Noosfero release tasks

This file documents release-related activities.

Working with translations

Update translation files: rake updatepo. Then git commit them.
Send the PO files to the translators.
Get the PO files back from translators, put in po/ under the correct language name (e.,g. po/pt_BR/) and git commit.
test translations: rake makemo and browse the application on the web.

Considering you are on a Debian GNU/Linux or Debian-based system

# apt-get install devscripts debhelper

To prepare a release of noosfero, you must follow the steps below:

Finish all requirements and bugs assigned to the to-be-released version
Make sure all tests pass
Write release notes at the version's wiki topic
Generate packages with rake noosfero:release[(stable|test)]. This task will:
- Update the version in lib/noosfero.rb and debian/changelog.
- Create the tarbal and the deb pkg under pkg/ directory.
- Create a git tag and push it.
- Upload the pkg to the configured repository (if configured) on ~/.dput.cf.
Test that the tarball and deb package are ok
Go to the version's wiki topic and edit it to reflect the new reality
Edit the topic WebPreferences and update DEBIAN_REPOSITORY_TOPICS setting
Attach the generated packages to that topic. Before attaching calculate the sha1 of the package (with sha1sum and paste the SHA1 hash as comment in the attachment form)
Download the attached and verify the MD5 hash
Update an eventual demonstration version that you run.
Write an announcement e-mail to the relevant mailing lists pointing to the release notes, and maybe to the demonstration version.

If you had any problem during these steps, you can do rake clobber_package to completely delete the generated packages and start the process again.