deluge/docs/source/devguide/packaging/release.md

Release Checklist

Pre-Release

• Update translation po files from Launchpad account.
• Changelog is updated with relevant commits and release date is added.
• Version number increment:
  • setup.py
  • man pages
  • osx/Info.plist
  • Version and month sed commands:
    • git grep -l '2\.0\.0' | grep -v CHANGELOG.md | xargs sed -i 's/2\.0\.0/2\.0\.1/g'
    • git grep -l 'October' docs/man | xargs sed -i 's/October/November/g'
• Increment copyright year:
  • osx/Info.plist
• Tag release in git and push upstream.
  • e.g. git tag -a deluge-2.0.0 -m "Deluge 2.0.0 Release"

Release

• Run make_release script on extracted tarball e.g.
  • make_release deluge-2.0.0
• Package for OSs, Ubuntu, Windows, OSX.
• Upload source tarballs and packages to ftp. (Ensure file permissions are global readable: 0644)

Post-Release

• Update with version, hashes and release notes:
  • ReleaseNotes (Create new version page and add link to this page)
  • Forum announcement
  • IRC welcome message
  • Website index.php and version files
  • Wikipedia
• Trac close the milestone and add new version for tickets.
• Ensure all stable branch commits are also applied to development branch.