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Release Build Instructions
Set location of the pgbackrest repo
This makes the rest of the commands in the document easier to run (change to your repo path):
export PGBR_REPO=/backrest
Create a branch to test the release
git checkout -b release-ci
Update the date, version, and release title
Edit the latest release in doc/xml/release.xml, e.g.:
<release date="XXXX-XX-XX" version="2.14dev" title="UNDER DEVELOPMENT">
to:
<release date="2019-05-20" version="2.14" title="Bug Fix and Improvements">
Edit version in src/version.h, e.g.:
#define PROJECT_VERSION "2.14dev"
to:
#define PROJECT_VERSION "2.14"
Build release documentation. Be sure to install latex using the instructions from the Vagrantfile before running this step.
${PGBR_REPO?}/doc/release.pl --build
Update code counts
${PGBR_REPO?}/test/test.pl --code-count
Commit release branch and push to CI for testing
git commit -m "Release test"
git push origin release-ci
Clone web documentation into doc/site
cd ${PGBR_REPO?}/doc
git clone git@github.com:pgbackrest/website.git site
Deploy web documentation to doc/site
${PGBR_REPO?}/doc/release.pl --deploy
Final commit of release to integration
Create release notes based on the pattern in prior git commits (this should be automated at some point), e.g.
v2.14: Bug Fix and Improvements
Bug Fixes:
* Fix segfault when process-max > 8 for archive-push/archive-get. (Reported by Jens Wilke.)
Improvements:
* Bypass database checks when stanza-delete issued with force. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang. Suggested by hatifnatt.)
* Add configure script for improved multi-platform support.
Documentation Features:
* Add user guides for CentOS/RHEL 6/7.
Commit to integration with the above message and push to CI.
Push to master
Push release commit to master once CI testing is complete.
Create release on github
Create release notes based on pattern in prior releases (this should be automated at some point), e.g.
v2.14: Bug Fix and Improvements
**Bug Fixes**:
- Fix segfault when process-max > 8 for archive-push/archive-get. (Reported by Jens Wilke.)
**Improvements**:
- Bypass database checks when stanza-delete issued with force. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang. Suggested by hatifnatt.)
- Add configure script for improved multi-platform support.
**Documentation Features**:
- Add user guides for CentOS/RHEL 6/7.
The first line will be the release title and the rest will be the body. The tag field should be updated with the current version so a tag is created from master. Be sure to select the release commit explicitly rather than auto-tagging the last commit in master!
Push web documentation to master and deploy
cd ${PGBR_REPO?}/doc/site
git commit -m "v2.14 documentation."
git push origin master
Deploy the documentation on pgbackrest.org.
Notify packagers of new release
Announce release on Twitter
Do a press release once per quarter
Start from the press release at https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2057 (logon required) and update for improvements made in the last quarter. Then convert to text and send to pgsql-announce using https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/6b1bbd0f-08a7-bc51-7252-12bd3a645aea%40pgmasters.net as an example of how it looks in text format.
Prepare for the next release
Add new release in doc/xml/release.xml, e.g.:
<release date="XXXX-XX-XX" version="2.15dev" title="UNDER DEVELOPMENT">
Edit version in src/version.h, e.g.:
#define PROJECT_VERSION "2.14"
to:
#define PROJECT_VERSION "2.15dev"
Run deploy to generate git history (ctrl-c as soon as the file is generated):
${PGBR_REPO?}/doc/release.pl --build
Commit and push to integration:
git commit -m "Begin v2.15 development."
git push origin integration
Update automake/config scripts
These scripts are required by src/config and should be updated after each release, when needed. Note that these files are updated very infrequently.
Check the latest version of automake and see if it is > 1.16.2:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=automake.git
If so, update the version above and copy lib/install-sh from the automake repo to the pgbackrest repo at [repo]/src/build/install-sh:
wget -O ${PGBR_REPO?}/src/build/install-sh '[URL]'
Get the latest versions of config.sub and config.guess. These files are not versioned so the newest version is pulled at the beginning of the release cycle to allow time to test stability.
wget -O ${PGBR_REPO?}/src/build/config.guess 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD'
wget -O ${PGBR_REPO?}/src/build/config.sub 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD'