document need for an ARM Cortex toolchain in /opt/cortex, point to build docs

[fw/altos] / Releasing

diff --git a/Releasing b/Releasing
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--- a/Releasing
+++ b/Releasing
@@ -1,23 +1,60 @@
 These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.
 
-       update the version in configure.ac and commit
+       - make sure there's a suitable ARM Cortex toolchain in /opt/cortex!
 
-       git tag -a <version>
+       git checkout master
 
-       git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new
+       - make sure there is a doc/release-notes-<version>.xsl
+       - make sure that doc/altusmetrum.xsl has the right copyright year,
+         and add release to the revision history at the front (release notes
+         will be pulled in automatically)
 
-               use --git-ignore-new so trash in checked-out tree doesn't
-               cause the build to fail!
+       - update the version in configure.ac
+        git log > ChangeLog
+       git commit -a
+       - make absolutely sure checked-out tree is "clean" 
+       - if this is an x.y release, then:
+               git checkout -b branch-<version>
+               git tag -a <version>
+       - if this is an x.y.z release, then:
+               git checkout branch-<version>           # the x.y parts only
+               git merge master
+               git tag -a <version>                    # full x.y.z version
 
-               at this point, we have Debian packages
+       - edit .git/gbp.conf to use branch-<version> as upstream if needed
+
+       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:
+       git-dch --release --new-version=<version>-1 --multimaint-merge
+
+        git commit -n debian/changelog -m "update changelog for Debian build"
+
+       - if this is a -1 release, then
+               git-buildpackage --git-no-pristine-tar 
+               pristine-tar commit \
+                       ../build-area/altos/altos_<version>.orig.tar.gz \
+                       branch-<version>
+         else if this is not a -1 release
+               git-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
 
        ./autogen.sh --with-fat-dir=/home/bdale/web/altusmetrum/AltOS/releases
-       make fat
+       make && make fat
 
                this pushes packages for each platform to web site
 
+       - copy the relevant release notes file from doc/ to 
+           /home/bdale/web/altusmetrum/AltOS/releases/<rev>
+
        - go edit ~/web/altusmetrum/AltOS/releases/<rev>.mdwn to include
          release date and explicit ref to dir contents so the AltOS page
          shows versioned links, commit and push
@@ -27,8 +64,10 @@ These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.
                this pushes fresh documents to the web site
 
        sudo debian/rules clean
+       git push origin master branch-1.1 debian
+       git push --tags
 
-               leave the build tree in an unclutterd state
+               push commits and leave the build tree in an uncluttered state
 
 Testing before a release