icinga2/RELEASE.md

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# Quality Assurance
Review and test the changes and issues for this version.
https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2/roadmap
# Release Workflow
Update the [.mailmap](.mailmap) and [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) files:
$ git log --use-mailmap | grep ^Author: | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
Update the version number in the icinga2.spec file.
Update the [ChangeLog](ChangeLog), [doc/1-about.md](doc/1-about.md) files using
the changelog.py script.
Commit these changes to the "master" branch:
$ git commit -v -a -m "Release version <VERSION>"
For minor releases: Cherry-pick this commit into the "support" branch.
Create a signed tag (tags/v<VERSION>) on the "master" branch (for major
releases) or the "support" branch (for minor releases).
GB:
$ git tag -u EE8E0720 -m "Version <VERSION>" v<VERSION>
MF:
$ git tag -u D14A1F16 -m "Version <VERSION>" v<VERSION>
Push the tag.
$ git push --tags
For major releases: Create a new "support" branch:
$ git checkout master
$ git checkout -b support/2.x
$ git push -u origin support/2.x
# External Dependencies
## Build Server
### Linux
* Build the newly created git tag for Debian/RHEL/SuSE.
* Provision the vagrant boxes and test the release packages.
* Start a new docker container and install/run icinga2
Example for CentOS7:
$ sudo docker run -ti centos:latest bash
# yum -y install http://packages.icinga.org/epel/7/release/noarch/icinga-rpm-release-7-1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
# yum -y install icinga
# systemctl start icinga2
# tail -f /var/log/icinga2/icinga2.log
### Windows
* Build the newly created git tag for Windows.
* Test the [setup wizard](http://packages.icinga.org/windows/) inside a Windows VM.
## Github Release
Create a new release from the newly created git tag.
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases
## Online Documentation
Ssh into the web box, navigate into `icinga2-latest/module/icinga2`
and pull the current icinga2 revision to update what's new".
## Announcement
* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.org/blog
* Send announcement mail to icinga-announce@lists.icinga.org
* Social media: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icinga), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/icinga), [G+](http://plus.google.com/+icinga), [Xing](https://www.xing.com/communities/groups/icinga-da4b-1060043), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Icinga-1921830/about)