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<title>EPICS Release Procedures Checklist</title>
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<body>
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<h1>EPICS Base Release Procedures Checklist</h1>
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<blockquote>
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<p>$Id$</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>This document is a checklist of things that must be done when creating a
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new release of EPICS Base. Additions and ammendments to this list are
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welcome.</p>
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<p>The following roles are used, in addition to the names of individuals who
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have been responsible for specific tasks in the past:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><strong>Release Manager</strong></dt>
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<dd>Responsible for the release</dd>
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<dt><strong>Platform Developers</strong></dt>
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<dd>Responsible for individual operating system platforms</dd>
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</dl>
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<p></p>
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<table border="1" width="100%">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<th>Check</th>
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<th>Who</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th colspan="3">Preparing for a release</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Marty Kraimer</td>
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<td>Email all developers about the upcoming release and ask for a list
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of remaining jobs that must be finished.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>All developers</td>
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<td>Check the Mantis bug tracker for any outstanding items and handle
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appropriately. All bugs that have been fixed should have been marked
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as resolved.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Marty Kraimer</td>
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<td>Set a date by which all CVS commits must be done, after which
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commits should only be to fix problems that show up during Final
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Testing.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Release Manager</td>
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<td>Ensure that documentation will be updated before the release date:
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<ul>
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<li>Application Developers Guide</li>
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<li>Release Notes</li>
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<li>Known Problems</li>
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<li>Other documents</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>?</td>
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<td>...</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th colspan="3">Final testing</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Platform Developers</td>
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<td>Run the Soft IOC tests in mrkSoftTest on all available
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platforms.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Marty Kraimer</td>
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<td>Run the VME I/O tests in mrkHwdTest on all available vxWorks VME
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platforms.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Jeff Hill</td>
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<td>Run the CA client side regression tests on all available host
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platforms.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>?</td>
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<td>...</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th colspan="3">Make the release</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Janet Anderson</td>
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<td>Edit and commit changes to the EPICS version number file.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Janet Anderson</td>
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<td>Tag the module in CVS. Version tags take the form
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<code>R</code><i><code>x</code></i><code>-</code><i><code>y</code></i><code>-</code><i><code>z</code></i><code>[-{alpha,beta,</code><i><code>n</code></i><code>}]</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Janet Anderson</td>
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<td>Export the tagged version and create the
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baseR<i>x.y.z</i>[{alpha,beta}<i>n</i>].tar.gz file of the result</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Janet Anderson</td>
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<td>Test the tar file by extracting its contents and building it on at
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least one supported platform</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Janet Anderson</td>
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<td>Copy the tar file to the Base download area of the website</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Create a new website subdirectory to hold the release
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documentation, and copy in the files from the base/documentation
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directory of the tarfile</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Create a webpage for the new release with links to the release
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documents and tar file</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>?</td>
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<td>...</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th colspan="3">Announce it</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Add the new release tar file to the website Base download index
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page</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Link to the release webpage from other relevent areas of the
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website - update front page and sidebars</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Add the new Version number to the Mantis bug tracker</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Close all Mantis bug reports that were marked as resolved and which
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have been fixed in this release</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Release Manager</td>
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<td>Email tech-talk</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Andrew Johnson</td>
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<td>Add an entry to the website News page, linking to the new
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webpage</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td> </td>
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<td>?</td>
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<td>...</td>
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</tr>
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