Release ElkArte 1.0

[emanuele45]

Before the release

• Do a fresh clone of the repository
• generate detailed-version.js:
  • run generate_detailed-version.php from the root directory
  • move the newly generated detailed-version.js out of the package directory
  • delete generate_detailed-version.php
• commit detailed-version.js to gh-pages:
  • run generate_detailed-version.php from the root directory
  • move the newly generated detailed-version.js out of the package directory
  • delete generate_detailed-version.php
  • checkout the gh-pages branch (fetch the repository if necessary)
  • create a new branch
  • replace the file detailed-version.js with the one just generated
  • commit the changes
  • push online and send a PR to the ElkArte repository
• Write a draft of the release announcement. It should consist of:
  • a general description of the release
  • a release notes document including the major changes since the previous version (for development versions like alpha, beta and RC is the previous dev version, for final versions is the previous stable version8
  • a known issues document listing the major issues affecting the release (i.e. bugs not critical enough to be blocker, but potentially annoying)

Packages creation check list:

• Do a fresh clone of the repository
• From the install directory, move the following files to the base directory:
  • Settings.php
  • Settings_bak.php
  • install.php
  • db_last_error.php
  • install_1-0_mysql.sql
  • install_1-0_postgresql.sql
• remove the following files and directories:
  • .git
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • .scrutinizer.yml
  • .travis.yml
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • DCO.txt
  • phpdoc.yml
  • README.md
  • docs
  • install
  • tests
• create a package with the remaining files

Complete the release

• Merge the pull request for the detailed-version.js update
• Create a new release at github using the announcement previously drafted, and attach the packed files
• ...
• Profit!!!

[emanuele45]

Aaaaaand gone!

[Spuds]

👍

[teknico910]

Ottimo! ;-)