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Mylyn/Release Howto
Contents
Before the Release
Run AllTests
Update copyright notices
- Update the year in the about.ini to the current year
- Update the year in all feature.xml files to the current year for changed features
- Update the year in copyright notices of changed source files
Internationalize source code
- Run Source > Find Broken Externalized Strings over all bundles
- Run Source > Externalize Strings over all bundles
Update the user guide from the wiki
- Run org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/build-helper.xml as an Ant Build (ensure org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext* is checked out into your workspace)
- Review the user guide and commit changes to CVS
Backport changes to the Eclipse branches if necessary'
- Update 3.4 workspace to the latest
- Select branched plug-ins
- Team > Merge
- end tag: HEAD
- start tag: Merged_e_3_4_m_3_x
- select Preview the merge in the synchronize perspective
- Merge changes and resolve conflicts
- Tag branched plug-ins in 3.6 workspace (i.e. cvs head) with Merged_e_3_4_m_3_x
- select Move tag if already exists
- Repeat for 3.5 workspace
Tag projects and map files
The Release
Major releases only
- Tag the release as R_x_y_z and R_x_y_y_e_3_3
- Prepare the build environment
ssh [user]@build.eclipse.org cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools co org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.releng cd org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.releng
- Adjust settings in local.properties as necessary. Settings for build.eclipse.org:
eclipse.base=/shared/tools/mylyn/tools build.home=/shared/tools/mylyn/build dist.home=/home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn
- Make sure your have Java 5.0 or later in your path. Settings for $HOME/.bashrc on build.eclipse.org:
export JAVA_HOME=/shared/tools/mylyn/tools/jdk
- Build the release:
ant weekly # weekly builds ant helios # signed integration builds that are published to the weekly and Helios update site ant -Dqualifier=v20090909-0900 -Drelease=true helios # releases built from map files
- If signing times out:
ant sign ant -Dtodir=weekly promote ant -Dtodir=galileo promote-main
- Update mylyn.build file for Helios builds
Major releases only
- Move the release from the weekly site to the main update site:
ssh [username]@build.eclipse.org cd /shared/tools/mylyn/weekly ./promote.sh [major] [build]
- Update the version number on the download page
- Create a new section on the download archive page
- Add a link to the new API baseline on the download archive page if necessary
- Create a new section in the New & Noteworthy
When the build has propagated to mirrors
Major releases only
- Add the mirror attribute to all site.xml files and regenerate meta-data with correct update site identifiers:
ssh [username]@build.eclipse.org cd /shared/tools/mylyn/weekly ./add-mirrors.sh ./generate-p2-metadata.sh
- Check that the site.xml files have the following URL set:
mirrorsURL="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/tools/mylyn/update/[location]/site.xml&protocol=http&format=xml"
After the release
Major releases only
- For head and e3.3 branch: Replace version numbers in all MANIFEST.MF and feature.xml files, e.g. 2.3.0.qualifier -> 2.3.1.qualifier and 2.3.0.mylynQualifier -> 2.3.1.mylynQualifier
- Make sure changes are applied to the 3.3 branch as well as the 3.4 branch