sure all relevant changes are committed on the master branch

• tag the git repo in this style: git tag -a cares-1_13_0 -a annotates the tag and we use underscores instead of dots in the version number.

• run "./maketgz 1.13.0" to build the release tarball. It is important that you run this on a machine with the correct set of autotools etc installed as this is what then will be shipped and used by most users on *nix like systems.

• push the git commits and the new tag

• gpg sign the tarball

• upload the resulting files to https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/

• update ares_version.h for the next version

in the c-ares-www repo

• edit index.t (version number and date),

• edit changelog.t (add the new release in there)

• commit all local changes

• tag the repo with the same tag as used for the source repo

• push the git commits and the new tag

inform

• send an email to the c-ares mailing list. Insert the RELEASE-NOTES into the mail.

celebrate

• suitable beverage intake is encouraged for the festivities