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Checklist for making a gretl release
Local:
* Update the fedstl database if needed
* Ensure the addon zipfiles are up to date with git
* Update lib/src/version.h
* Re-run the configure script in all build directories
* Update src/Changelog and src/CompatLog with the current date
* Commit the above changes to git
* Rebuild and publish the PDF docs
* Rebuild and publish the HMTL docs
* Do "make dist" to create the new gretl-YYYYx.tar.xz
* Rebuild the gretl library and gretlci to the new version
* Do "make addons.tar.gz" in the addons directory
* Create a new versioned gretl directory in the sourceforge files area
* Make and upload the MS Windows installers (32- and 64-bit)
* Make and upload the macOS installers (intel and arm64)
Remote:
* On sourceforge, make a new versioned subdirectory for gretl,
and upload the source package as well as the per-platform
binary packages and the current addons.tar.gz. Upload a README.
Use the SF File Manager to mark the new files as the default
downloads.
* Upload to the SF cgi-bin directory a text file named RELEASE
containing the new version ID, e.g. "gretl-2024d"
Local:
* Update all the web docs (this is automated: ./update_html auto)
and upload them to sourceforge
* Update the libgretl API docs and upload ("apipack")
* Send a message to (at least) gretl-announce
Allin Cottrell
last revised, Dec 2024
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