How to build a Koha release -- list of reminders for RMs
Update and document the translations
./update.pl will update all translations and you can check for
failed ones (a copy of the previous version of the po file is
stored with a ~ (tilda) sign after it, so any that don't have that
didn't succeed
Install and test the translations
./translate install will install every translation in the po dir
Upload the translations to translate.koha.org
This is generally done by deleting the database and importing
the po files using the import tool as part of kartouche
Update the release notes (look at git logs for
major improvements)
Alter the VERSION string in Makefile.PL and comment
out VERSION_FROM. For instance:
VERSION => '3.00.00-stable',
#VERSION_FROM => 'kohaversion.pl',
run perl Makefile.PL and then make manifest tardist
Sign, MD5 the release, upload:
put the tarball its own dir
run the following
$ md5sum * >koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz.MD5
$ gpg --clearsign koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz.MD5
$ cat koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz.MD5.asc
$ gpg --detach-sign koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz
$ scp * download.koha.org
Tag the Release:
From a clone of the RM repo, run:
$ git tag -a -m "version 3.00.00 beta" v3.00.00-beta
$ git push --tags
From the gitweb repo, issue:
$ git fetch --tags
* update the website, trigger the change
* email the list
Galen Charlton
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