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# Making a New wxWidgets Release
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Creating a new release requires a few things before getting started:
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* Linux or OSX.
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* Windows 7+ with HTML Help Workshop, and Inno Setup installed.
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* 7-Zip, Doxygen 1.8.8, and GraphViz installed on both machines.
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Unless mentioned otherwise, all steps should be run on Linux or OSX so that the
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repository export used for the release is primarily using LF line endings. Files
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that require CRLF line endings will be converted appropriately.
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*Important:* Ensure that 7-Zip, HTML Help Workshop, Doxygen, GraphViz and Inno
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Setup have all been added to your Path in Windows. You can confirm this by
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running `7z`, `hhc`, `iscc`, `doxygen -v`, and `dot -V` in a command prompt.
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Add the missing installed folder locations of any executables to your Path.
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## Pre-Release Steps
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* Update `docs/readme.txt`. Please review its contents in addition to just
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changing the version number.
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* Update `docs/release.md` (the release sha1sums should be set to zeroes).
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* Put a date on the release line in `docs/changes.txt`.
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* Update the date in the manual (`docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h`).
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* Update the release announcement post in `docs/publicity/announce.txt`.
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Commit the changes and finally tag the release, preferably GPG-signed:
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git tag -s -m 'Tag X.Y.Z release' vX.Y.Z
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and otherwise unsigned:
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git tag -m 'Tag X.Y.Z release' vX.Y.Z
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Don't overwrite existing tags. For non-final releases use e.g. `X.Y.Z-rc1`
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instead of `X.Y.Z`.
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## Creating Release Files
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The release scripts can be run from any working directory, and they will
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generate all release package files under `distrib/release/x.y.z`. The scripts
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mostly build the release packages based on the current HEAD commit, so always
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ensure you have the appropriate tag or commit checked out.
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1. Run `./build/tools/release.sh x.y.z` to create source archives
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`wxWidgets-x.y.z.{7z,tar.bz2,zip}`, `wxWidgets-x.y.z-headers.7z`, and
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`wxWidgets-x.y.z-docs-html.{tar.bz2,zip}` packages.
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2. Copy just the `wxWidgets-x.y.z.zip` package into the same
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`distrib\release\x.y.z` folder on Windows.
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3. Run `build/tools/release.bat x.y.z` in a Windows command prompt. To avoid
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confusion note that, unlike other generated files, the Windows installer is
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created based on files as well as instructions (`build/tools/wxwidgets.iss`)
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contained in the copied release ZIP and not from the current working wx
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directory.
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4. Copy these Windows packages back to your Linux or OSX `distrib/release/x.y.z`
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directory so you can continue with the upload step with all packages
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available:
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wxMSW-x.y.z-Setup.exe
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wxWidgets-x.y.z.chm
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5. Update the sha1sums in `docs/release.md` and commit the changes.
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## Uploading
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Create a new release on GitHub using vX.Y.Z tag and title.
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Use the content of `docs/release.md` for the release description box.
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Attach the following files to it:
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wxMSW-Setup-x.y.z.exe
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wxWidgets-x.y.z.7z
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wxWidgets-x.y.z.tar.bz2
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wxWidgets-x.y.z.zip
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wxWidgets-x.y.z.chm
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-docs-html.tar.bz2
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-docs-html.zip
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wxWidgets-x.y.z-headers.7z
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Create http://docs.wxwidgets.org/x.y.z/ (ask Bryan to do it if not done yet).
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## Announcement
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Update https://www.wxwidgets.org, usually a news item is enough but something
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more can be called for for major releases.
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Post `docs/publicity/announce.txt` at least to wx-announce@googlegroups.com and
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to wx-users for the important releases.
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Submit a link to https://www.reddit.com/r/programming
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Submit to https://isocpp.org/blog/suggest
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For major releases, submit the announcement to https://slashdot.org/submission
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Modify the links at downloads/index.html to point to the new release. Also
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update the release date on this page.
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Also update docs/index.htm for the minor or major (i.e. not micro) releases.
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Post to wxBlog if necessary.
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Create a new post on our official Google+ page here:
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https://plus.google.com/+wxwidgets/ (contact Bryan for access)
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## Version Updates
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Trac: mark the milestone corresponding to the release as completed and add a
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new version for it to allow reporting bugs against it and create the next
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milestone (ask Vadim or Robin to do it or to get admin password).
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Update the roadmap at http://trac.wxwidgets.org/wiki/Roadmap to at least
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mention the new release there.
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Run `misc/scripts/inc_release` to increment micro version, i.e. replace x.y.z
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with x.y.z+1 (minor or major versions updates require manual intervention)
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and rerun both `bakefile_gen` and `autoconf` afterwards to update the version
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in the generated files too.
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Update the definition of the stable and release branches in
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`build/buildbot/config/include/defs.xml` after a minor version change.
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