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Krita release task =================== Schedule: ------------ Feature freeze 3rd of April (NOW) String freeze: 1st of May. Alpha tagging: 5th of May. Beta tagging: 12th of May Release: Final week of May. New features: ---------------- These all needs to be tested during alpha/beta/release candidate stage, and closed upon release: Big bugfixes: --------------- Ref this task when you fix a bug, so that we can make a list here :) Main release TODO : ------------------------ [X] Coordinate with #kde-promo ### Code side: See also: https://community.kde.org/ReleasingSoftware [X] update 3rdparty dependencies to the latest versions [X] update the version of krita.xmlgui [X] update the CMakeLists.txt version [X] update the appstream file [X] Update the appstream screenshots [X] update org.kde.krita.appdata.xml 's release tag [X] make a v4.2.0 tag (git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "krita x.y.z" ) [X] push the tag ( git push origin --tags) [X] update create_tarball_kf5's config.ini to use the new tag [X] run create_tarball_kf5.rb (./createtarball/create_tarball_kf5.rb -n -a krita) [] sign the tarball (gpg --output krita-x.y.z.tar.gz.sig --detach-sign krita-x.y.z.tar.gz) [X] upload the tarball and signature [X] Start the binary builds for Windows and Linux appimage (https://phabricator.kde.org/T8231) [X] Start the Mac build [X] mail KDE release coordination <release-team@kde.org> [X] Send release notes for future Krita versions to news@publisher.ch. [X] create bugzilla version [X] Warn kde sysadmins that we're going to release and that krita.org is going to take load [X] Create md5sum file ### Packages: We will mention when packages are done via IRC. You can help us by checking if the package works on your system, and does the following right: * Krita starts * Localization works * Basic painting and most recently fixed bugs are fixed * Linux: [X] AppImage x64 [X] Snap [X] Notify Krita Lime * Windows [X] ZIP64 + DBG [X] installer x64 [] Update Microsoft store. [X] Ask Emmet to update Steam store * OSX [X] DMG package Packages for this release can be found at: https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/4.2.0/ ### Communication side: #### Pre-release: [X] Update Kiki page [] Update press pack and page [X] Notify translators of string freeze! [X] Verify if manual pages are updated, if not annoy @woltherav and add undocumented features to #krita_manual [X] Write release notes. This is a big release, so the big release notes are stored at https://krita.org/en/krita-4-2-release-notes/ [X] Create release announcement [X] Notify people that they can start making release demonstrations. #### Post-release: [] tumblr [] BlenderArtists [] deviantart [] VK [] blendernation [] twitter [] facebook If you have completed a task, add a comment. If you have anything else to add, add a comment as well! Putting all the comments about a given release into a single task is much easier on the bookkeeping!

Krita release task =================== Schedule: ------------ Feature freeze 3rd of April (NOW) String freeze: 1st of May. Alpha tagging: 5th of May. Beta tagging: 12th of May Release: Final week of May. New features: ---------------- These all needs to be tested during alpha/beta/release candidate stage, and closed upon release: Big bugfixes: --------------- Ref this task when you fix a bug, so that we can make a list here :) Main release TODO : ------------------------ [X] Coordinate with #kde-promo ### Code side: See also: https://community.kde.org/ReleasingSoftware [X] update 3rdparty dependencies to the latest versions [X] update the version of krita.xmlgui [X] update the CMakeLists.txt version [X] update the appstream file [X] Update the appstream screenshots [X] update org.kde.krita.appdata.xml 's release tag [X] make a v4.2.0 tag (git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "krita x.y.z" ) [X] push the tag ( git push origin --tags) [X] update create_tarball_kf5's config.ini to use the new tag [X] run create_tarball_kf5.rb (./createtarball/create_tarball_kf5.rb -n -a krita) [] sign the tarball (gpg --output krita-x.y.z.tar.gz.sig --detach-sign krita-x.y.z.tar.gz) [X] upload the tarball and signature [X] Start the binary builds for Windows and Linux appimage (https://phabricator.kde.org/T8231) [X] Start the Mac build [X] mail KDE release coordination <release-team@kde.org> [X] Send release notes for future Krita versions to news@publisher.ch. [X] create bugzilla version [X] Warn kde sysadmins that we're going to release and that krita.org is going to take load [X] Create md5sum file ### Packages: We will mention when packages are done via IRC. You can help us by checking if the package works on your system, and does the following right: * Krita starts * Localization works * Basic painting and most recently fixed bugs are fixed * Linux: [X] AppImage x64 [X] Snap [X] Notify Krita Lime * Windows [X] ZIP64 + DBG [X] installer x64 [] Update Microsoft store. [X] Ask Emmet to update Steam store * OSX [X] DMG package Packages for this release can be found at: https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/4.2.0/ ### Communication side: #### Pre-release: [X] Update Kiki page [] Update press pack and page [X] Notify translators of string freeze! [X] Verify if manual pages are updated, if not annoy @woltherav and add undocumented features to #krita_manual [X] Write release notes. This is a big release, so the big release notes are stored at https://krita.org/en/krita-4-2-release-notes/ [X] Create release announcement [X] Notify people that they can start making release demonstrations. [] Update download page [] Update IRC topic #### Post-release: [] tumblr [] BlenderArtists [] deviantart [] VK [] blendernation [] twitter [] facebook If you have completed a task, add a comment. If you have anything else to add, add a comment as well! Putting all the comments about a given release into a single task is much easier on the bookkeeping!