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**On index.php , As top bullet under "What's New" add announcement info | **On index.php , As top bullet under "What's New" add announcement info | ||
**On downloads.php update release numbers, installation instructions, and links to proxy etc downloads. (Note that the instructions vary slightly depending on if the current version is included in the EPP package or not. | **On downloads.php update release numbers, installation instructions, and links to proxy etc downloads. (Note that the instructions vary slightly depending on if the current version is included in the EPP package or not. | ||
| + | *** Add a link for the previous release location | ||
*Enable PTP-specific update site with content (possibly moving most, but not all content prior to release day, so mirrors can populate) | *Enable PTP-specific update site with content (possibly moving most, but not all content prior to release day, so mirrors can populate) | ||
| − | **This is located at: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ptp/updates/ | + | **This is located at: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ptp/updates/luna |
| − | **Copy ptp-master-xxx.zip there, Unpack ptp-master-xxx.zip there | + | **Copy ptp-master-xxx.zip there, Unpack ptp-master-xxx.zip there |
| − | **Copy as well to downloads/tools/ptp/builds - make a new e.g. | + | **Copy as well to downloads/tools/ptp/builds - make a new e.g. 8.0.x directory, and copy everything there; this is our archive for the release |
**Add a link on the build wiki page [[PTP/builds]] for the release and point to the archive page (previous bullet) - for 6.0.x this is under '''Release Builds''' | **Add a link on the build wiki page [[PTP/builds]] for the release and point to the archive page (previous bullet) - for 6.0.x this is under '''Release Builds''' | ||
*Email to mailing lists: ptp-dev, ptp-user, ptp-announce, photran | *Email to mailing lists: ptp-dev, ptp-user, ptp-announce, photran | ||
*Wiki: update builds page to include the release date and (possibly) make a new builds page for the next release | *Wiki: update builds page to include the release date and (possibly) make a new builds page for the next release | ||
| − | + | **Pointer to content in ptp help (doc.user and help) plugins - see below | |
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| − | **Pointer to content in ptp help (doc.user and help) plugins | + | |
==== Things to do for big releases e.g. SR0, SR1, SR2 ==== | ==== Things to do for big releases e.g. SR0, SR1, SR2 ==== | ||
*Docs | *Docs | ||
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**On doc.php - documentation page add links to appropriate info | **On doc.php - documentation page add links to appropriate info | ||
*Update PTP help jars for help.eclipse.org | *Update PTP help jars for help.eclipse.org | ||
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**add to the bugzilla bug asking they be copied to eclipse help servers. | **add to the bugzilla bug asking they be copied to eclipse help servers. | ||
*** Kepler: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=408828 | *** Kepler: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=408828 | ||
| + | *** Luna: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=436372 | ||
*Update New & Noteworthy on wiki | *Update New & Noteworthy on wiki | ||
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*Review Release Notes - clone for a new major release | *Review Release Notes - clone for a new major release | ||
*PTP Wiki FAQ, etc probably need updating with info about "latest" release etc. | *PTP Wiki FAQ, etc probably need updating with info about "latest" release etc. | ||
*Test updating e.g. just what's included in EPP Parallel Package | *Test updating e.g. just what's included in EPP Parallel Package | ||
*Update [[PTP/Committers_and_Contributors]] page on each major release (June) | *Update [[PTP/Committers_and_Contributors]] page on each major release (June) | ||
Latest revision as of 10:07, 25 June 2014
Reminders for announcing a PTP release.
For information about building a release, see Release Engineering
Things to do
- Update web page http://eclipse.org/ptp
- clone Git repo for web page.
- On index.php , As top bullet under "What's New" add announcement info
- On downloads.php update release numbers, installation instructions, and links to proxy etc downloads. (Note that the instructions vary slightly depending on if the current version is included in the EPP package or not.
- Add a link for the previous release location
- Enable PTP-specific update site with content (possibly moving most, but not all content prior to release day, so mirrors can populate)
- This is located at: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ptp/updates/luna
- Copy ptp-master-xxx.zip there, Unpack ptp-master-xxx.zip there
- Copy as well to downloads/tools/ptp/builds - make a new e.g. 8.0.x directory, and copy everything there; this is our archive for the release
- Add a link on the build wiki page PTP/builds for the release and point to the archive page (previous bullet) - for 6.0.x this is under Release Builds
- Email to mailing lists: ptp-dev, ptp-user, ptp-announce, photran
- Wiki: update builds page to include the release date and (possibly) make a new builds page for the next release
- Pointer to content in ptp help (doc.user and help) plugins - see below
Things to do for big releases e.g. SR0, SR1, SR2
- Docs
- On doc.php - documentation page add links to appropriate info
- Update PTP help jars for help.eclipse.org
- Copy all the ptp project help jars to one convenient place - for indigo it was /home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/tools/ptp/builds/indigo/help and help/sr1
- add to the bugzilla bug asking they be copied to eclipse help servers.
- Update New & Noteworthy on wiki
- Review Release Notes - clone for a new major release
- PTP Wiki FAQ, etc probably need updating with info about "latest" release etc.
- Test updating e.g. just what's included in EPP Parallel Package
- Update PTP/Committers_and_Contributors page on each major release (June)