-# Release Workflow
+# Release Workflow <a id="release-workflow"></a>
+
+#### Table of Content
+
+- [1. Preparations](#preparations)
+ - [1.1. Issues](#issues)
+ - [1.2. Backport Commits](#backport-commits)
+ - [1.3. Authors](#authors)
+- [2. Version](#version)
+- [3. Changelog](#changelog)
+- [4. Git Tag](#git-tag)
+- [5. Package Builds](#package-builds)
+ - [5.1. RPM Packages](#rpm-packages)
+ - [5.2. DEB Packages](#deb-packages)
+- [6. Build Server](#build-server)
+- [7. Release Tests](#release-tests)
+- [8. GitHub Release](#github-release)
+- [9. Chocolatey](#chocolatey)
+- [10. Post Release](#post-release)
+ - [10.1. Online Documentation](#online-documentation)
+ - [10.2. Announcement](#announcement)
+ - [10.3. Project Management](#project-management)
+
+## Preparations <a id="preparations"></a>
Specify the release version.
```
-VERSION=2.7.2
+VERSION=2.9.2
```
-## Issues
+Add your signing key to your Git configuration file, if not already there.
+
+```
+vim $HOME/.gitconfig
+
+[user]
+ email = michael.friedrich@icinga.com
+ name = Michael Friedrich
+ signingkey = D14A1F16
+```
+
+### Issues <a id="issues"></a>
Check issues at https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2
-## Backport Commits
+### Backport Commits <a id="backport-commits"></a>
For minor versions you need to manually backports any and all commits from the
master branch which should be part of this release.
-## Authors
+### Authors <a id="authors"></a>
Update the [.mailmap](.mailmap) and [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) files:
git log --use-mailmap | grep '^Author:' | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
```
-## Version
+## Version <a id="version"></a>
-Update the version in the spec file:
+Update the version:
```
-gsed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" icinga2.spec
+sed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" VERSION
+sed -i "s/VERSION=.*/VERSION=$VERSION/g" RELEASE.md
```
-## Changelog
+## Changelog <a id="changelog"></a>
Update the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) file.
git diff
```
-## Git Tag
+## Git Tag <a id="git-tag"></a>
-Commit these changes to the "master" branch:
+> **Major Releases**: Commit these changes to the `master` branch.
+>
+> **Minor Releases**: Commit changes to the `support` branch.
```
git commit -v -a -m "Release version $VERSION"
```
-For minor releases: Cherry-pick this commit into the "support" branch:
+Create a signed tag (tags/v<VERSION>) on the `master` branch (for major
+releases) or the `support` branch (for minor releases).
```
-git checkout support/2.7
-git cherry-pick master
+git tag -s -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
```
-Create a signed tag (tags/v<VERSION>) on the "master" branch (for major
-releases) or the "support" branch (for minor releases).
+Push the tag:
-GB:
+```
+git push --tags
+```
+
+**For major releases:** Create a new `support` branch:
```
-git tag -u EE8E0720 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
+git checkout master
+git checkout -b support/2.9
+git push -u origin support/2.9
```
-MF:
+**For minor releases:** Push the support branch, cherry-pick the release commit
+into master and merge the support branch:
```
-git tag -u D14A1F16 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
+git push -u origin support/2.8
+git checkout master
+git cherry-pick support/2.8
+git merge --strategy=ours support/2.8
+git push origin master
```
-NH:
+## Package Builds <a id="package-builds"></a>
+
+### RPM Packages <a id="rpm-packages"></a>
```
-git tag -u 630F89D9 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
+git clone git@github.com:icinga/rpm-icinga2.git && cd rpm-icinga2
```
-Push the tag:
+#### Branch Workflow
+
+**Major releases** are branched off `master`.
```
-git push --tags
+git checkout master && git pull
```
-For major releases: Create a new "support" branch:
+**Bugfix releases** are created in the `release` branch and later merged to master.
```
-git checkout master
-git checkout -b support/2.7
-git push -u origin support/2.7
+git checkout release && git pull
```
-For minor releases: Push the support branch, cherry-pick the release commit
-into master and merge the support branch:
+#### Release Commit
+
+Set the `Version`, `Revision` and `changelog` inside the spec file.
```
-git push -u origin support/2.7
-git checkout master
-git cherry-pick support/2.7
-git merge --strategy=ours support/2.7
-git push origin master
+sed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" icinga2.spec
+
+vim icinga2.spec
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Jul 17 2018 Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@icinga.com> 2.9.0-1
+- Update to 2.9.0
```
-# External Dependencies
+```
+git commit -av -m "Release 2.9.0-1"
+git push
+```
+
+**Note for major releases**: Update release branch to latest.
+`git checkout release && git pull && git merge master && git push`
+
+**Note for minor releases**: Cherry-pick the release commit into master.
+`git checkout master && git pull && git cherry-pick release && git push`
+
+
+### DEB Packages <a id="deb-packages"></a>
+
+```
+git clone git@github.com:icinga/deb-icinga2.git && cd deb-icinga2
+```
-## Build Server
+#### Branch Workflow
+
+**Major releases** are branched off `master`.
+
+```
+git checkout master && git pull
+```
+
+**Bugfix releases** are created in the `release` branch and later merged to master.
+
+```
+git checkout release && git pull
+```
+
+#### Release Commit
+
+Set the `Version`, `Revision` and `changelog` inside the spec file.
+
+```
+./dch 2.9.0-1 "Update to 2.9.0"
+```
+
+```
+git commit -av -m "Release 2.9.0-1"
+git push
+```
+
+```
+git commit -av -m "Release 2.9.0-1"
+```
+
+**Note for major releases**: Update release branch to latest.
+`git checkout release && git pull && git merge master && git push`
+
+**Note for minor releases**: Cherry-pick the release commit into master.
+`git checkout master && git pull && git cherry-pick release && git push`
+
+
+#### DEB with dch on macOS
+
+```
+docker run -v `pwd`:/mnt/packaging -ti ubuntu:xenial bash
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install git ubuntu-dev-tools vim
+cd /mnt/packaging
+
+git config --global user.name "Michael Friedrich"
+git config --global user.email "michael.friedrich@icinga.com"
+
+./dch 2.9.0-1 "Update to 2.9.0"
+```
+
+
+## Build Server <a id="build-server"></a>
* 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.
-## Release Tests
+## Release Tests <a id="release-tests"></a>
* Test DB IDO with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
* Provision the vagrant boxes and test the release packages.
* 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:
icinga2 daemon -C
```
-## GitHub Release
+## GitHub Release <a id="github-release"></a>
-Create a new release for the newly created Git tag.
-https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases
+Create a new release for the newly created Git tag: https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases
-## Chocolatey
+## Chocolatey <a id="chocolatey"></a>
Navigate to the git repository on your Windows box which
already has chocolatey installed. Pull/checkout the release.
Install the created icinga2 package locally:
```
-choco install icinga2 -version 2.7.0 -fdv "%cd%" -source "'%cd%;https://chocolatey.org/api/v2/'"
+choco install icinga2 -version 2.9.0 -fdv "%cd%" -source "'%cd%;https://chocolatey.org/api/v2/'"
```
Upload the package to [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/upload).
-## Online Documentation
+## Post Release <a id="post-release"></a>
+
+### Online Documentation <a id="online-documentation"></a>
Ask @bobapple to update the documentation at docs.icinga.com.
-## Announcement
+### Announcement <a id="announcement"></a>
* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.com/blog
* 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
+### Project Management <a id="project-management"></a>
* Add new minor version on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/milestones).
* Close the released version on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/milestones).
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