fwupd/RELEASE
Richard Hughes cf8095d5af Use a static version number
Getting the version string from git means the commit version changes each time
we commit any patch, which means we need to use --force to install firmware
when building fwupd against a version that should be compatible.

It is also very inconvenient not bumping the release version for git snapshots
as firmware can no longer depend on the "planned" release triplet.

tl;dr: A good idea for Flashrom, not so awesome for me.
2020-03-29 12:17:52 +01:00

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fwupd Release Notes
Write release entries:
git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 1.3.9... | 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
Update translations:
ninja-build fwupd-pot
tx push --source
tx pull --all --force --minimum-perc=5
ninja-build fix-translations
git add ../po/*.po
2. Commit changes to git:
# MAKE SURE THIS IS CORRECT
export release_ver="1.4.0"
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
3. Generate the tarball:
ninja dist
3a. Generate the additional verification metadata
gpg -b -a meson-dist/fwupd-${release_ver}.tar.xz
4. Upload tarball:
scp meson-dist/fwupd-${release_ver}.tar.* hughsient@people.freedesktop.org:~/public_html/releases
5. Do post release version bump in meson.build
6. Commit changes:
git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump"
git push