NeoOffice 3.1.2 Release Tasks

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This page is an attempt to document all of the tasks required to release NeoOffice 3.1.2. This page is by no means comprehensive, but hopefully as we work through the release process, we will leave behind enough details to make future releases simpler and less error prone.

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Builds

In this release, the total size of the binaries that have bug fixes since we released NeoOffice 3.1.1 is quite large. So, in order to make room available for any NeoOffice 3.1.1 patches, no upgrade patch will be released.

TaskDate CompletedAssignedStatus

Rebuild all custom NeoOffice code using the existing NeoOffice 3.1.2 development builds. Perform a confirming checkout of the HEAD branch and set build to build with a new version and the NeoOffice trademarked product name.

This includes the following steps:

  • Do a cvs update -Ad to ensure that you have the latest code in your workspace, verify that none of the files are marked as updated, patched, modified, or have conflicts, and verify that the latest code actually builds through the installer.
  • Copy custom.neo.mk file to custom.mk so that the clean checkout will build with the trademarked product names.
  • In makefile, change the following macros to the respective values:

    PRODUCT_VERSION=3.1.2
    PRODUCT_DIR_VERSION=3.1.2
    PREVIOUS_PRODUCT_VERSION=$(PRODUCT_VERSION)
    PRODUCT_PATCH_VERSION=Patch 0
    PRODUCT_DIR_PATCH_VERSION=Patch-0
    NEO_TAG:=-rNeoOffice-3_1_2
    
  • In makefile, reset the patch installer to include the minimum number of files by removing all files added to the build.patch_package_shared make target after the NeoOffice-3.1.2_Beta tag and changing the following macros to the respective values:

    PRODUCT_COMPONENT_PATCH_MODULES=
    
  • Delete all build.neo_* files so that all custom NeoOffice and RetroOffice code will be rebuilt.
  • Commit makefile changes and invoke make all to rebuild all applicable code and installers.
09/03/10plubyDone

Tag the code in the HEAD branch with the NeoOffice-3_1_2 tag using the following:

  • Do a cvs update -Ad to ensure that you have the latest code in your workspace, verify that none of the files are marked as updated, patched, modified, or have conflicts, and verify that the latest code actually builds through the installer.
  • Tag all files in your workspace by invoking cvs tag NeoOffice-3_1_2.
  • If there are any build errors, fix and commit them, retag the changed files by invoking cvs tag -F NeoOffice-3_1_2, and repeating the step.
09/03/10plubyDone

Create releasable NeoOffice 3.1.2 build for Intel.

Note: the following steps are overkill, but they ensure that all recent changes to the NeoOffice custom code has been built:

  • Do a cvs update -d -rNeoOffice-3_1_2 and verify that none of the files are marked as updated, patched, modified, or have conflicts. If any such errors appear, the previous task (tagging of the workspace) has not been done properly and it needs to done properly before you can proceed with this task.
  • Do a cvs update -Ad so that you can do bug fixing and release patches after you create your releasable build
  • Delete all build.neo_* and build.odf-converter* files. This will force the installer to rebuild the odf-converter code and all of the NeoOffice custom code without causing any of the OpenOffice.org or ooo-build code to be rebuilt.
  • Invoke make all to create the releasable installer and language packs.
09/03/10plubyDone

Create releasable NeoOffice 3.1.2 build for PowerPC.

Note: Use the same steps as used for the matching Intel task.

09/03/10plubyDone

Create backup copy of releasable Intel binaries and upload them to staging server.

The following steps are the steps that I used to create my backup copy:

  • Create an empty NeoOffice-3.1.2 directory outside of the workspace
  • Copy all 34 install/*.dmg files from your releasable build into the empty NeoOffice-3.1.2 directory and chmod 444 *.dmg in that directory

Put the NeoOffice-3.1.2 folder in a new empty directory and create a CD master NeoOffice-3.1.2.cdr file of the new directory using the following command:

hdiutil create -srcfolder /path/to/new/directory \
-format UDTO -ov -o /path/to/output/NeoOffice-3.1.2.cdr
09/03/10plubyDone

Create backup copy of releasable PowerPC binaries and upload them to staging server.

Note: Use the same steps as used for the matching Intel task.

09/03/10plubyDone

Verify that the releasable installer and one or more language packs install and run on Intel for the following Mac OS X versions:

  • 10.4.11
  • 10.5.8
  • 10.6.4
09/03/10plubyDone

Verify that the releasable installer and one or more language packs install and run on PowerPC for the following Mac OS X versions:

  • 10.4.11
  • 10.5.8
09/03/10plubyDone

Mirrors

NeoOffice's rsync server is hosted on rsync.neooffice.org and our volunteer mirrors obtain the NeoOffice binaries by nightly runs of the following command on their mirrors:

rsync --archive --delete rsync://rsync.neooffice.org/neojavadownloads/ \
/path/to/NeoOffice/mirror/directory
TaskDate CompletedAssignedStatus

Upload the 68 NeoOffice NeoOffice-3.1.2-Language_Pack_*.dmg main installer and language pack files to the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads directory using the following steps:

  • Upload the files to your home directory on the server using the sftp command
  • Use the md5 command to verify that the MD5 checksums of the source file and the uploaded file are the same
  • Move the file from your home directory to the server's /neojava/downloads directory
  • Invoke bin/setpermissions.sh so that the files will be readable by all mirrors' webservers
09/03/10plubyDone

Website

TaskDate CompletedAssignedStatus
Tag the www.neooffice.org website to avoid modifying production web pages while we modify the web pages in the test website by logging into the www.neooffice.org server, cd to the its webroot directory, and set the tag by invoking the following commands: bin/cvsplusperms.sh tag NeoOffice-3_1_2 ; bin/cvsplusperms.sh update -rNeoOffice-3_1_2 -d 09/03/10plubyDone

Update all NeoOffice and version names, file URLs, and patch version names in all of the files in the www-test-primary.neooffice.org server's neojava directory.

Note: I used the following steps to do this:

  • Manually edit the /neojava/includes/globals.php page and set the following variables to the following values and delete all but the zero'th element:
  • $currentproductversion = '3.1.2';
    $currentoooversion = '3.1.1';
    $currentproductfamily[0] = '3.1.1';
    $currentpatch = '';
    
  • Manually edit all of the header.html pages in the /neojava directory and update the text in the news banner section.
  • Manually edit all of the index.php pages in the /neojava directory and update the content to highlight any new features.
  • After you verify that the changes look correct, invoke the following command to commit your changes: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit
pluby
Update the 68 NeoOffice 3.1.2 main installer and language pack file sizes and set the 2 patch file sizes to 0 in the /neojava/includes/globals/earlyaccessfilesizes.php file and if the changes look correct, invoke the following command to commit your changes: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit pluby

Enable the BitTorrent links using the following steps:

  • Delete and cvs remove all of the *.torrent files in the www-test-primary.neooffice.org website's /neojava/downloads directory.
  • Obtain the 2 NeoOffice-3.1.2-*.torrent files from the mirrors.freesmug.org mirror maintainer and bin/cvsplusperms.sh cvs add these 2 files in the www-test-primary.neooffice.org website's /neojava/downloads directory.
  • After you verify the that changes look correct, invoke the following command to commit your changes: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit
pluby
Prepare the NeoOffice_3.1.2.html press release file, save it in the www-test-primary.neooffice.org website's /press_releases directory using the following naming format, bin/cvsplusperms.sh add the file, and invoke the following command to commit the new file: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit pluby

Verify that patch checking works properly by doing the following steps in a NeoOffice 3.1.2 installation:

  • Test as NeoOffice 2.2.6 Patch 5 by opening the installation's Contents/MacOS/versionrc file, changing the UpdateURL line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.1.2 is available:
    UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%202.2.6&patch=Patch%205&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}
  • Test as NeoOffice 3.0.2 Patch 4 by opening the installation's Contents/MacOS/versionrc file, changing the UpdateURL line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.1.2 is available:
    UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.0.2&patch=Patch%204&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}
  • Test as NeoOffice 3.1.1 Beta Patch 0 by opening the installation's Contents/MacOS/versionrc file, changing the UpdateURL line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.1.2 is available:
    UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.1.1%20Beta&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}
  • Test as NeoOffice 3.1.1 Patch 2 by opening the installation's Contents/MacOS/versionrc file, changing the UpdateURL line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.1.2 is available:
    UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.1.1&patch=Patch%202&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}
  • Test as NeoOffice 3.1.2 by opening the installation's Contents/MacOS/versionrc file, changing the UpdateURL line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice is up to date.
    UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.1.2&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}
pluby

Release

Generally, we try to time the release when it is early morning of the release date in New Zealand which is the most populous country closest to the international date line. So for this release, 8 September 2010 translates to the afternoon on 7 September 2010 in California.

TaskDate CompletedAssignedStatus
Verify that all mirrors listed for the NeoOffice 3.1.2 main installer and language pack links work in the www-test-primary.neooffice.org website's download pages. If any do not work, comment them out in the /neojava/includes/mirrors.php file and invoke the following command: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit pluby
Make the NeoOffice 3.1.2 binaries downloadable from the www.neooffice.org website's download pages by updating the www.neooffice.org website's pages to match what is in the www-test.neooffice.org website's pages. Login into the www.neooffice.org server, cd to the its webroot directory, and invoke the following command: bin/cvsplusperms.sh update -Ad pluby

Make NeoOffice 3.1.2 the current version in the NeoWiki using the following steps:

pluby
Replace the NeoOffice 3.1.1 MD5 checksums with the NeoOffice 3.1.2 MD5 checksums. pluby
Add "3.1.2" version in Bugzilla. 09/03/2010plubyDone

Close all bugs with a status of "Resolved" by setting the following field values:

  • Set "Status" field to "Closed"
  • Set "Resolution" field to "Fixed"
  • Set "Target Version" field to "3.1.2"
  • Set "Closed in Version" field to "3.1.2"
pluby

Close any bugs with a status of "Assigned" or "Reopened" and resolution of "Fixed" by setting the following field values:

  • Set "Status" field to "Closed"
  • Set "Resolution" field to "Fixed"
  • Set "Target Version" field to "3.1.2"
  • Set "Closed in Version" field to "3.1.2"
pluby
Post the press release as an article on the Trinity news page. Note: be sure to change the language field from "English" to "All" in when submitting the article so that all Trinity users will see the article. pluby
Post a release announcement to this Trinity forum topic and so that the news is included in the RSS feed. pluby
Delete the 68 obsolete NeoOffice-3.1.1-*.dmg main installer and language pack files from the /neojava/earlyaccessdownloads directory on all of the mirrors listed in the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/includes/mirrors.php file. pluby

Synchronize the donation's database to PayPal's database to ensure that none of the donors' transactions are missing and to pick up any e-mail address changes made by donors during the Early Access period using the following steps:

  • Login to PayPal, click on the History tab, click on Download My History link, select Custom Date Range, enter the day before the start of the last Early Access period as the "From" date and the current date as the "To" date, and "Comma Delimited - All Activity" as the "File Types to Download".
  • It will take some time for PayPal to prepare the file. Once the file is ready, download it and use sftp to copy it to the www.neooffice.org server. Note: be sure to delete your local copy.
  • Once the history file is on the www.neooffice.org server, login to the server, cd to the /donationsadmin directory, and execute the following command to import the history file:
    sh
    ./import_paypal_transaction_history.php /path/to/history/file 2>/path/to/error/file
    
  • Inspect the entries in the error file created in the previous command and verify that none of the rejected lines from the file are donor transactions.
pluby
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