[fw/altos] / Releasing

Adding a product to the release

        Make sure the firmware and loader get built by default in
        src/Makefile

        Add firmware targets to fat_altos target in Makefile.am
        
        Add the firmware to altosui/Makefile.am

        Add the firmware to altosui/altos-windows.nsi.in

        Add the firmware to telegps/Makefile.am

        Add the firmware to telegps/telegps-windows.nsi.in

        Add the firmware to Releasing

These are Keith's notes on how to do a release

        - update the version and date in configure.ac if Bdale hasn't already

        - follow instructions in doc/RELNOTES

        - make sure there is a doc/release-notes-<version>.inc

        - make sure doc/release-notes.inc points at that

        - make sure doc/Makefile points at that too

        - confirm doc/header.inc has correct copyright year

These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.

        - make sure Debian build environment is up to date
                sudo cowbuilder --update

        - make sure fat build environment is up to date
                sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

        - ensure i386 build support is available, and we have tools to build
          installers for Windows and Mac OS X

                sudo apt update
                sudo apt install genisoimage nsis \
                        gcc-i686-linux-gnu gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu \
                        gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf

        - make sure ~/web/altusmetrum has no pending pullable commits

        git checkout master

        - update the version in configure.ac if Keith hasn't already

        - if this is an x.y release, then:
                git checkout -b branch-<version>

        - if this is an x.y.z release, then:
                git checkout branch-<version>           # the x.y parts only
                - cherry-pick or merge appropriate content from master
        
        - make sure there is a doc/release-notes-<version>.inc
        - make sure that doc/*.txt have the right copyright year and the
          new release is included
        - confirm doc/header.inc has correct copyright year
        - make absolutely sure checked-out tree is "clean" 
        - make absolutely sure any commits Keith might have pushed to branches
          like debian are already pulled

        git log > ChangeLog
        git commit -a
        git tag -a <version>                    # full x.y.z version

        - make sure .git/gbp.conf set to use branch-<version> as upstream

        git checkout debian
        git merge branch-<version>

        - verify debian/changelog is "clean" ending in last release version
        - craft a suitable debian/changelog entry, possibly using:
        gbp dch --release --multimaint-merge --new-version=<version>-1 

        git commit -n debian/changelog -m "update changelog for Debian build"

        - if this is a -1 release, then
                gbp buildpackage --git-no-pristine-tar \
                        --git-upstream-branch=branch-<version> \ # eg 1.3
                        --git-upstream-tag=<version>             # eg 1.3.1
                pristine-tar commit \
                        ../build-area/altos_<version>.orig.tar.gz \
                        branch-<version>
          else if this is not a -1 release
                gbp buildpackage

        git tag debian/<version>

        - at this point we have packages in ~/debian/build-area/altos, now
          we move on to the non-Debian part of the release process

        make distclean  (just to be sure, this should do nothing)

        ./autogen.sh --enable-multi-arch \
                --with-fat-dir=/home/bdale/web/altusmetrum/
        make && make fat

        - store a stable copy of ARM binaries for production use

        cp src/chaoskey-v1.0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.bin,*.map} \
           src/easymega-v[1-2].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/easymini-v[1-2].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/easymotor-v2/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/easytimer-v1/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telebt-v[3-4].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/teledongle-v3.0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telegps-v[1-2].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telemega-v[1-5].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telemetrum-v[2-3].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telemini-v3.0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telelco-v2.0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           src/telefireeight-v[1-2].0/{*.elf,*.ihx,*.map} \
           ~/altusmetrumllc/Binaries/
        cp src/chaoskey-v1.0/flash-loader/{*.elf,*.bin,*.map} \
           src/easymega-v[1-2].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/easymini-v[1-2].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/easymotor-v2/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/easytimer-v1/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/telebt-v[3-4].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/teledongle-v3.0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/telegps-v[1-2].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/telemega-v[1-5].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/telemetrum-v[2-3].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/telemini-v3.0/flash-loader/{*.elf,*.bin,*.map} \
           src/telelco-v2.0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           src/telefireeight-v[1-2].0/flash-loader/*.elf \
           ~/altusmetrumllc/Binaries/loaders/
        (cd ~/altusmetrumllc ; git add Binaries ; git commit -a) 
        - remove previous versions (only keep latest release)
        (cd ~/altusmetrumllc ; git push) 

        - Push new release to web site

        make fat-install
        (cd doc ; make publish)

        (cd ~/web/altusmetrum/ && \
                git add */releases && git commit -m'Release <rev>' && \
                git push origin master)

        - upload the Debian package 

        - clean up

        sudo debian/rules clean
        git push origin master branch-<version> debian pristine-tar
        git push --tags

Testing before a release

        To verify that a build works, the following need to be checked
        on each platform:

        1) Install package

        2) Connect TM *and* TD devices. Verify that you can Monitor
           Flight from the TD and Configure Telemetrum from the TM.

        3) Replay Flight, using your favorite .eeprom file. Check
           each tab, especially the 'Site Map' tab. Make sure the
           sound works.

        4) Graph Data. Graph a favorite .eeprom file. Make sure you
           can zoom in on some region of the graph.