Release Process

This is the process for tagging and publishing a release. Change the release version number and paths as appropriate. Release version numbers are in the form YYYY.MM.N where N is the release number for that month (usually 1).

tag the release

git tag -a v2013.07.1 -m 'release 2013.07.1'
git push --tags

make the release directory

cd /tmp
git clone ~/src/greatfet
cd greatfet
rm -rf .git*
mkdir firmware-bin
cd ..
mv greatfet greatfet-2013.07.1

copy/update RELEASENOTES from previous release

  • prepend the current release notes to previous release notes

make second clone for firmware build

git clone --recursive ~/src/greatfet
cd greatfet/firmware/libopencm3
make
cd ..

update the firmware VERSION_STRING and compile firmware

sed -i 's/git-${VERSION}/2013.07.1/' cmake/greatfet-common.cmake
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
cp flash_stub/flash_stub.dfu /tmp/greatfet-2013.07.1/firmware-bin/
cp greatfet_usb/greatfet_usb.bin /tmp/greatfet-2013.07.1/firmware-bin/

make the release archives

tar -cJvf greatfet-2013.07.1.tar.xz greatfet-2013.07.1
zip -r greatfet-2013.07.1.zip greatfet-2013.07.1

“Draft a new release” on github

  • call it “release 2013.07.1”

  • paste release notes (just for this release, not previous)

  • upload .tar.xz and .zip files

announce the release

  • irc

  • greatfet mailing list

  • twitter