# Release Workflow
#### Table of Content
- [1. Preparations](#preparations)
- [1.1. Issues](#issues)
- [1.2. Backport Commits](#backport-commits)
- [1.3. Authors](#authors)
- [2. Version](#version)
- [3. Changelog](#changelog)
- [4. Git Tag](#git-tag)
- [5. Package Builds](#package-builds)
- [5.1. RPM Packages](#rpm-packages)
- [5.2. DEB Packages](#deb-packages)
- [6. Build Server](#build-server)
- [7. Release Tests](#release-tests)
- [8. GitHub Release](#github-release)
- [9. Post Release](#post-release)
- [9.1. Online Documentation](#online-documentation)
- [9.2. Announcement](#announcement)
- [9.3. Project Management](#project-management)
## Preparations
Specify the release version.
```
VERSION=2.6.0
```
Add your signing key to your Git configuration file, if not already there.
```
vim $HOME/.gitconfig
[user]
email = michael.friedrich@icinga.com
name = Michael Friedrich
signingkey = D14A1F16
```
### Issues
Check issues at https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2
### Backport Commits
For minor versions not branched off git master you need
to manually backports any and all commits from the
master branch which should be part of this release.
### Authors
Update the [.mailmap](.mailmap) and [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) files:
```
git log --use-mailmap | grep '^Author:' | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
```
## Version
Update the version in the following files:
* [VERSION](VERSION)
* Application Version: [library/Icinga/Application/Version.php](library/Icinga/Application/Version.php)
* Module Versions in `modules/*/module.info`
Commands:
```
echo "v$VERSION" > VERSION
sed -i '' "s/const VERSION = '.*'/const VERSION = '$VERSION'/g" library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
find . -type f -name '*.info' -exec sed -i '' "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" {} \;
```
## Changelog
Link to the milestone and closed=1 as filter.
## Git Tag
```
git commit -v -a -m "Release version $VERSION"
```
Create a signed tag (tags/v) on the `master` branch (for major
releases) or the `support` branch (for minor releases).
```
git tag -s -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/2.6
git push -u origin support/2.6
```
## Package Builds
### RPM Packages
```
git clone git@github.com:icinga/rpm-icingaweb2.git && cd rpm-icingaweb2
```
#### Branch Workflow
**Major releases** are branched off `master`.
```
git checkout master && git pull
```
**Bugfix releases** are created in the `release` branch and later merged to master.
```
git checkout release && git pull
```
#### Release Commit
Set the `Version`, `Revision` and `changelog` inside the spec file.
```
sed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" icingaweb2.spec
vim icingaweb2.spec
%changelog
* Fri Apr 27 2018 Eric.Lippmann 2.5.3-1
- Update to 2.5.3
```
```
git commit -av -m "Release 2.5.3-1"
git push
```
**Note for major releases**: Update release branch to latest.
`git checkout release && git pull && git merge master && git push`
**Note for minor releases**: Cherry-pick the release commit into master.
`git checkout master && git pull && git cherry-pick release && git push`
### DEB Packages
```
git clone git@github.com:icinga/deb-icingaweb2.git && cd deb-icingaweb2
```
#### Branch Workflow
**Major releases** are branched off `master`.
```
git checkout master && git pull
```
**Bugfix releases** are created in the `release` branch and later merged to master.
```
git checkout release && git pull
```
#### Release Commit
Set the `Version`, `Revision` and `changelog` inside the spec file.
```
./dch 2.5.3-1 "Update to 2.5.3"
```
```
git commit -av -m "Release 2.5.3-1"
git push
```
**Note for major releases**: Update release branch to latest.
`git checkout release && git pull && git merge master && git push`
**Note for minor releases**: Cherry-pick the release commit into master.
`git checkout master && git pull && git cherry-pick release && git push`
#### DEB with dch on macOS
```
docker run -v `pwd`:/mnt/packaging -ti ubuntu:xenial bash
apt-get update
apt-get install git devscripts vim
cd /mnt/packaging
git config --global user.name "Eric Lippmann"
git config --global user.email "eric.lippmann@icinga.com"
./dch 2.5.3-1 "Update to 2.5.3"
```
## Build Server
* Verify package build changes for this version.
* Test the snapshot packages for all distributions beforehand.
* Build the newly created Git tag for Debian/RHEL/SuSE.
## Release Tests
* Provision the vagrant boxes and test the release packages.
## GitHub Release
Create a new release for the newly created Git tag: https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/releases
### Online Documentation
Ask @bobapple to update the documentation at docs.icinga.com.
### Announcement
* Create a new blog post on icinga.com/blog
* Social media: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icinga), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/icinga), [Xing](https://www.xing.com/communities/groups/icinga-da4b-1060043), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Icinga-1921830/about)
* Update IRC channel topic
### Project Management
* Add new minor version on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/milestones).
* Close the released version on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/milestones).