AMSN Release Guide

1. Create a new branch for the release
2. svn copy amsn from trunk to branch directory

Following edits are in branch

1. Update credits in README, in case someone is missing
2. Update Changelog/TODO file (and maybe Wiki too)
3. Update $version, $date, $rcversion variables at the beginning of "amsn" file.
4. Inside configure.ac, update APPSTABLE from no to yes and change versiion.
5. Make sure the binaries for TkCximage? and Webcamsn, for Windows (DLL) and Mac OS X (.dylib) are updated
6. Commit all changes to the branch
7. Make sure language maintainers had a one week notice to translate everyhing and tell them the official deadline.
8. Make sure all pending languages are processed.
9. Create a tag directory for the version
10. svn copy amsn from branch to tag directory
11. Do a: cvs export msn to have a clean copy of the CVS (without CVS/ folders or extra files)
12. Do a: cvs export amsn-extras to get some additional skins
13. Add shipped skins (at the moment, default one, and Tux) from amsn-extras to skins/.
14. Test everything runs fine
15. Tar-gzip the msn/ folder, removing any unnecessary extras. (Shouldn't be any). As some kind of "standard" in the gnu world, if the tar.gz is amsn-0.93.tar.gz, the folder inside must be called amsn-0.93.
16. Ask packagers to create amsn packages:
17. Upload file to ftp://upload.sourceforge.net/incoming (user: anonymous)
18. Add a new file release in the SourceForge File Release System
19. Wait for Sourceforge mirrors to get synced
20. Edit Downloads using AdminDownloads module in our web page to update download links, and add a piece of news.
21. Edit "amsn_latest" file in htdocs/ to update version for automatic version checking feature
22. Update plugins in AdminPlugins
23. Add some news to SF news, freshmeat, slashdot, The Times...
24. Update information on wikipedia

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Packagers:

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Thomas Martinsen <tech at tnet.no>
Slackware 10.2 package

• confirmed*

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Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer? <gagnonje5000 at mac.com>
Mac OS X package

• confirmed*

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Sander Hoentjen
Fedora Core Package

• confirmed*

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Autopackage:
Taj Morton <taj@wildgardenseed.com>

• confirmed*

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Debian package, official Debian Sid packager:
Søren Boll Overgaard <bilbo at debian.org>
(?)

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Suse package:
Guillermo Ballester Valor <gbv at oxixares.com>
(?)
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Windows installer, by bitrock:
KaKaRoTo?

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PPC Installer, by bitrock:
KaKaRoTo?

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Gentoo Ebuild:
Karol Krizka <kkrizka at gmail.com>

• confirmed *

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Ubuntu:
Theodore Karkoulis <bilbo@debian.org>


NoTes from Philousophe for packaging