1 #+TITLE: Org maintenance
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12 # This file is released by its authors and contributors under the GNU
13 # Free Documentation license v1.3 or later, code examples are released
14 # under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
16 This document describes the tasks the Org-mode maintainers have to do
17 and how they are performed.
19 * What's in a release?
21 ** We don't follow a release schedule
23 Org development is the work of volunteers only and we cannot promise
24 to follow a release schedule.
26 ** We don't use semantic versioning
28 We use the same numbering convention than semantic versioning, but we
29 don't follow the rules of SemVer, as expressed in [[https://semver.org][semver.org]].
31 A /major/ release (e.g. =10=) means: "Hear ye, hear ye! *All users* should
32 pay attention and read the release notes before upgrading!".
34 A /minor/ release (e.g. =10.1=) means: "Hear ye, hear ye! *Power users and
35 Org contributors* shoul pay attention and read the release notes before
36 upgrading! All other users are welcome to read them too."
38 Note that this de facto convention has been made explicit after =9.4=.
40 ** Major, minor and bugfix releases
42 - Major release :: The release number for a major release look like
43 this: =10=. Major releases are made whenever Org is in a state where
44 the feature set is consistent and we know that the features that are
45 implemented will be supported in the future.
47 - Minor release :: The release number for minor releases look like
48 this: =10.1=. Minor releases are amends to main releases: small new
51 - Bugfix-only releases :: The release number for bugfixes-only
52 releases looks like this: =10.1.1=. These release contain no new
53 feature at all, big or small, and only fix things that we cannot
54 affort not to fix in a minor release.
56 ** Conventions before and after Org 9.5
58 Note that before =Org 9.5=, versions like =9.3=, =9.4=, etc. were really
59 /major/ ones. This was confusing for some users, especially those who
60 expect Org to follow semantic versioning conventions.
66 The git repository has two branches:
68 - master :: For current development.
69 - maint :: For bug fixes against latest major or minor release.
71 Bug fixes always go on =maint= then are merged on =master=.
73 New features always go on =master=.
75 ** Merging or not merging
77 When doing a major or minor release, we make sure that all changes
78 from the maint branch are merged into the the master branch, then
79 merge the master branch back into maint to synchronize the two.
81 When doing a bugfix release, we do it from the maint branch directly.
83 ** Tagging the release
85 When doing a major and a minor release, after all necessary merging is
86 done, tag the _maint_ branch for the release with:
88 : git tag -a release_9.1.7 -m "Adding release tag"
94 We also encourage you to sign release tags like this:
96 : git tag -s release_9.1.7 -m "Adding release tag"
98 ** Uploading the release files from the orgmode.org server
100 Log on the orgmode.org server as the emacs user and ~cd~ to ~~/git/org-mode~.
107 to create the =.tar.gz= and =.zip= files, the documentation, and to
108 upload everything at the right place.
110 * Available Org's builds on the server
112 There are two cron tasks on the server: one that builds the ELPA
113 packages and one that builds =org-latest.tar.gz= and =org-latest.zip=.
115 ELPA packages are built from the *maint* branch. One ELPA package
116 contains Org's core, another one called "org-plus-contrib" contains
117 Org and contributed libraries.
119 =org-latest*= snapshots are built from the *master* branch.
121 * Synchronization Org and upstream Emacs
123 Below it is described how Org is kept in sync with the upstream Emacs.
125 ** Backporting changes from upstream Emacs
127 Sometimes Emacs maintainers make changes to Org files. The process of
128 propagating the changes back to the Org repository is called
129 /backporting/ for historical reasons.
131 To find changes that need to be backported from the Emacs repository,
132 the following =git= command, courtesy of [[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/215861][Kyle Meyer]], can be used:
135 git log $rev..origin/emacs-25 -- lisp/org doc/misc/org.texi \
136 etc/refcards/orgcard.tex etc/ORG-NEWS etc/org \
137 etc/schema/od-manifest-schema-v1.2-os.rnc \
138 etc/schema/od-schema-v1.2-os.rnc
141 here, =$rev= is the last commit from the =emacs-25= branch that was
142 backported. The should also be done for the =master= branch.
144 There is also a [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/atom/lisp/org/][feed]] to keep track of new changes in the =lisp/org=
145 folder in the Emacs repository.
147 ** Updating the Org version in upstream Emacs
149 New releases of Org should be added to the [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git][Emacs repository]].
151 Typically, Org can be synchronized by copying over files from the
152 =emacs-sync= branch of the Org repository to the =master= branch of
153 Emacs repository. The =emacs-sync= branch has a few extra changes
154 compared with the =maint= branch. If the Emacs maintainers are
155 planning a new release of Emacs soon, it is possible that another
156 branch should be used.
158 If the new release of Org contains many changes, it may be useful to
159 use a separate branch before merging, e.g. =scratch/org-mode-merge=.
160 This branch can then be merged with the =master= branch, when
161 everything has been tested.
163 Please see [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/CONTRIBUTE][CONTRIBUTE]] in the Emacs repository for guidelines on
164 contributing to the Emacs repository.
166 *** Where to files go
168 The following list shows where files in Org repository are copied to
169 in the Emacs repository, folder by folder.
173 - =org.texi= :: Copy to =emacs/doc/misc=. It may be necessary to replace,
174 ~@include org-version.inc~ with ~@set VERSION 9.0.9~ or similar.
176 - =orgcard.tex= :: Copy to =emacs/etc/refcards=. Make sure that
177 ~\def\orgversionnumber~ and ~\def\versionyear~ are up to date.
181 - =styles/*= :: Copy to =emacs/etc/org=.
183 - =schema/*.rnc= :: Copy to =emacs/etc/schema=.
185 - =schema/schemas.xml= :: Any new entries in this file should be added
186 to =emacs/etc/schema/schemas.xml=.
188 - =ORG-NEWS= :: Copy to =emacs/etc=
192 - Copy =*.el= files to =emacs/lisp/org=, except =org-loaddefs.el=!
194 - You should create =org-version.el= in =emacs/lisp/org=. The file is
195 created when you =make= Org.
197 **** TODO =org-mode/testing=
199 *** Update =emacs/etc/NEWS=
201 Whenever a new (major) version of Org is synchronized to the Emacs
202 repository, it should be mentioned in the NEWS file.
204 * Updating the list of hooks/commands/options on Worg
206 Load the =mk/eldo.el= file then =M-x eldo-make-doc RET=.
208 This will produce an org file with the documentation.
210 Import this file into =worg/doc.org=, leaving the header untouched
211 (except for the release number).
213 Then commit and push the change on the =worg.git= repository.
215 * Copyright assignments
217 The maintainers needs to keep track of copyright assignments. Even
218 better, find a volunteer to do this.
220 The assignment form is included in the repository as a file that you
221 can send to contributors: =request-assign-future.txt=
223 The list of all contributors from who we have the papers is kept on
224 [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][this Worg page]], so that committers can check if a patch can go into
227 The assignment process does not always go smoothly, and it has
228 happened several times that it gets stuck or forgotten at the FSF.
229 The contact at the FSF for this is: =copyright-clerk AT fsf DOT org=
231 Emails from the paper submitter have been ignored in the past, but an
232 email from the maintainers of Org mode has usually fixed such cases