tidy-html5/README/RELEASE.md

HTACG HTML Tidy

The Release Process is made up of many little steps. These have been documented before in issues like 394-1, and 394-2, and others, but this is to further document the process...

This assumes the current next branch is version 5.7.XXX. See VERSION.md for chosen version scheme.

Release Process for 5.8.0

Lead up:

• Create the next release milestone, 5.10, if not already done...
• Decide on PR's to include, bumping version.txt, accordingly...
• Decide on any show-stopper outstanding issues, and action...
• Change milestone of all excluded this time issues to the next 5.10 milestone, or to indefinite...
• Decide target date for release...

The Release:

1. Update version.txt to 5.8.0, and date... commit
2. Create branch, $ git checkout -b release/5.8
3. Update README/vershist.log... perl script... commit
4. Add $ git tag 5.8.0
5. Publish $ git push -u origin release/5.8 --tags
6. Generate release 5.8.0.html... perl script... copy to...
7. Create Github release v5.8.0 - becomes Latest Release
8. Other things?
   • Generate release binaries
   • Add binaries
   • Add api docs
   • Update web pages html-tidy.org

Post:

• Update master branch to release
• Update next version.txt to 5.9.0, open for new fixes...
• Add more binaries...

Notes on Release Process:

This HTACG HTML Tidy official release process must be supplemented with distribution by others.

Of course, if possible, we recomend building tidy from the git source, it is easy, but also in some OS'es others offer distribution in various ways...

See Get Tidy - This page really needs expanding. There are some suggestions pending, and more feedback welcome...

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