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Eclipse 4diac Wiki/Development/4diac Releng
Short checklist for 4diac releases:
- prepare branding
- Update splash screen
- Update update version number in VM Arguments: -Declipse.buildId= (this is needed for AERI)
- Prepare git repositories
- For Major and bug fix releases merge release branch to master
- Tag commit with release (e.g., 1.9.0.M1, 1.10.1)
- Build 4diac-ide
- currently local build using Tycho
- rename output files according to release: 4diac-ide-incubation_version_platform.ending (e.g., 4diac-ide-incubation_1.9.0.M2_linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz, 4diac-ide-incubation_1.10.1_win32.x86_64.zip)
- Assemble FORTE
- clone anonymous git :
- change to release branch
- zip forte and name it forte-incubation_version.zip
- Put it onto eclipse download site
- Connect to build.eclipse.org (sftp username@build.eclipse.org)
- go into release dir (e.g., /home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/4diac/...)
- Update download web site
- Prepare news for:
- 4diac webseite, mirror on sourceforge
- Announce it on
- Freshcode