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Mahara creates 2 major releases per year (April: X.04.0, and October: X.10.0). We also create 'minor point' releases when we need to add urgent fixes and security updates (e.g. X.04.1, X.04.2 etc).
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Mahara creates 2 major releases per year (April: X.04.0, and October: X.10.0). We also create 'minor point' releases when we need to add urgent fixes and security updates (e.g. X.04.1, X.04.2 etc).  Doing minor point releases is slightly different to doing a major release. On a major release, we apply any security and bug fixes that are included in a major release as a minor point update to other supported versions. Minor point releases are for security fixes or urgent bug fixes - these happen between major releases.
  
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This page contains links to details about the procedure to follow when building a release for general download, i.e. a zip file.
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== Overview ==
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
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!'''STAGES'''
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!'''Major release'''
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'''(XX.XX.0)'''
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!'''Minor point release'''
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'''(XX.XX.1 etc)'''
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|'''1. Release Candidate''' - zip file available on Launchpad
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|✅
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|'''2. Release Candidate testing'''
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|✅
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|'''3. Release prep'''
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|✅
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|✅
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|'''4. The Release''' - zip file is available on Launchpad
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|✅
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|✅
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|'''5. Release follow-up admin'''  - forums, bug report updating, admin etc
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|✅
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|'''6. Community site upgrades'''
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|✅
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|'''7. Minor point updates''' for all supported versions and clients who have paid for that support package
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|✅
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|✅
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|'''8. Retro workshop'''
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|✅
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|}
  
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Doing minor point releases is slightly different to doing a major release.
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==Links to documentation==
  
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For the purposes of these instructions, assume we are releasing version X.Y.Z of Mahara.
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#[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Comms|Pre-release comms]]
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#[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Pre-release|Pre-release steps]]
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#[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_day|Release day steps]]
  
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On a major release, we apply any security and bug fixes that are included in a major release as a minor point update to other supported versions (backported). But we don't backport any new features.
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====Extra info====
  
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Minor point releases are for security fixes or urgent bug fixes - these happen between major releases.
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*[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Creating_a_GPG_key|Creating a GPG key]]
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*[[Developer Area/Version Numbering Policy|Version Numbering policy]]
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'''Overview'''
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*[[Developer Area/Release Policy|Release Policy]]
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Release candidate - zip file is available on Launchpad (not for minor)
 
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Release candidate testing (not for minor)
 
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Release prep (yes for minor, but slight differences)
 
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The Release - zip file is available on Launchpad (yes for minor)
 
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Release follow-up - forums, bug report updating, admin etc (yes for minor, but slight differences)
 
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Upgrade community sites (Clients have to pay for upgrades) (not for minor)
 
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Do minor point updates are for all supported versions and clients who have paid for that support package (yes for minor)
 
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Retro workshop (not for minor)
 
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===Release steps===
 
  
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#[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Comms|Pre-release comms]]
 
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#[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Pre-release|Pre-release steps]]
 
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#[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_day|Release day steps]]
 
  
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Older pages kept for reference: (all the information in the pages below has been added to the pages above)
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'''OLD DOCUMENTATION (Beware: only kept for posterity)'''
  
 
*[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Major Release|Major release]]
 
*[[Developer Area/Release Instructions/Major Release|Major release]]
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*[[Developer Area/Old release Instructions|Old release instructions]]
 
*[[Developer Area/Old release Instructions|Old release instructions]]
 
*[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_script|Release script]]
 
*[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Release_script|Release script]]
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====Helper pages====
 
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*[[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions/Creating_a_GPG_key|Creating a GPG key]]
 
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*[[Developer Area/Version Numbering Policy|Version Numbering policy]]
 
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*[[Developer Area/Release Policy|Release Policy]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 29 April 2022

Mahara creates 2 major releases per year (April: X.04.0, and October: X.10.0). We also create 'minor point' releases when we need to add urgent fixes and security updates (e.g. X.04.1, X.04.2 etc). Doing minor point releases is slightly different to doing a major release. On a major release, we apply any security and bug fixes that are included in a major release as a minor point update to other supported versions. Minor point releases are for security fixes or urgent bug fixes - these happen between major releases.

Overview

STAGES Major release

(XX.XX.0)

Minor point release

(XX.XX.1 etc)

1. Release Candidate - zip file available on Launchpad ✅
2. Release Candidate testing ✅
3. Release prep ✅ ✅
4. The Release - zip file is available on Launchpad ✅ ✅
5. Release follow-up admin - forums, bug report updating, admin etc ✅ ✅
6. Community site upgrades ✅
7. Minor point updates for all supported versions and clients who have paid for that support package ✅ ✅
8. Retro workshop ✅

Links to documentation

  1. Pre-release comms
  2. Pre-release steps
  3. Release day steps

Extra info


OLD DOCUMENTATION (Beware: only kept for posterity)

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