RELEASE

How to build a release for LemonLDAP::NG
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The version
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- The release version should be updated in the following location:
* changelog (add a changelog from GitLab for the target version)
* Main modules (Common.pm/Handler.pm/Portal.pm/Manager.pm)
* Makefile.PL for cross-dependencies
* Doxyfile

- Then update packages information with:
$ make clean && make cpan

- Version must also be updated in RPM and Debian build files
  - rpm/lemonldap-ng.spec: update versions and add changelog entry
  - debian/changelog: add changelog entry

Before release
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- Update documentation:
$ make documentation

- Translate documentation
$ make fr-doc

- Update debian/changelog
  launch just `dch -r` and force save (":w" and ot ":x")

- Check Debian packages quality
$ cme check dpkg

For minor release
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- Go on gitlab and create a new tag: https://gitlab.ow2.org/lemonldap-ng/lemonldap-ng/tags/new

For major release
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- Go on gitlab and create a new branch: https://gitlab.ow2.org/lemonldap-ng/lemonldap-ng/branches/new

- Go on gitlab and create a new tag: https://gitlab.ow2.org/lemonldap-ng/lemonldap-ng/tags/new

- Change "latest" symlink in dokuwiki 

- Edit scripts/doc.pl in trunk to point on the new documentation path

Make the distribution
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- CPAN packages:
$ make clean && make cpan

- Tarball:
$ make clean && make dist

- RedHat packaging:

Create the RPM specific tarball:
$ make clean && make rpm-dist

Next steps: see rpm/README

- Debian packaging:

Create the debian specific tarball:
$ make clean && make debian-dist

Untar the debian archive and launch:
$ make debian-packages

Packages are in /tmp

Sign packages:
$ dpkg-sig -p --sign builder /tmp/*.deb


Upload the distribution
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- CPAN:
Upload modules tarballs (generated by make cpan)

- OW2 Forge:
Upload dist and bundles

- RPM: see rpm/REDAME

- DEB:
The DEB repository is hosted on http://lemonldap-ng.org/deb

Copy all generated files (*.deb):
$ scp *.deb lemonldapng@lemonldap-ng.org:incoming/

Then connect on the server and launch reprepro:
$ ssh lemonldapng@lemonldap-ng.org
lemonldapng@lemonldap-ng.org$ cd deb/
lemonldapng@sd-22107:~/deb$ reprepro --ask-passphrase -Vb . includedeb stable ../incoming/*VERSION*deb
lemonldapng@sd-22107:~/deb$ reprepro --ask-passphrase -Vb . includedeb 2.0 ../incoming/*VERSION*deb

See also reprepro configuration file: 'distributions'

- Docker:
Build a new image from https://github.com/LemonLDAPNG/lemonldap-ng-docker
Tag image to latest
Upload on Docker hub

Site
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- Update links on the download page
- Close the milestone on Gitlab and create a new one

Spread the word
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- News on OW2 projects page: https://projects.ow2.org/bin/view/lemonldap-ng/
- Twitter account / Facebook page
- IRC channel subject and Mattermost
- Mailing lists: lemonldap-ng-users / lemonldap-ng-announces
- Optional: blogs and news sites (LinuxFR, etc.)

After release
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- Update debian/changelog
$ dch -v <New number>-1 (and write "New release")
- Update $VERSION anywhere