Release guide

Before release

• Open phabricator and check that there is no open release blocker bugs
• Verify if there is no information about current issues found by testers
• Make sure there is no new bug that was introduced since last release, preferably run huggle yourself for few hours so that you can be sure it works

Release

• git tag -a (git tag -a 3.1.2)
• git push origin
• Create a release on github by editing the tag
• Build version for windows, linux and Mac (Poke Rich), upload the packages, except for linux, on Github
• Create .tar.gz:

cd /tmp
git clone --recursive https://github.com/huggle/huggle3-qt-lx
mv huggle3-qt-lx huggle_<version>
rm -rf huggle_<version>/.git
tar -zcf huggle_version.tar.gz huggle_version

DELETE OLD DEFINITIONS FILE SO THAT NEW VERSION IS VISIBLE IN PROGRAM

Windows

Make sure to run ./update.sh so that version.txt contains last version, double check that! Do this after you push to git

Don't forget to increment version in NSI file

After-party

• Increment Template:Huggle/Version ** https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Huggle/Version&action=edit
• Update download links on meta:Huggle/Download
• Update changelog links
• Increment last version on toolslabs updater, but only once all uploads work
• Update #huggle
• Have some vodka !!!