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!AMSN Release Guide
#Update credits in README, in case someone is missing #Update Changelog/TODO file (and maybe Wiki too) #Update $version and $date variables at the beginning of "amsn" file. #Inside configure.ac, update APPSTABLE from no to yes. #Make sure the binaries for TkCximage and Webcamsn, for Windows (DLL) and Mac OS X (.dylib) are updated #Commit all this changes to CVS #Add a tag on CVS for this stable version (like "Release-0_9x") #Do a: ''cvs export msn'' to have a clean copy of the CVS (without CVS/ folders or extra files) #Do a: ''cvs export amsn-extras'' to get some additional skins #Add shipped skins (at the moment, default one, and Tux) from amsn-extras to skins/. #Test everything runs fine #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. #Upload file to ftp://upload.sourceforge.net/incoming (user: anonymous) #Add a new file release in the ~np~SourceForge~/np~ File Release System #Edit Downloads using ~np~AdminDownloads~/np~ module in our web page to update download links, and add a piece of news. #Edit "amsn_latest" file in htdocs/ to update version for automatic version checking feature #Update plugins in ~np~AdminPlugins~/np~ #Add some news to SF news, freshmeat, slashdot, The Times... #Ask packagers to create amsn packages: **Linux installer, by bitrock: Daniel Lopez <daniel at bitrock.com> **Windows installer, by badlop: Badlop <badlop at ono.com> **RPM package, by Jasper <jasper at schoolzuigt.nl> **Suse package, by Guillermo Ballester Valor <gbv at oxixares.com> **Debian package, official Debian Sid packager, Søren Boll Overgaard <bilbo at debian.org> **Slackware package, by VampireWolf: Daniel Lopez <evilgeniusempire at hotmail.com> **Mac OS X package, by Jerome Gagnon-Voyer(Germinator) <germinator2000@users.sourceforge.net> NoTes from Philousophe for packaging |