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NeoOffice 3.0.2 Release Tasks
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This page is an attempt to document all of the tasks required to release NeoOffice 3.0.2. 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 3.0.2 Early Access is quite large. So, in order to make room available for any NeoOffice 3.0.2 patches, no upgrade patch will be released.
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Rebuild all custom NeoOffice code using the existing NeoOffice 3.0.2 Early Access 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:
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01/18/2009 | pluby | Done |
Tag the code in the HEAD branch with the NeoOffice-3_0_2 tag using the following:
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01/18/2009 | pluby | Done |
Create releasable NeoOffice 3.0.2 build for Intel. Note: the following steps are overkill, but they ensure that all recent changes to the NeoOffice custom code has been built:
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01/18/2009 | pluby | Done |
Create releasable NeoOffice 3.0.2 build for PowerPC. Note: Use the same steps as used for the matching Intel task. |
01/18/2009 | 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-3.0 folder in a new empty directory and create a CD master NeoOffice-3.0.2.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-3.0.2.cdr |
01/19/2009 | pluby | Done |
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. |
01/19/2009 | 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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01/19/2009 | pluby | Done |
Verify that the releasable installer and one or more language packs install and run on PowerPC for the following Mac OS X versions:
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01/19/2009 | pluby | Done |
Mirrors for Early Access Program Release
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
Note that the NeoOffice Early Access Program main installer binaries are only mirrored on neooffice.org servers so using the above command will only copy the language pack installers until near the end of the current NeoOffice Early Access Program on 2 February 2010.
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Upload the 2 main installer NeoOffice-3.0.2-*.dmg files to the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/earlyaccessdownloads directory using the following steps:
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1/19/2009 | pluby | Done |
Upload the 116 NeoOffice language pack installer NeoOffice-3.0.2-Language_Pack_*.dmg files to the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads directory using the following steps:
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1/19/2009 | pluby | Done |
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
Note that since we already mirrored the language pack installers, we only need to mirror the main installers.
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
Copy the 2 main installer NeoOffice-3.0.2-*.dmg files to the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads directory using the following steps:
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Website for Early Access Program Release
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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_0_2_Early_Access_2 ; bin/cvsplusperms.sh update -d -rNeoOffice-3_0_2_Early_Access_2 | pluby | ||
Update all NeoOffice and version names, file URLs, and patch version names in all of the files in the www-test.neooffice.org server's neojava directory. Note: I used the following steps to do this:
$earlyaccessdownloadenabled = true; $earlyaccessredirectenabled = false; $earlyaccessfreeproduct = 'NeoOffice 3.0.2'; $earlyaccessproductversion = '3.0.2'; $earlyaccessproductfamily[0] = '3.0.2 Early Access'; $earlyaccesspatch = ''; |
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Update the 118 NeoOffice 3.0.2 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 |
Website
Task | Date Completed | Assigned | Status |
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_0_2_Early_Access_2 ; bin/cvsplusperms.sh update -d -rNeoOffice-3_0_2_Early_Access_2 | pluby | ||
Update all NeoOffice and version names, file URLs, and patch version names in all of the files in the www-test.neooffice.org server's neojava directory. Note: I used the following steps to do this:
$earlyaccessdownloadenabled = false; $earlyaccessredirectenabled = true; $earlyaccessproductfamily[0] = ''; $currentproductversion = '3.0.2'; $currentproductfamily[0] = ''; $currentpatch = ''; |
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Copy the /neojava/includes/globals/earlyaccessfilesizes.php file to /neojava/includes/globals/filesizes.php and replace all occurrences of earlyaccess with current. 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:
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Create updated sample.jpg and sample.tiff images using NeoOffice-3.0.2 and put then in the www-test.neooffice.org website's /neojava/images directory and invoke the following command to commit the updated files: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit | pluby | ||
Prepare the NeoOffice_3.0.html press release file, save it in the www-test.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 |
Release for Early Access Program
Generally, we release the new version to Early Access Members through the Early Access Program download site a few days before we release the new version to the general public.
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Verify that all mirrors listed for the NeoOffice 3.0.2 main installer and language pack links work in the www-test.neooffice.org website's Early Access Program download pages. | pluby | ||
Append the NeoOffice MD5 checksums page with the NeoOffice 3.0.2 MD5 checksums. | pluby | ||
Make the NeoOffice 3.0.2 binaries downloadable from the www.neooffice.org website's Early Access Program 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 | ||
Remove the NeoOffice 3.0.2 Early Access MD5 checksums from the NeoOffice MD5 checksums page. | pluby | ||
Delete the 2 obsolete NeoOffice 3.0.2 Early Access NeoOffice-3.0.2-Early_Access-*.dmg main installer files from the /neojava/earlyaccessdownloads directory on all of the mirrors listed in the joe.neooffice.org server's /neojava/includes/earlyaccessmirrors.php file. | pluby | ||
Delete the 116 obsolete NeoOffice 3.0.2 Early Access NeoOffice-3.0.2_Early_Access-Language_Pack-*.dmg language pack installer files from the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads directory. | pluby | ||
Delete the 2 obsolete NeoOffice 3.0.2 Early Access NeoOffice-3.0.2_Early_Access-Patch-*.dmg patch installer files from the rsync.neooffice.org server's /neojava/downloads directory. | pluby | ||
Add "3.0" as a version in Bugzilla. | pluby | ||
Close all bugs with a status of "Resolved" by setting the following field values:
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Close any bugs with a status of "Assigned" or "Reopened" and resolution of "Fixed" (bugs fixed in the release build after the final patch) by setting the following field values:
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Post a release announcement to the Trinity forum topic so that the news is included in the RSS feed. | pluby | ||
After the files have been deleted from the rsync server, wait 48 hours and verify that these files have been deleted from the mirrors listed in the www.neooffice.org website's /neojava/include/mirrors.php file. Contact any mirror maintainers that still have these files to confirm that they are rsynching to the rsync server regularly. | 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, 31 March 2009 translates to in the afternoon on 30 March 2009 in California.
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Verify that all mirrors listed for the NeoOffice 3.0.2 main installer and language pack links work in the www-test.neooffice.org website's download pages. If any do not work, comment them out in the /neojava/includes/earlyaccessmirrors.php file (for the main installer) and in the neojava/includes/mirror.php (for the language packs) and invoke the following command: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit. | pluby | |||
Verify that all mirrors listed for the NeoOffice 2.2.5 main installer, language pack, and patch installer links work in the www-test.neooffice.org website's download pages. If any do not work, comment them out in the /neojava/includes/earlyaccessmirrors.php file (for the main installer) and in the neojava/includes/mirror.php (for the language packs) and invoke the following command: bin/cvsplusperms.sh commit. | pluby | |||
Make the NeoOffice 3.0.2 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 | |||
On the neowiki.neooffice.org main page, replace all occurrences of 3.0.1 that are related to NeoOffice with 3.0.2 | pluby | |||
Post the press release as an article on trinity.neooffice.org. 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 the Trinity forum topic so that the news is included in the RSS feed. | pluby | |||
Delete the 2 obsolete NeoOffice 3.0.2 NeoOffice-3.0.2-*.dmg main installer files from the /neojava/earlyaccessdownloads directory on all of the mirrors listed in the joe.neooffice.org server's /neojava/includes/earlyaccessmirrors.php file. | pluby | |||
Create a new category in the donations database that has a start date and time that is a few hours before the planned release time to ensure that donors who donate after we make the NeoOffice 3.0.2 binaries downloadable get their donation credited to the next Early Access Program using the following steps:
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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 period using the following steps:
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