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Current Status: A. Pre-release
Version: 1.3.1
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- Update the current status above only when the previous section is closed.
A. Pre-release
Decide which
tickets should be closed
Decide which beta features to include
Decide which open Bugs to fix
Decide what tasks need to be done
move open tickets to another milestone
Update defaults
- Add default pages to external sql file
(we will do this starting from the next release)
Third-party software
- If new version is available:
Test (and fix) integration with Wikka
Update thirdparty.txt
Update
ThirdpartyInfo
Private alpha
Public beta
- Announcements to be made at:
HomePage
(maybe) small note at the top of
WikkaReleaseNotes
Tracker
B. Release
Checkpoints for the actual release process
Build
Build distribution tarball and zipfile from tag
Generate
AdminWikkaSecurity checksums and sigs
Modify
Docs:WhatsNew,
Docs:Installing131, and
Docs:WikkaFeatures links to point to current release page; be sure to update the
Browse the source and section and diff links with current revision.
Modify
Docs:WikkaReleaseNotes as appropriate
Generate CHANGES.txt and CHANGES.htm from
Docs:WikkaReleaseNotes
Update download links
HomePage here and
here
Feed
SVN
create a branch for the new version
create a tag for the new version
Feed download locations
Wikka site
Wikka site
Update the official documentation on the website, possibly searching for all occurrences of the
previous version (note: since
1.1.6.4 the official documentation is hosted on the the
new docs server).
Create
documentation pages for new features if needed. Version specific documentation pages must be tagged using the dedicated
{{since version="1.3"}} action.
Some actions lacking dedicated pages
Update changed/enhanced features
Update
ConfigurationOptions if any new configuration options were added
Update
ThirdPartyInfo if needed
Update
CreditsPage if needed
update the CSS overview on
WikkaSkins
update
WikkaSystemFiles
update
WikkaSystemFilesMM
update
WikkaCore if needed
update
HandlerInfo if needed
update
UsingActions if needed
Upgrade the
Demo server to the latest version C. After release
On publishing new Wikka releases the following points should be taken care of.
Public announcements
Wikka site:
Update
HomePage and link to new download
Update
WhatsNew and
WhatsNewBeta by changing the target page referred to in the
{{include}} action.
Post announcement on the
WikkaMailingLists mailing lists and the
blog.
Third-party software
- Notify third-party software authors/development teams about:
GeSHi in 1.1.6.0)
- New version bundled (e.g.,
SafeHTML upgrade in 1.1.6.0)
- Just that there's a new version of Wikka that bundles their software as before
- Authors of the following packages should be contacted:
FreeMind - Daniel Polanský - dan [dot] polansky [at] seznam [dot] cz (
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ->
http://mujweb.cz/www/danielpolansky/)
SafeHTML - Roman Ivanov - thingol [at] mail [dot] ru (
http://pixel-apes.com/safehtml)
WikiEdit - Roman Ivanov - thingol [at] mail [dot] ru (
http://wackowiki.com/WikiEdit/)
(replaced by WikkaEdit in 1.1.6.4)
GeSHi - Nigel McNie - oracle [dot] shinoda [at] gmail [dot] com (
http://qbnz.com/highlighter/index.php)
Onyx-RSS - There is no longer a domain / contact address for Onyx-RSS!
(replaced by Feedcreator in 1.3.1)
Feedcreator - info [at] feedcreator [dot] org (
http://www.feedcreator.org)
External sites
Update external sites (check especially direct download links):
Freshmeat — wikka (login needed: DarTar has access)
(Optionally) upload new screenshot for new features
Hotscripts — wikka (login needed: DarTar has access)
Needscripts — wikka (login needed: DarTar has access)
C2.com — WikkaWiki (no edit restrictions)
Meatball — WikkaWiki (no edit restrictions)
Wikipedia — WikkaWiki (no edit restrictions - update other languages too)
WP localized pages should be updated accordingly, where possible:
de
es
fr
it
mg
pl
zh
Wikipedia — Comparison of wiki software (no edit restrictions)
Wikimatrix (DarTar has access - update Wiki page, announcements, feature list)
Softpedia send update request when a release is available no longer listed
FreeMind "Stuff" (initially add (explaining FreeMind support); for versions > 1.1.6.0 extensions of support for FreeMind only)
CMS Matrix (login needed: DarTar has access)
Swik (no edit restrictions)
WikiMatrix (no edit restrictions) Unclear how to edit the left sidebar
WikiEngineComparison (no edit restrictions)
Free Software Directory (send updates to bug-directory@fsf.org)
Addition of new features to the table
Ask for reviews/announcements:
OpenSourceCMS (login needed: DarTar has access)
FramaSoft
PHPBuilder.com request announcement
Wiki-comparison in the Gruenderwiki "(edit only with a name)"
Other tasks
Modify
downloads/latest_wikka_version.txt to reflect latest release version (needed for
{{checkversion}} action)
Clone
AdminReleaseCheckListTemplate to AdminReleaseCheckList
; change include in
AdminReleaseCheckList to point to new version checklist
Update
Docs:WikkaReleaseNotes for upcoming version
Create WhatsNew
page on docs server for upcoming version
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