Developer's Guide: refresh release procedures

Be a closer match to what I've actually done for the past few cycles.

In particular, hold off pushing repository updates until after the
packages are published, as part of opening the merge window, and
mention the utility commands which actually create the archives.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>

1 files changed, 99 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/release.txt b/doc/manual/release.txt
index 70a22ff..056628e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release.txt
+++ b/doc/manual/release.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ the minor version will @a also be zero (<code>y = 0, z = 0</code>).
 After these required numeric components, release version strings
 may contain tags such as as <em>-rc1</em> or <em>-rc2</em>.
 These 'rc' tags indicate "release candidate" versions of the package.
-Like the major/minor/micro numbers, these tags will be manipulated
-by the automated release process.
+Like major/minor/micro numbers, these are updated
+as part of the release process.
 
 The release process includes version number manipulations to the tree
 being released, ensuring that all numbers are incremented (or rolled
@@ -277,22 +277,34 @@ support; the Release Manager isn't the only participant.
 
 The following steps should be followed to produce each release:
 
--# Produce final patches to mainline (or a release branch).  Nobody
-   except the RM should be committing anything.
-  -# Finalize @c NEWS file to describe the changes in the release
+-# Produce final patches using a local clone of mainline.  Nobody
+   except the RM should be committing anything.  <em>Everyone with commit
+   privileges needs to know and agree to this in advance!</em>  Even the RM
+   only commits a handful of updates as part of the release process
+   itself ... to files which are part of the version identification scheme
+   or release process; and to create the version tag; and then to open the
+   merge window for the next release cycle.
+  -# Finalize @c the NEWS file to describe the changes in the release
     - This file is used to automatically post "blurbs" about the project.
-    - This material should be produced during the development cycle.
-    - Add a new item for each @c NEWS-worthy contribution, when committed.
+    - This material should have been produced during the development cycle,
+      by adding items for each @c NEWS-worthy contribution, when committed
+      during the merge window.  (One part of closing the merge window, by
+      opening the RC phase of the release, is the commitment to hold all
+      further such contributions until the next merge window opens.)
+    - The RM should make sure nothing important was omitted, as part of
+      the RC1 cycle.  From then on, no more updates to NEWS content should
+      be needed (except to seed the process for the next release, or maybe
+      if a significant and longstanding bug is fixed late in the RC phase).
   -# Bump library version if our API changed (not yet required)
   -# Update and commit the final package version in @c configure.in:
-     <code>tools/release/version.sh</code> may help ensure the versions
-     are named consistently:
+     (The <code>tools/release/version.sh</code> script might help ensure
+     the versions are named properly.):
     -# Remove @c -dev tag.
-    -# Update the @c -rc tag:
+    -# Update any @c -rc tag:
       - If producing the final release from an -rc series, remove it
       - If producing the first RC in a series, add rc1
       - If producing the next RC in a series, bump the rc number
-    -# Commit that version change.
+    -# Commit that version change, with a good descriptive comment.
   -# Create a git tag for the final commit, with a tag name matching
      the version string in <code>configure.in</code> (including <em>-rcN</em>
      where relevant):
@@ -301,49 +313,92 @@ PACKAGE_VERSION="x.y.z"
 PACKAGE_TAG="v${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 git tag -m "The openocd-${PACKAGE_VERSION} release." "${PACKAGE_TAG}"
 @endverbatim
--# Prepare to resume normal development on mainline (major or minor release)
-  - Update the version label
-     - Restore @c -dev version tag.
-     - For a new minor release cycle, increment the release's minor number
-     - For a new major release cycle, increment the release's major number
-       and zero its minor number
-  - Archive @c NEWS file as "<code>doc/news/NEWS-${PACKAGE_VERSION}</code>".
-  - Create a new @c NEWS file for the next release
-  - Commit those changes, and push the commit and the release tag
-    to mainline.
--# Produce the package source archives:
-  -# <em>Start with a new clone of the source tree</em>, with the
-     release's tag.  This is used only for producing these packages.
-  -# Checkout the appropriate tag:
-<code>git checkout "${PACKAGE_VERSION}"</code>
-  -# @c bootstrap, @c configure, and @c make the package.
-  -# Run <code>make distcheck</code> to produce the distribution archives.
-  -# Run <code>make maintainer-clean</code> verify the repository is empty.
-  -# Create signature files using @c md5sum, @c sha1sum, etc.
--# Publish documentation for the release:
-  - Allow users to access the documentation for each of our releases.
-  - Place static copies of the following files on the project website:
-    - @c NEWS: to provide a blurb for each release
-    - User's Guide, Developer Manual: to allow easy on-line viewing
+  -# Do not push those changes to mainline yet; only builds using the
+     source archives you will be creating should ever be labeled as
+     official releases (with no "-dev" suffix).  Since mainline is a
+     development tree, these will be pushed later, as part of opening
+     the merge window for the next release cycle (restoring the "-dev"
+     suffix for that next release.)  Those version and tag updates are
+     the last ones to be included in the release being made.
+-# Produce the release files, using the local clone of the source
+  tree which holds the release's tag and updated version in
+  @c configure.in ... this is used only to produce the release, and
+  all files should already be properly checked out.
+  -# Run <code>tools/release.sh package</code> to produce the
+	source archives.  This automatically bootstraps and
+	configures the process.
+  -# Run <code>tools/release.sh stage</code> to create an @c archives
+	directory with the release data, including MD5 and SHA1
+	checksum files (which are used with Berlios).
+  -# Sanity check at least one of those archives, by extracting and
+     configuring its contents, using them to build a copy of OpenOCD,
+     and verifying that the result prints the correct release version
+     in its startup banner.  (For example,
+     "configure --enable-ft2232_libftdi --enable-parport"
+     then "make" and run "src/openocd -v" as a sanity check.)
+  -# Run <code>make docs</code> to create the
+     documentation which will be published.
 -# Upload packages and post announcements of their availability:
   -# Release packages into files section of project sites:
     - SF.net:
-     -# Create a new folder named "${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
-     -# Select new folder as the target for uploads.
-     -# Upload files via Web interface into new
-     -# Set platform types for each archive:
+     -# Under "Project Admin", use the "File Manager"
+     -# Create a new folder under "openocd" named "${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+     -# Upload the @c NEWS file and mark it as the release notes.
+     -# Upload the three source archive files, using the Web interface,
+     	into that folder.  Verify the upload worked OK by checking the
+	MD5 and SHA1 checksums computed by SourceForge against the
+	versions created as part of staging the release.
+     -# Also upload doc/openocd.pdf (the User's Guide) so the version
+        matching each release will be easily available.
+     -# Select each file in the release, and use the property panel
+        to set its type and select the right release notes.
        - .tar.bz2: Linux, Mac
        - .tar.gz: BSD, Solaris, Others
        - .zip: Windows
+       - For openocd.pdf just associate it with the right release notes.
+     -# Create an SF.net project news update.
     - Berlios:
-     -# Create the new release for the new version.
      -# Provide @c NEWS file, as requested.
-     -# Upload files via FTP to ftp://ftp.berlios.de/incoming/
-     -# Edit descriptions for each file.
+     -# Upload the release files via FTP to ftp://ftp.berlios.de/incoming/
+     -# Edit descriptions for each file (one at a time)  Note that Berlios
+	does not automatically checksum files, and it uses a very old
+	version of the SourceForge code with user interface issues.
      -# Click button to send E-mail Release Notice.
+  -# Depending on how paranoid you're feeling today, verify the images by
+     downloading them from the websites and making sure there are no
+     differences between the downloaded copies and your originals.
+  -# Publish User's and Developer's Guides to the project web sites:
+     -# Use SCP to update the SF.net web site with PDF and HTML for the
+          User's Guide, and HTML for the developer's guide ... you can
+	  instantiate a shell.sourceforge.net instance and set up symlinks
+	  from your home directory, to simplify this process.
+     -# (How to update the Berlios web site with the same data?)
   -# Post announcement e-mail to the openocd-development list.
-  -# Announce updates on freshmeat.net and other trackers.
-  -# Submit big updates to news feeds (e.g. Digg, Reddit, etc.).
+  -# optionally:
+     -# Post an update on the Berlios blog (if it lets you)
+     -# Announce updates on freshmeat.net and other trackers.
+     -# Submit updates to news feeds (e.g. Digg, Reddit, etc.).
+-# Resume normal development on mainline, by opening the merge window for
+  the next major or minor release cycle.  (You might want to do this
+  before all the release bits are fully published.)
+  - Update the version label in the @c configure.in file:
+     - Restore @c -dev version tag.
+     - For a new minor release cycle, increment the release's minor number
+     - For a new major release cycle, increment the release's major number
+       and zero its minor number
+  - Archive @c NEWS file as "<code>doc/news/NEWS-${PACKAGE_VERSION}</code>".
+  - Create a new @c NEWS file for the next release
+  - Commit those changes.
+  - Push all the updates to mainline.
+     - Last updates for the release, including the release tag (you
+       will need to "git push --tags").
+     - Updates opening the merge window
+  - At this point, it's OK for commiters to start pushing changes
+    which have been held off until the next release.  (Any bugfixes to
+    this release will be against a bug-fix release branch starting from
+    the commit you tagged as this release, not mainline.)
+  - Announce to the openocd-development list.  Ideally, you will also
+    be able to say who is managing the next release cycle.
 
 To start a bug-fix release branch:
 -# Create a new branch, starting from a major or