How to Make a Release
From OPeNDAP Documentation
Overview
This is an updated set of notes regarding a software release. It is tailored to a release of Hyrax, but the same process can be used for any of our code.
- look for any tickets that have been bound to the label 'fix release x.y.z' and make sure those are completed.
- Using the Kanban board, when we are ready to release, follow the process outlined below.
- Once done, close the board
Set Tasks for a Release
Only start this process with libdap, bes and OLFS master branches all building and passing their tests.
For a major release:
- Security Review for libdap, BES and OLFS
- Write a new X.Y web page. See the web site admin notes for info about this. It has important information about the menu links. Base this on the previous release page's structure/content.
The tasks identified for Hyrax 1.15.1 and the time it took to complete them:
- Update Hyrax release pages on website (4h)
- For this, copy the X.Y page and make it X.Y.n. In the future, we might use only a single page for release X.Y and simply amend it with information for version .1, .2, and so on. Don't bother to edit the links, just get the text in place.
- Source release libdap
- 30m
- Source release BES
- 3h 30m
- Build OLFS release bundles
- 1h
- Software packages on website
- 30m
- Sign the packages
- Do this by downloading the packages, signing and then uploading the .sig files - no need to upload the packages.
- Update Hyrax release links on website
- 2h
- Install the new server on test.opendap.org
- 2h
- Update the info for the hyrax Docker container build in the Docker project on GiTHub
Old set of tasks
The tasks identified for Hyrax 1.12.2 and the time it took to complete them:
- Verify CI build and fix as needed
- 6h
- Security Review libdap & bes
- 6h
- Security review OLFS
- 1d
- Source release libdap
- 30m
- Source release BES
- 3h 30m
- Build OLFS release bundles
- 1h
- Build RPMs for release
- 3h 30m
- Software packages on website
- 30m
- Update Hyrax release pages on website
- 2h
- Install new sever on test.opendap.org
- 2h
- Total time for these tasks used during Hyrax 1.12.2
- 33h
We did 9 other tasks too during the hyrax 1.12.2 release. The total time was planned as 3w 1d 5h and turned out as 1w 2d 2h 10m.