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How is Django Formed?
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=====================
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This document explains how to release Django. If you're unluky enough to
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This document explains how to release Django. If you're unlucky enough to
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be driving a release, you should follow these instructions to get the
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package out.
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* Pre-releases, e.g. 1.6 beta or something.
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In general the steps are about the same reguardless, but there are a few
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In general the steps are about the same regardless, but there are a few
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differences noted. The short version is:
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#. If this is a security release, pre-notify the security distribution list
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at least one week before the actual release.
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#. Proofread (and create if needed) the release notes, looking for
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organiztion, writing errors, deprecation timelines, etc. Draft a blog post
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organization, writing errors, deprecation timelines, etc. Draft a blog post
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and email announcement.
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#. Update version numbers and create the release package(s)!
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* Access to the admin on ``djangoproject.com``.
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* Access to post to ``django-announe``.
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* Access to post to ``django-announce``.
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* If this is a security release, access to the pre-notification distribution
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list.
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If this is your first release, you'll need to corrdinate with James and Jacob
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If this is your first release, you'll need to coordinate with James and Jacob
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to get all these things ready to go.
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Pre-release tasks
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any time leading up to the actual release:
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#. If this is a security release, send out pre-notification **one week**
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before the release. We maintain a list of who gets these pre-notifcation
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before the release. We maintain a list of who gets these pre-notification
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emails at *FIXME WHERE?*. This email should be signed by the key you'll use
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for the release, and should include patches for each issue being fixed.
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#. As the release aproaches, watch Trac to make sure no release blockers
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#. As the release approaches, watch Trac to make sure no release blockers
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are left for the upcoming release.
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#. Check with the other committers to make sure they don't have any
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#. Write the announcement blog post for the release. You can enter it into
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the admin at any time and mark it as inactive. Here's a few examples:
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`example security release accouncement`__, `example regular release
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`example security release announcement`__, `example regular release
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announcement`__, `example pre-release announcement`__.
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__ https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/19/security/
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``git checkout stable/<release>`` (e.g. checkout ``stable/1.5.x`` to issue
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a release in the 1.5 series.)
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#. If this is a security release, merge the apropriate patches from
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#. If this is a security release, merge the appropriate patches from
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``django-private``. *FIXME: actual commands here - make sure to --ff-
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only right?*. Make sure the commit messages explain that the commit
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is a security fix and that an announcement will follow (`example
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#. Make sure you have an absolutely clean tree by running ``git clean -dfx``.
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#. Run ``python setup.py sdist`` to generate the release package.
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#. Run ``python setup.py sdist`` to generate the release package. This will
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create the release package in a ``dist/`` directory.
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#. Generate the MD5 and SHA1 hashes of the release package. *FIXME
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actual commands for doign this?*
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#. Generate the MD5 and SHA1 hashes of the release package::
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$ md5sum dist/Django-<version>.tar.gz
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$ sha1sum dist/Django-<version>.tar.gz
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#. Create a "checksums" file containing the hashes and release information.
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You can start with `a previous checksums file`__ and replace the
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and ``pip``. Here's how I do it (which requires `virtualenvwrapper`__):
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$ mktmpenv
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$ easy_install http://www.djangoproject.com/download/<version>/tarball/
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$ easy_install https://www.djangoproject.com/download/<version>/tarball/
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$ deactivate
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$ mktmpenv
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$ pip install http://www.djangoproject.com/download/<version>/tarball/
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$ pip install https://www.djangoproject.com/download/<version>/tarball/
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$ deactivate
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This just tests that the tarballs are available (i.e. redirects are up) and
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and following the instructions in it.
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#. If this is a security or regular release, register the new package with
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PyPI by uploading the ``PGK-INFO`` file generated in the release package
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*FIXME: be more specific about where this is and how to upload it.*
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Don't do this for pre-releases.
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PyPI by uploading the ``PGK-INFO`` file generated in the release package.
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This file's *in* the distribution tarball, so you'll need to pull it
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out. ``tar xzf dist/Django-<version>.tar.gz Django-<version>/PKG-INFO``
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ought to work.
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#. Deploy the template changes you made a while back by running `fab deploy`
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from the ``djangoproject.com`` repo.
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#. Update the ``VERSION`` tuple in ``django/__init__.py`` again,
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incrementing to whatever the next expected release will be. For
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example, after releasing 1.2.1, update ``VERSION`` to report "1.2.2
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pre-alpha".
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pre-alpha". *FIXME: Is this correct? Do we still do this?*
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Notes on setting the VERSION tuple
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==================================
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