Extra required software for making a release * [github-release](https://github.com/aktau/github-release) for uploading packages * pandoc for making the html and man pages Making a release * git status - make sure everything is checked in * Check travis & appveyor builds are green * make check * make test # see integration test server or run locally * make tag * edit docs/content/changelog.md * make doc * git status - to check for new man pages - git add them * git commit -a -v -m "Version v1.XX.0" * make retag * git push --tags origin master * # Wait for the appveyor and travis builds to complete then... * make fetch_binaries * make tarball * make sign_upload * make check_sign * make upload * make upload_website * make upload_github * make startdev * # announce with forum post, twitter post, G+ post Early in the next release cycle update the vendored dependencies * Review any pinned packages in go.mod and remove if possible * make update * git status * git add new files * git commit -a -v If `make update` fails with errors like this: ``` # github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/md2man ../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man@v1.0.8/md2man/md2man.go:11:16: undefined: blackfriday.EXTENSION_NO_INTRA_EMPHASIS ../../../../pkg/mod/github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man@v1.0.8/md2man/md2man.go:12:16: undefined: blackfriday.EXTENSION_TABLES ``` Can be fixed with * GO111MODULE=on go get -u github.com/russross/blackfriday@v1.5.2 * GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy * GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor Making a point release. If rclone needs a point release due to some horrendous bug, then * git branch v1.XX v1.XX-fixes * git cherry-pick any fixes * Test (see above) * make NEW_TAG=v1.XX.1 tag * edit docs/content/changelog.md * make TAG=v1.43.1 doc * git commit -a -v -m "Version v1.XX.1" * git tag -d -v1.XX.1 * git tag -s -m "Version v1.XX.1" v1.XX.1 * git push --tags -u origin v1.XX-fixes * make BRANCH_PATH= TAG=v1.43.1 fetch_binaries * make TAG=v1.43.1 tarball * make TAG=v1.43.1 sign_upload * make TAG=v1.43.1 check_sign * make TAG=v1.43.1 upload * make TAG=v1.43.1 upload_website * make TAG=v1.43.1 upload_github * NB this overwrites the current beta so after the release, rebuild the last travis build * Announce!