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+Specify the release version.
+
+ VERSION=2.6.3
+
## Issues
-Check the following issue filters:
+Check issues at https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2
+
+## Backport Commits
-* [Pending backports](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2/issues?query_id=41)
-* [Valid target version](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2/issues?query_id=55)
+For minor versions you need to manually backports any and all commits from the
+master branch which should be part of this release.
## Authors
Update the [.mailmap](.mailmap) and [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) files:
+ $ git checkout master
$ git log --use-mailmap | grep ^Author: | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
## Version
-Update the version number in the following files:
+Update the version number in the following file:
* [icinga2.spec]: Version: (.*)
-* [icinga2.nuspec]: <version>(.*)</version>
-* [tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1]: Icinga2-v(.*).exe
-
-## Changelog
-Update the [ChangeLog](ChangeLog), [doc/1-about.md](doc/1-about.md) files using
-the changelog.py script. Also generate HTML for the wordpress release announcement.
+Example:
-Changelog:
+ gsed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" icinga2.spec
- $ ./changelog.py --version 2.4.0 --project i2
-
-Docs:
-
- $ ./changelog.py --version 2.4.0 --project i2 --links
-
-Wordpress:
+## Changelog
- $ ./changelog.py --version 2.4.0 --project i2 --html --links
+Update the [ChangeLog](ChangeLog), [doc/1-about.md](doc/1-about.md) files. Also generate HTML
+for the wordpress release announcement.
## Git Tag
Commit these changes to the "master" branch:
- $ git commit -v -a -m "Release version <VERSION>"
+ $ git commit -v -a -m "Release version $VERSION"
For minor releases: Cherry-pick this commit into the "support" branch.
GB:
- $ git tag -u EE8E0720 -m "Version <VERSION>" v<VERSION>
+ $ git tag -u EE8E0720 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
MF:
- $ git tag -u D14A1F16 -m "Version <VERSION>" v<VERSION>
+ $ git tag -u D14A1F16 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
Push the tag.
For major releases: Create a new "support" branch:
$ git checkout master
- $ git checkout -b support/2.4
- $ git push -u origin support/2.4
+ $ git checkout -b support/2.6
+ $ git push -u origin support/2.6
For minor releases: Push the support branch, cherry-pick the release commit
into master and merge the support branch:
- $ git push -u origin support/2.4
+ $ git push -u origin support/2.6
$ git checkout master
- $ git cherry-pick support/2.4
- $ git merge --strategy=ours support/2.4
+ $ git cherry-pick support/2.6
+ $ git merge --strategy=ours support/2.6
$ git push origin master
# External Dependencies
## Build Server
-* Update Git tags for the release jobs.
+* Verify package build changes for this version.
+* Test the snapshot packages for all distributions beforehand.
+* Build the newly created Git tag for Debian/RHEL/SuSE.
+* Build the newly created Git tag for Windows.
-### Linux
+## Release Tests
-* Build the newly created Git tag for Debian/RHEL/SuSE.
+* Test DB IDO with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
* Provision the vagrant boxes and test the release packages.
-* Start a new docker container and install/run icinga2
+* Test the [setup wizard](https://packages.icinga.com/windows/) inside a Windows VM.
+
+* Start a new docker container and install/run icinga2.
Example for CentOS7:
- $ sudo docker run -ti centos:latest bash
+ $ docker run -ti centos:latest bash
- # yum -y install http://packages.icinga.org/epel/7/release/noarch/icinga-rpm-release-7-1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
+ # yum -y install https://packages.icinga.com/epel/7/release/noarch/icinga-rpm-release-7-1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
# yum -y install icinga2
# icinga2 daemon -C
# systemctl start icinga2
# tail -f /var/log/icinga2/icinga2.log
-### Windows
-
-* Build the newly created Git tag for Windows.
-* Test the [setup wizard](http://packages.icinga.org/windows/) inside a Windows VM.
-
## GitHub Release
Create a new release for the newly created Git tag.
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases
+## Chocolatey
+
+Navigate to the git repository on your Windows box which
+already has chocolatey installed. Pull/checkout the release.
+
+Create the nupkg package:
+
+ cpack
+
+Install the created icinga2 package locally:
+
+ choco install icinga2 -version 2.6.3 -fdv "%cd%" -source "'%cd%;https://chocolatey.org/api/v2/'"
+
+Upload the package to [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/upload).
+
## Online Documentation
SSH into the web box, navigate into `icinga2-latest/module/icinga2`
-and pull the current icinga2 revision to update what's new".
+and pull the current support branch.
## Announcement
-* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.org/blog
+* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.com/blog
* Send announcement mail to icinga-announce@lists.icinga.org
-* Social media: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icinga), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/icinga), [G+](http://plus.google.com/+icinga), [Xing](https://www.xing.com/communities/groups/icinga-da4b-1060043), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Icinga-1921830/about)
+* Social media: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icinga), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/icinga), [G+](https://plus.google.com/+icinga), [Xing](https://www.xing.com/communities/groups/icinga-da4b-1060043), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Icinga-1921830/about)
* Update IRC channel topic
# After the release
* Add new minor version
+* Close the released version
* Update Redmine filters for the next major/minor version