RELEASE

fwupd Release Notes

Write release entries:

git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 1.6.0... | 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="1.6.1"

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" --no-verify
git push