icingaweb2/RELEASE.md

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# Quality Assurance
Review and test the changes and issues for this version.
https://dev.icinga.org/projects/icingaweb2/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 [icingaweb2.spec] and [VERSION] files.
Update the [ChangeLog](ChangeLog) file using
the changelog.py script.
Changelog:
$ ./changelog.py --version 2.0.0-rc1
Wordpress:
$ ./changelog.py --version 2.0.0-rc1 --html --links
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).
$ git tag -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.
## Github Release
Create a new release from the newly created git tag.
https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/releases
## 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)