From 769574f66532e8e6e106c58a75dd174d04a131ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:12:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] update release process: git, not darcs, etc

---
 docs/how_to_make_a_tahoe-lafs_release.org | 112 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/how_to_make_a_tahoe-lafs_release.org b/docs/how_to_make_a_tahoe-lafs_release.org
index 19f10054..c98af548 100644
--- a/docs/how_to_make_a_tahoe-lafs_release.org
+++ b/docs/how_to_make_a_tahoe-lafs_release.org
@@ -1,37 +1,75 @@
-☐  1 update doc files: `<../relnotes.txt>`_, `<../CREDITS>`_, `<known_issues.rst>`_, `<../NEWS.rst>`_. Add release name and date to top-most item in NEWS.
-
-☐  2 change `<quickstart.rst>`_ to point to just the current allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z.zip source code file, or else to point to a directory which contains only allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z.* source code files
-
-☐  3 darcs pull
-
-☐  4 make tag
-
-☐  5 build locally to make sure the release is reporting itself as the intended version
-
-☐  6 make sure buildbot is green
-
-☐  7 make sure other people aren't committing at that moment
-
-☐  8 push tag along with some other documentation-only patch (typically to relnotes.txt) to trigger buildslaves
-
-☐  9 make sure buildbot is green
-
-☐ 10 make sure debs got built and uploaded properly
-
-☐ 11 make sure a sumo sdist tarball got built and uploaded properly
-
-☐ 12 symlink the release tarball on tahoe-lafs.org: /var/www/source/tahoe-lafs/releases/
-
-☐ 13 update Wiki: front page news, news, old news, parade of release notes
-
-☐ 14 send out relnotes.txt: ☐ tahoe-announce@tahoe-lafs.org, ☐ tahoe-dev@tahoe-lafs.org, ☐ p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com, ☐ lwn@lwn.net, ☐ a Google+ page, ☐ cap-talk@mail.eros-os.org, ☐ cryptography@metzdown.com, ☐ cryptography@randombit.net, ☐ twisted-python@twistedmatrix.com, ☐ owncloud@kde.org, ☐ liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu, ☐ the "decentralization" group on groups.yahoo.com, ☐ pycrypto mailing list, -> fuse-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, -> fuse-sshfs@lists.sourceforge.net, ☐ duplicity-talk@nongnu.org, ☐ news@phoronix.com, ☐ python-list@python.org, -> cygwin@cygwin.com, ☐ The Boulder Linux Users' Group, ☐ The Boulder Hackerspace mailing list, ☐ cryptopp-users@googlegroups.com, ☐ tiddlywiki, ☐ hdfs-dev@hadoop.apache.org, ☐ bzr, ☐ mercurial, ☐ http://listcultures.org/pipermail/p2presearch_listcultures.org/ , deltacloud, libcloud, ☐ swift@lists.launchpad.net, ☐ stephen@fosketts.net, ☐ Chris Mellor of The Register, ☐ nosql@mypopescu.com, ☐ The H Open, fans/customers of cleversafe, fans/customers of bitcasa, fans/customers of wuala, fans/customers of spideroak
-
-☐ 15 update `<https://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/>`_
-
-☐ 16 make an "announcement of new release" on freshmeat
-
-☐ 17 upload to pypi with "python ./setup.py sdist upload register"
-
-☐ 18 make an "announcement of new release" on launchpad
-
-☐ 19 close the Milestone on the trac Roadmap
+* Tahoe Release Checklist [0/19]
+  - [ ] update doc files
+    - relnotes.txt
+    - CREDITS
+    - docs/known_issues.rst
+    - NEWS.rst: Add release name and date to top-most item in NEWS.
+  - [ ] change docs/quickstart.rst to point to just the current
+    allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z.zip source code file, or else to point to a
+    directory which contains only allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z.* source code files
+  - [ ] git pull
+  - [ ] git tag allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z
+  - [ ] build locally to make sure the release is reporting itself as the
+    intended version
+  - [ ] make sure buildbot is green
+  - [ ] make sure other people aren't committing at that moment
+  - [ ] push tag along with some other documentation-only patch (typically to
+    relnotes.txt) to trigger buildslaves
+    - git push --tags official; git push official
+    - that will build tarballs
+  - [ ] make sure buildbot is green
+  - [ ] make sure a sumo sdist tarball got built and uploaded properly
+  - [ ] download tarballs, sign with "gpg -ba -u 68666a7a TAR", upload *.asc
+  - [ ] symlink the release tarball on tahoe-lafs.org:
+    /var/www/source/tahoe-lafs/releases/
+  - [ ] update Wiki: front page news, news, old news, parade of release notes
+  - [ ] send out relnotes.txt to:
+    - tahoe-announce@tahoe-lafs.org
+    - tahoe-dev@tahoe-lafs.org
+  - [ ] update https://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/
+  - [ ] make an "announcement of new release" on freshmeat
+  - [ ] upload to pypi with "python ./setup.py sdist upload register"
+    - currently broken (with git). And we want signed tarballs, and we want
+      the tarballs to match the ones on tahoe-lafs.org. So instead do this:
+      - [ ] login to pypi
+      - [ ] from Edit, add new release
+      - [ ] upload .tar.gz, .asc
+  - [ ] make an "announcement of new release" on launchpad
+  - [ ] close the Milestone on the trac Roadmap
+  - [ ] send out relnotes.txt to:
+    - p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com
+    - lwn@lwn.net
+    - a Google+ page
+    - cap-talk@mail.eros-os.org
+    - cryptography@metzdown.com
+    - cryptography@randombit.net
+    - twisted-python@twistedmatrix.com
+    - owncloud@kde.org
+    - liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu
+    - the "decentralization" group on groups.yahoo.com
+    - pycrypto mailing list
+    - fuse-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+    - fuse-sshfs@lists.sourceforge.net
+    - duplicity-talk@nongnu.org
+    - news@phoronix.com
+    - python-list@python.org
+    - cygwin@cygwin.com
+    - The Boulder Linux Users' Group
+    - The Boulder Hackerspace mailing list
+    - cryptopp-users@googlegroups.com
+    - tiddlywiki
+    - hdfs-dev@hadoop.apache.org
+    - bzr
+    - mercurial
+    - http://listcultures.org/pipermail/p2presearch_listcultures.org/
+    - deltacloud
+    - libcloud
+    - swift@lists.launchpad.net
+    - stephen@fosketts.net
+    - Chris Mellor of The Register
+    - nosql@mypopescu.com
+    - The H Open
+    - fans/customers of cleversafe
+    - fans/customers of bitcasa
+    - fans/customers of wuala
+    - fans/customers of spideroak
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