Update SimGrid dates in COPYING file

[simgrid.git] / doc / doxygen / inside_release.doc

diff --git a/doc/doxygen/inside_release.doc b/doc/doxygen/inside_release.doc
index dd25c92..68a8f14 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doxygen/inside_release.doc
+++ b/doc/doxygen/inside_release.doc
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Please apply the following checklist before releasing.
 
 - Sources
   - The external patches (Debian, etc) are integrated.
+    The COPYING file is aligned with Debian's copyright file, and the
+    dates of SimGrid chunks are accurate.
   - The version number is correctly marked in CMakeLists.txt, in macros
     SIMGRID_VERSION_MAJOR and friends. 
   - The "make distcheck" target works (testing that every files needed
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ git clean -dfx          # warning, it will kill your uncommited changes
 cmake . && make dist
 \endverbatim
 
-\subsection inside_release_c_source Building the binary jarfile
+\subsection inside_release_c_jarfile Building the binary jarfile
 
 Get the jarfiles for several OSes on the CI slaves. Use Save under to
 give a separate name to each of them.
@@ -87,19 +89,35 @@ the settings icon of the release you want to change.
 - Rebuild and resynchronize the website so that the file gets visible
   from our download page.\n
   - Edit org/org-templates/level-0.org to change the release version, the tgz link and the jar link.
-  - emacs org/site/index.org and C-c C-c the first source block to refresh the news.
+  - emacs org/site/index.org and C-c C-c the first source block to refresh the news; fake the date in the result.
   - emacs org/site/download.org and C-c C-c the first source block to refresh the download.
   - emacs org/site/documentation.org and edit the version links.
   - make -C org all sync
   - git commit -a && git push
 - Announce the release
+ - Document the tag on https://github.com/simgrid/simgrid/releases
  - Mail the simgrid-user mailing list
     - the NEWS chunk in the mail;
+    - Hall of Fame in the mail\n
+      git shortlog -sne v3.18..
     - the ChangeLog chunk as attachment
  - Also mail some other lists (G5K users), with only the NEWS chunk
    and the link to the download section
-- Release the debian package   
+- Release the debian package
+  - make -C debian/rules get-orig-source
+  - gbp import ../simgrid_XXX+dfsg.orig.tar.xz
+  - dch -i "New upstream release" # + copy the NEWS into debian/changelog
+  - git mv debian/libsimgrid3.XX.install debian/libsimgrid3.XY.install
+  - edit debian/control
+    - s/simgrid3.XX/simgrid3.XY/ 
+    - libsimgrid3.XY conflicts with libsimgrid3.XX because of smpimain
+- Update the simgrid/package.py for spack: https://gitlab.inria.fr/solverstack/spack-repo
 - Create the template for the next release in ChangeLog and NEWS files
-- Change the release number in CMakeLists.txt
+- Change the release number in CMakeLists.txt and sonar-project.properties
+- Deal with deprecations:
+  - Introduce the XBT_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_v??? macro for the next release.
+  - Kill the one for the current release and remove all code that were
+    mandated by the deprecated functions (both in source and headers).
+  - Do the possible cleanups now that these features are gone.
 
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