fwupd Release Notes

0. Create release version

export release_ver=

1. Write release entries:

git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | sort | uniq
Add any user visible changes into ../data/org.freedesktop.fwupd.metainfo.xml
appstream-util appdata-to-news ../data/org.freedesktop.fwupd.metainfo.xml > NEWS

2. Update translations:

ninja-build fwupd-pot
tx push --source
tx pull --all --force --minimum-perc=5
ninja-build fix-translations
git add ../po/*.po

3. Commit changes to git:

git commit -a -m "Release fwupd ${release_ver}"
git tag -s -f -m "Release fwupd ${release_ver}" "${release_ver}"
<wait>
git push --tags
git push

4. Generate the tarball:

ninja dist

4a. Generate the additional verification metadata

gpg -b -a meson-dist/fwupd-${release_ver}.tar.xz

5. Upload tarball:

scp meson-dist/fwupd-${release_ver}.tar.* hughsient@people.freedesktop.org:~/public_html/releases