# Release Workflow
+## Authors
+
Update the [.mailmap](.mailmap) and [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) files:
$ git log --use-mailmap | grep ^Author: | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
-Update the version number in the icinga2.spec file.
+## Version
+
+Update the version number in the following files:
+
+* [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.
+the changelog.py script. Also generate HTML for the wordpress release announcement.
+
+Changelog:
+
+ $ ./changelog.py --version 2.3.5 --project i2
+
+Docs:
+
+ $ ./changelog.py --version 2.3.5 --project i2 --links
+
+Wordpress:
+
+ $ ./changelog.py --version 2.3.5 --project i2 --html --links
+
+## Git Tag
Commit these changes to the "master" branch:
For major releases: Create a new "support" branch:
$ git checkout master
- $ git checkout -b support/2.x
- $ git push -u origin support/2.x
+ $ git checkout -b support/2.3
+ $ git push -u origin support/2.3
+
+For minor releases: Push the support branch and cherry-pick the release commit into master:
+
+ $ git push -u origin support/2.3
+ $ git checkout master
+ $ git cherry-pick support/2.3
+ $ git push origin master
# External Dependencies
## Build Server
+### Linux
+
* Build the newly created git tag for Debian/RHEL/SuSE.
* Provision the vagrant boxes and test the release packages.
+* Start a new docker container and install/run icinga2
+
+Example for CentOS7:
+
+ $ sudo 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 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
## Announcement
-* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.org
+* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.org/blog
* Send announcement mail to icinga-announce@lists.icinga.org
-* Social media
+* 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)