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NeoOffice 3.4 Release Tasks
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<p>Update all NeoOffice and version names, file URLs, and patch version names in all of the files in the <tt>www-test-primary.neooffice.org</tt> server's <tt>neojava</tt> directory.</p> | <p>Update all NeoOffice and version names, file URLs, and patch version names in all of the files in the <tt>www-test-primary.neooffice.org</tt> server's <tt>neojava</tt> directory.</p> | ||
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$currentpatchreleasenotesurl = ''; | $currentpatchreleasenotesurl = ''; | ||
$oldproductshowobsoletewarning = false; | $oldproductshowobsoletewarning = false; | ||
- | $oldproductencourageupgrade = | + | $oldproductencourageupgrade = true; |
$oldproductminosxversion = '10.6'; | $oldproductminosxversion = '10.6'; | ||
$oldproductmaxosxversion = '10.8'; | $oldproductmaxosxversion = '10.8'; | ||
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<td><p>Verify that patch checking works properly by doing the following steps in a NeoOffice 3.4 installation:</p> | <td><p>Verify that patch checking works properly by doing the following steps in a NeoOffice 3.4 installation:</p> | ||
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- | <li>Test as | + | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.2.1 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that no new patches are available: |
- | + | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test-primary.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.1.2&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}</pre></li> | |
- | + | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.2.1 Patch 8 on Mac OS X 10.5.8 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that no new patches are available: | |
- | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test | + | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test-primary.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.2.1&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}&osversion=10.5.8</pre></li> |
- | + | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.2.1 Patch 8 on Mac OS X 10.8.5 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.4 is available: | |
- | + | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test-primary.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.2.1&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}&osversion=10.8.5</pre></li> | |
- | <li>Test as | + | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.3 Patch 10 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.4 is available: |
- | + | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test-primary.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.3&patch=Patch%2010&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}&osversion=10.6.8</pre></li> | |
- | + | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.3 Patch 10 on Mac OS X 10.9 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice 3.4 is available: | |
- | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.2.1&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}</pre></li> | + | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test-primary.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.3&patch=Patch%2010&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}&osversion=10.9.0</pre></li> |
- | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.2.1 Patch 8 on Mac OS X 10 | + | |
- | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.2.1&patch=Patch% | + | |
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- | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3. | + | |
- | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203. | + | |
- | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3. | + | |
- | <pre>UpdateURL=http://www-test.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.3 | + | |
<li>Test as NeoOffice 3.4 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice is up to date: | <li>Test as NeoOffice 3.4 by opening the installation's <tt>Contents/MacOS/versionrc</tt> file, changing the <tt>UpdateURL</tt> line to the following, restarting NeoOffice, and selecting the Help :: Check for Updates menu. The dialog that appears should say that NeoOffice is up to date: | ||
- | <pre> | + | <pre>http://www-test-primary.neooffice.org/neojava/patchcheck.php?product=NeoOffice%203.4&patch=Patch%200&os=${_OS}&arch=${_ARCH}&osversion=<OSVERSION></pre></li> |
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- | <td></td><td>pluby</td><td></td> | + | <td>10/20/13</td><td>pluby</td><td>Done</td> |
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Revision as of 03:25, 21 October 2013
This page is an attempt to document all of the tasks required to release NeoOffice 3.4. 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.
Here is what the colors mean:
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Contents |
Builds
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Rebuild all custom NeoOffice code using the existing NeoOffice 3.4 development builds. Perform a confirming checkout of the NeoOffice-3_3_branch branch and set the build to build with a new version and the NeoOffice trademarked product name. This includes the following steps:
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10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Tag the code in the NeoOffice-3_3_branch branch with the NeoOffice-3_4 tag using the following steps:
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10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Create signed releasable NeoOffice 3.4 build for Intel. Note: the following steps are overkill, but they ensure that all recent changes to the NeoOffice custom code has been built:
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10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
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:
Put the NeoOffice-3.4 folder in a new empty directory and create a CD master NeoOffice-3.4.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-3.4.cdr |
10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Verify that the releasable installer and one or more language packs install and run on Intel for the following Mac OS X versions:
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10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Mirrors
NeoOffice's rsync server is hosted on rsync.neooffice.org. Downloads of the current release are restricted to paying users but the previous version is requires no payment to download. Our volunteer mirrors obtain the previous version's binaries by nightly runs of the following command on their mirrors:
rsync --archive --delete rsync://rsync.neooffice.org/neojavadownloads/ \ /path/to/NeoOffice/mirror/directory
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Upload the 24 NeoOffice NeoOffice-3.4-*.dmg main installer and language pack files to the www-primary.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads/donordownloads directory using the following steps:
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10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Push NeoOffice 3.3 files to the free download mirrors using the following steps:
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10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Website
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Update the website's download cookie name and value in the www-test-primary.neooffice.org server's neojava directory. Note: I used the following steps to do this:
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10/18/13 | pluby | Done |
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 pre_NeoOffice-3_4 ; bin/cvsplusperms.sh update -rpre_NeoOffice-3_4 -d ; sudo chmod ug+x bin/*.sh ; bin/cvsplusperms.sh update -d | 10/18/13 | pluby | Done |
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:
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10/20/13 | pluby | Done |
Prepare the NeoOffice_3.4.html press release file, save it in the /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 3.4 installation:
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10/20/13 | pluby | Done |
Release
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Verify that all mirrors listed for the NeoOffice 3.4 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 3.4 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 3.4 the current version in the NeoWiki using the following steps:
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pluby | ||
Add the NeoOffice 3.4 MD5 checksums to the NeoOffice MD5 checksums page. | 10/17/13 | pluby | Done |
Remove the NeoOffice 3.2.1 MD5 checksums to the NeoOffice MD5 checksums page. | pluby | ||
Post the NeoOffice 3.4 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 | ||
Add a link to the NeoOffice 3.4 press release in this NeoWiki article. | pluby | ||
Post a release announcement to this Trinity forum topic so that the news is included in the RSS feed. | pluby | ||
Synchronize the payments database to PayPal's database to ensure that none of the users' transactions are missing and to pick up any e-mail address changes made by users during the last year using the following steps:
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pluby | ||
Delete the 31 obsolete NeoOffice-3.3-*.dmg main installer and language pack files from the /neojava/downloads/donordownloads directory on all of the mirrors listed in the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/includes/mirrorfunctions.php file. | pluby | ||
Delete the obsolete NeoOffice-3.3-*.dmg patch installer files from the /neojava/downloads/donordownloads/patches directory on all of the mirrors listed in the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/includes/mirrorfunctions.php file. | pluby | ||
Delete the 31 obsolete NeoOffice-3.2.1-*.dmg main installer and language pack files from the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads directory. | pluby | ||
Delete the obsolete NeoOffice-3.2.1-*.dmg patch installer files from the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads/patches directory. | pluby | ||
Manually edit the /neojava/downloads/donordownloads/.htaccess file and remove any RewriteCond lines for old download cookies. Do not remove the RewriteCond lines for the current download cookie. After you verify that the download site still works correctly, invoke the following command: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit | pluby |