ReleaseCheckList

Preparation

• Write up a changelog in the wiki
• Check copyright year in fluidsynth.c
• Update the version in the configure.ac / CMakeLists.txt to reflect the new version
• Also update the library versions in configure.ac / CMakeLists.txt as per the embedded documentation (i.e., if there is any new C API and what not) (LIB_VERSION_AGE and LIB_VERSION_REVISION).
• If there are any new API features or settings, they should be documented in the developers reference document.
• Update man page with any new command line or settings options
• Generate new Doxyfile
• find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/@NEXT_RELEASE@/REAL_VERSION/g' {} + with REAL_VERSION=x.y.z

Actual release

• Do a clean checkout from SVN and make a tag

  svn co https://fluidsynth.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fluidsynth fluidsynth svn copy https://fluidsynth.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fluidsynth/trunk https://fluidsynth.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fluidsynth/tags/Vx_y_z -m "Tagging x.y.z release"

• Build the tarball:

  cd fluidsynth/trunk/fluidsynth ./autogen.sh mkdir build cd build cmake .. make tarball-autotools

• Upload tarball to SourceForge?

Announce the release

• fluidsynth.org
• fluid-dev
• LAA list - http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-announce
• freshmeat.net - http://freshmeat.net/projects/fluid
• Update http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/apps/categories/fluidsynth