release-checklist.md

Flatpak release checklist

• Update NEWS
• Update version number in meson.build
• Update release date in NEWS
• Commit the changes
• ninja -C ${builddir} flatpak-update-po
  • This will update po/; commit those changes too
• meson dist -C ${builddir}
• Do any final smoke-testing, e.g. update a package, install and test it
• git evtag sign $VERSION
• git push --atomic origin main $VERSION
• https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/new
  • Fill in the new version's tag in the "Tag version" box
  • Title: Release $VERSION
  • Copy the NEWS text into the description
  • Check "This is a pre-release" for 1.odd.x development releases
  • Upload the tarball that you built with make distcheck
  • Get the sha256sum of the tarball and append it to the description
  • Publish release
• Send an announcement to the mailing list