1 Releasing a New Monitoring Plugins Version
2 ==========================================
4 Throughout this document, it is assumed that the current Monitoring
5 Plugins version is 2.3.2, and that we're about to publish version 2.4.
6 It is also assumed that the official repository on GitHub is tracked
7 using the remote name `monitoring-plugins` (rather than `origin`).
12 - Check Github Actions status.
13 - Update local Git repository to the current `master` tip. For a
14 maintenance release (e.g., version 2.3.3), update to the current
15 `maint-2.3` tip, instead.
17 Prepare and commit files
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20 - Update `configure.ac` and `NP-VERSION-GEN` with new version.
21 - Update `NEWS` from `git log --reverse v2.3.2..` output, and specify
22 the release version/date.
23 - Update `AUTHORS` if there are new team members.
24 - Update `THANKS.in` using `tools/update-thanks`.
27 git commit configure.ac NP-VERSION-GEN NEWS AUTHORS THANKS.in
32 git tag -a -m 'Monitoring Plugins 2.4' v2.4
34 Push the code and tag to GitHub
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37 git push monitoring-plugins master
38 git push monitoring-plugins v2.4
40 Create new maintenance branch
41 -----------------------------
43 _Only necessary when creating a feature release._
45 git checkout -b maint-2.4 v2.4
46 git push -u monitoring-plugins maint-2.4
52 git archive --prefix=tmp/plugins/ v2.4 | (cd /; tar -xf -)
58 tools/setup # requires docbook to be installed
62 Upload tarball to web site
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65 scp monitoring-plugins-2.4.tar.gz \
66 plugins@orwell.monitoring-plugins.org:web/download/
68 Generate SHA1 checksum file on web site
69 ---------------------------------------
71 ssh plugins@orwell.monitoring-plugins.org \
72 '(cd web/download; $HOME/bin/create-checksum monitoring-plugins-2.4.tar.gz)'
77 - In the site.git repository:
79 - Create `web/input/news/release-2-4.md`.
80 - Update the `plugins_release` version in `web/macros.py`.
81 - Commit and push the result:
83 git add web/input/news/release-2-4.md
84 git commit web/input/news/release-2-4.md web/macros.py
85 git push origin master
87 - Post an announcement on (at least) the following mailing lists:
89 - <announce@monitoring-plugins.org>
90 - <help@monitoring-plugins.org> (set `Reply-To:` to this one)
92 - Ask the social media department to announce the release on Twitter :-)
94 If you want to mention the number of contributors in the announcement:
96 git shortlog -s v2.3.2..v2.4 | wc -l
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