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c-ares release procedure - how to do a release
in the source code repo
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edit
RELEASE-NOTES
to be accurate -
edit
configure.ac
'sCARES_VERSION_INFO
, andCMakeLists.txt
'sCARES_LIB_VERSIONINFO
set to the same value to denote the current shared object versioning. -
make sure all relevant changes are committed on the master branch
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tag the git repo in this style:
git tag -a cares-1_14_0
-a annotates the tag and we use underscores instead of dots in the version number. -
run "./maketgz 1.14.0" 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.
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push the git commits and the new tag
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gpg sign the tarball
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upload the resulting files to https://c-ares.org/download/
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update
ares_version.h
for the next version
in the c-ares-www repo
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edit
index.t
(version number and date), -
edit
changelog.t
(add the new release in there) -
commit all local changes
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tag the repo with the same tag as used for the source repo
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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