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| contribute:dev:make-a-release [2020/08/21 00:00] – [Update NEWS, Release Notes, & Translations] kevinbowen | contribute:dev:make-a-release [2023/02/24 10:04] (current) – [Making a Release] skunnyk |
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| Before you start with this, make sure you understand the [[https://www.xfce.org/about/releasemodel|release model]] all developers should follow for core components. | Before you start with this, make sure you understand the [[https://www.xfce.org/about/releasemodel|release model]] all developers should follow for core components. |
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| | <note important>Note that xfce provides [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-do-release.in|xfce-do-release]], an automated release-script which guides you through all steps required to release a xfce component. |
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| | That prevents mistakes and helps to get a clean build (by building in a container). It will catch all translation updates and pre-write a NEWS file for you by using the commit messages. Best use it over the manual release process when possible. |
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| | Install 'xfce4-dev-tools' to make use of it !</note> |
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| As of Xfce version 4.15.0, [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools|xfce-dev-tools]] contains several Bash helper scripts to assist in building your release: | As of Xfce version 4.15.0, [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools|xfce-dev-tools]] contains several Bash helper scripts to assist in building your release: |
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| * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-do-release|xfce-do-release]] ** - main helper script. Checks versions, tags, commits and pushes changes, logs into and uploads to release manager. | * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-do-release|xfce-do-release]] ** - Main helper script. Checks versions, tags, commits and pushes changes, logs into and uploads to release manager. |
| * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-get-release-notes|xfce-get-release-notes]] ** - complementary to xfce-get-translations and gets all the commits that aren't translation updates. | * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-get-release-notes|xfce-get-release-notes]] ** - Complementary to xfce-get-translations and gets all the commits that aren't translation updates. |
| * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-get-translations|xfce-get-translations]] ** - gets all language updates to a repository since a specified commit or tag. | * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-get-translations|xfce-get-translations]] ** - Gets all language updates to a repository since a specified commit or tag. |
| * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-update-news|xfce-update-news]] ** | * **[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-update-news|xfce-update-news]] ** |
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