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Tom M edited this page Dec 21, 2021 · 19 revisions

Preparation

Mention that CMAKe 3.13 will be required
Write up a changelog in the wiki
Check copyright year in fluidsynth.c
Update the version in the CMakeLists.txt to reflect the new version
Also update the library versions in CMakeLists.txt as per the embedded documentation (i.e., if there is any new C API and what not) (LIB_VERSION_AGE and LIB_VERSION_REVISION).
If there are any new API features or settings, they should be documented in the developers reference document.
Update the android build scripts to use the new version
Make sure changelog of API doc is up-to-date
Make sure version of API doc is correct
Update man page with any new command line or settings options
git merge 2.1.x (into master)

Actual release

Do a clean checkout from git and make a lightweight tag
Wait for CI to complete
Goto Azure DevOps, select the build of the commit that you intend to release, and press the Release button on top right to publish the Windows binaries to the Github release (make sure the Github release hasn't been published yet!)

Announce the release

fluidsynth.org
fluid-dev
LAA list - http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-announce