Re: making a release

[Ahmed Baïzid <ahmed baizid org>]

## Plan review

> On 05/03/2017 10:12 AM, Alexandre Franke wrote:
> > get a few things done before doing the release. Rough checklist:
> > * actually passes distcheck
> > * investigate https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782100
> > * browse the bugtracker and hunt for other reports of the same kind,
> > all build/compilation issues are good candidates for this step
> > * check if there are any trivial patches waiting to be pushed
> > * check if there are dead dependencies that can easily be removed
> > (e.g. not libgnomecanvas which is not trivial but… do we still have
> > libgda code with an obsolete version?)
> > * still passes distcheck

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Where are we, where are we going ?

Commit date   | Task


[2017-05-14]    1. Pass the distcheck stage of the build process.
[2017-05-14]    1.1. Bug 782100 passes "./autogen.sh" stage.
[2017-05-14]    1.2. Bug 782227 passes "make check" stage.
[2017-05-14]    1.3. Bug 782346 passes "make distcheck" stage.
[2017-05-07]    1.4. Commit 9a7df13 advances "make distcheck" stage.

                The outcome is:
                ================================================
                planner-0.14.6 archives ready for distribution:
                planner-0.14.6.tar.gz
                ================================================
                Congratulations! The task is done.


                2. Install the User Guide
                This task was named "Investigate Bug 782100".
                1.1 Bug 346247 (Switch to yelp-tools)
                1.2 Bug XXXXXX (Recover existing translations)
                1.3 Bug XXXXXX (Switch to Mallard)

                Test case:
                $ LANG=eu_ES.utf8 yelp help:planner
                $ LANG=es_ES.utf8 planner (and ask for help)


                3. Resolve same build issues
                3.1. Bug 703067 (use AX_COMPILER_FLAGS)
                3.2. Bug 742998 (add m4/)
                3.3. Bug 743091 (AM_CPPFLAGS replaced INCLUDES)
                3.4. Bug 747423 (Modernize GTK-Doc)
                3.5. Bug 783246 (Predictable Python plug-in)

                Test case:
                The modernized build system does not complain at all.

                4. Push trivial awaiting list
                1.1. Integrate Debian patches
                1.2. Integrate Fedora patches
                Who can elaborate ?


                5. Remove dead dependencies
                Who can elaborate ?


                6. Still passes distcheck
                Who can elaborate ?


                7. Check the install stage of the build process.
                This is a new task.
                7.1. Bug XXXXXX (Localization is not functional)
                7.2. Bug XXXXXX (Don't use update-mime-database)
                7.3. Bug XXXXXX (Don't use update-desktop-database)
                7.4. Bug XXXXXX (Don't use gconftool-2)