dracut/docs/RELEASE.md

Conducting A Successful Release

This documents contains the necessary steps to conduct a successful release.

1. Add all items to NEWS.md

   Get a first template with clog

   $ clog -F -r https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut
   

2. Update the contributors list in NEWS.md

   Produce the list with:

   $ make CONTRIBUTORS
   

   Append the list to the section in NEWS.md

3. Update AUTHORS

   $ make AUTHORS
   

4. Check in AUTHORS and NEWS.md

   $ git ci -m "docs: update NEWS.md and AUTHORS" NEWS.md AUTHORS
   

5. Tag the release and push

   $ VERSION=052
   $ git tag -s "$VERSION"
   $ git push --tags
   

   Add the section from NEWS.md to the git tag message.

6. Push git to kernel.org

   With:

   $ git remote add kernelorg ssh://gitolite@ra.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
   

   Push to kernel.org git:

   $ git push --atomic kernelorg master "$VERSION"
   

7. Sign and upload tarballs to kernel.org

   $ make upload
   

   This requires kup and a kernel.org account. Wait until the tarballs are synced to http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/ .

8. Create a new release on github (https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/releases/new)

   • Add the section from NEWS.md to the release.
   • Attach the tarballs and signature file from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/ to the github release.

9. Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/milestones)

10. Ensure that announcement was sent and reached the linux-initramfs mailinglist (https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-initramfs/)