NonTipBetaBody

A beta release is prepared and published when the branch has stabilized enough that it's worth exposing to a wider audience.

If you want a checklist you can mark off as you go, cut-n-paste these contents.

Table of Contents

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!inline pages="../InitHG" quick="yes" raw="yes"

$ VERSION=3.2.1.beta.yyyymmdd

Check Out Branch

!inline pages="../CheckOutNonTip" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Edit Configuration Files

FIXME

Update Release Values

Verify that the release_level variable in ReleaseConfig is being set to 'beta'. !inline pages="../UpdateFiles" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Confirm Users' Guide is OK

!inline pages="../UpdateGuide" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Commit Branch

Create log.file ... FIXME

!inline pages="../Commit" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Run Regression Tests

The SCons Build``Bot will usually be monitoring this branch, so all you have to do is wait until the BuildBot display for the commit from the previous step shows that all the regression tests have been run. On the other hand, if you're feeling bored, you can run the regression tests while you're waiting... ;-)

!inline pages="../RegressionTests" quick="yes" raw="yes"

If the regression tests fail, fix the problem in the branch following your usual development practices and start the flow again.

Build Candidate Packages

!inline pages="../Bootstrap" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Test Candidate Packages

!inline pages="../TestCandidates" quick="yes" raw="yes"

If any of the candidate packages fail, fix the problem in the branch following your usual development practices and start the flow again.

Tag the Release

!inline pages="../TagRelease" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Archive Candidate Packages

!inline pages="../ArchivePackages" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Update SourceForge

!inline pages="../UpdateSourceForge" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Update scons.org

!inline pages="../UpdateSConsOrg" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Update Tigris.org

!inline pages="../UpdateTigris" quick="yes" raw="yes"

Announce

!inline pages="../AnnounceCheckpoint" quick="yes" raw="yes"