This document lists conventions and steps to follow for creating a release.

Version Number

Patch version numbers are reserved for OnPrem releases. For example, version 2.4.3 corresponds to an OnPrem release based on Falcon v2.4.0.

Release Checklist

Create branch vM.m.p
Update CHANGELOG.md
Update version number in package.json
Confirm CircleCI build works
Confirm TravisCI build works
Confirm AppVeyor build works
Confirm Quay build works
Confirm Windows installer works and Falcon is able to connect to DB2 and sqlite
Confirm Mac installer works and Falcon is able to connect to DB2 and sqlite
Do not use Firefox to download the Linux installer from CircleCI (issue #471)
Confirm Linux installer works and Falcon is able to connect to DB2 and sqlite
Ensure yarn build has been run before manual build
Build deb installer manually
Confirm deb installer works and Falcon is able to connect to sqlite
Build AppImage installer manually
Build rpm installer manually
Rebase and merge into master
Tag current master as vM.m.p and annotate it with the changelog message (this should automatically update the latest release in github)
Edit the release to attach all the installers.
Check links in https://plot.ly/free-sql-client-download/

Create branch M.m-onprem
Create Quay tag M.m-onprem (Visit https://quay.io/repository/plotly/falcon-sql-client?tab=tags , click the gear icon next to the thing you want to tag, then choose “Add new…")

Create Quay tag M.m.p-onprem (Visit https://quay.io/repository/plotly/falcon-sql-client?tab=tags , click the gear icon next to the thing you want to tag, then choose “Add new…")