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Revision as of 17:01, 20 October 2009
The standard procedures for making Moodle releases.
For a stable release on an existing branch XX with point value Y
One week before:
- Notify Moodle developers and Moodle Partners about the upcoming release
- Freeze stable development
- Test / QA / etc
Release day:
- cvs -q update -dP
- Edit version.php, update name and version to new point release and commit
- cvs tag -F MOODLE_XX_MERGED version.php
- cvs tag -FR MOODLE_XXY to tag everything in the release
- cvs tag -FR MOODLE_XX_WEEKLY to make the weekly version match the release
- cvs -q update -dP all code on download server
- Run moodle-makenightlystableXX
- Go to download/stableXX
- Copy current daily as release package:
- cp moodle-latest-XX.zip moodle-X.X.Y.zip
- cp moodle-latest-XX.tgz moodle-X.X.Y.tgz
- Edit download index.php page with new release info and links
- Visit releases page on tracker and make the release, bumping all remaining open bugs to the next point release.
- Update the version.php in CVS to be X.X.Y+
- cvs tag -F MOODLE_XX_MERGED version.php
- Make sure the Release Notes page is updated
- Add new version on the Release page
- Notify all registered sys admins
- Create a new META bug in the Tracker "META: Moodle XX.Y+1 and friends security bugs" to associate new/pending security bugs that will be fixed in the next release as subtasks. An example is MDL-19512 (for Moodle 1.9.6).
One week later:
- Add all security notices to Security news
- Add all security notices to the Release Notes page
- Post about the release on Moodle.org front page
For a major release XX
- To be documented
See also
- Development:Stable branch support
- MDLSITE-699: How to repackage one weekly at any moment (a.k.a. "emergency weekly").