How to Release 3.14.1

Release Candidate preparation

No release candidate for this minor version

J-2

• Update version numbers in CMakeLists.txt
• Update version numbers in doxygen
• Update version numbers in software guide
• Update release notes
  • Walk the mercurial history and log all improvements
  • Generate mantis report
    • Use Advanced Filters
    • Select all projects in the combobox : Orfeo Toolbox (OTB)
    • Set "Use Date" and "Resolution" filters
    • Export in cvs format
    • Use processBugReport.py from OTB-DevUtils/Scripts
    • Copy/paste the result in the release notesMANU
• Prepare annoucement email MANU
• Prepare annoucement on the blog

J-1

• Last minute fixes, but avoid if possible
• Before nightly deadline, tag for RC
  • tag OTB
  • tag Monteverdi
  • tag OTB-Wrapping
• Make TGZ source packages
• Make ZIP source packages
• Ensure you named the zipped files with the same convention as the previous release
• Test the source packages
• Upload the packages on www.orfeo-toolbox.org/packages

J

• Last dashboard check to confirm the release candidate
• On failure :
  • Remove the source packages from the http server
  • Backout tags
  • Go back J-1
• Copy from www.orfeo-toolbox.org/packages/nightly :
  • Monteverdi Windows installer
  • Monteverdi Mac installer
  • SoftwareGuide PDF
  • Cookbook PDF
  • Cookbook HTML
• Generate SoftwareGuide HTML version (still needs user interaction...)
• Upload the SoftwareGuide HTML version
• Send RC announcement email (and blog post if there is one) MANU

Final release preparation

J-2

• Find a release code name No codename for minor release
• Prepare annoucement email MANU draft on wordpress done
• Prepare annoucement on the blog MANU draft on wordpress done
• Launch doxygen generation (will finish on J)
• Launch javadoc generation

J-1

• No last minutes fix allowed
• Test the nightly generated binary packages
• Update date in RELEASE_NOTES.txt
• Before nightly deadline, tag for RC
  • tag OTB
  • tag Monteverdi
  • tag OTB-Applications
  • tag OTB-Wrapping
  • tag OTB-Data
  • tag OTB-Documents
  • tag OTB-DevUtils
• Prepare TGZ source packages
• Prepare ZIP source packages
• Ensure you named the zipped files with the same convention as the previous release
• Upload source packages on otb2 packages dir
• Update status on freshcode MANU
• Do some cleanup in the packages dir on orfeo-toolbox if relevant (keep new release and N-1 release, put release candidate packages in 'archives')

J

• Test the generated binary packages in http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/packages/nightly
• Upload binary packages
  • Monteverdi-windows MANU
  • Monteverdi-MacOS
• Upload Software pdf Guide on orfeo-toolbox
• Upload Cookbook pdf on orfeo-toolbox
• Upload FAQ pdf on orfeo-toolbox
• Update FAQ symlink (FAQ.html -> SoftwareGuide-$version/thefaqpage.html)
• Sourceforge (see http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/SSH%20Client) :
  • tsocks ssh -t julienmalik,orfeo-toolbox@shell.sourceforge.net create
  • then you can ssh/scp/etc to this shell
  • type sf-help to know where the files dir are located
  • Upload the source packages on sourceforge (OTB, monteverdi, OTB-Applications, OTB-Wrapping)
  • Upload Software pdf Guide on sourceforge
  • Upload Cookbook pdf on sourceforge
  • Upload FAQ pdf on sourceforge
• Update OSGeo4W packages
• Generate Ubuntu source packages and upload to launchpad
• Generate rpm packages
• Update doxygen on orfeo-toolbox
• Update javadoc on orfeo-toolbox
• Update Software Guide online on orfeo-toolbox
• Update Cookbook online on orfeo-toolbox NOT UPDTATED FOR NOW, opticalCalibration application does not include support of Pleiades for example : http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/CookBook/CookBooksu50.html#x72-2430004.3.1
• Update FAQ html link on orfeo-toolbox (link to online Software Guide - FAQ section) MANU
• Update OTB-Data-Examples.tgz on orfeo-toolbox (packages)
• Send email to mailing list to announce the release MANU
• Release announcement on the blog MANU

J+1

• Update version number to a development version (even minor number) -> We go back to 3.15 version MANU

J+N

• Update osgeo-live GIS installation script with new OTB versions (switch perhaps from orfeotoolbox-nightly to orfeotoolbox-ubuntugis-stable) MANU
• Update doc for ubuntu package installation : speak only about ubuntugis ppa. forget about otb-stable (unusable packages there) Online SG updated - Could be nice to add a post on the blog