Lazarus 0.9.28.2 release plan

Tagging release

• Set release version in fixes_0_9_28 (Vincent)
  • lazarus/ide/version.inc
  • lazarus/lcl/lclversion.pas
  • lazarus/debian/changelog
  • lazarus/lazarus.app/Contents/Info.plist
• Tag fixes_0_9_28 to tags/release_0_9_28_2 (Vincent)
• Increase version number in fixes to 0.9.28.3 (Vincent)

Building and uploading release

Building

• source (Vincent)
• html docs (Vincent)
• chm docs (Vincent)
• win32 (Vincent)
• win32 for arm-wince (Vincent)
• win64 (Vincent)
• linux source rpm (Vincent)
• linux i386 rpm (Vincent)
• linux x86_64 rpm (Vincent)
• linux i386 deb (Vincent)
• linux x86_64 deb (Vincent)
• Mac OS X powerpc (Vincent)
• Mac OS X i386 (Vincent)

Uploading

• Ubuntu repo i386 (Vincent)
• Ubuntu repo x86_64 (Vincent)
• Move files from their temporary location (/home/pfs/project/l/la/lazarus/OldFiles/0.9.28.2) to the actual visual location in the SourceForge File Release System (Vincent)
• Mac OS X: fink unstable tree (Michael)

Announcements

• Wiki: downloading, installation, getting source hints (Vincent)
  • Installing Lazarus
• List of changes: Lazarus 0.9.28.2 release notes (Vincent)
• Mailing lists (Vincent)
• News item on www.lazarus.freepascal.org (Vincent)
• Sourceforge (Vincent)
• Freshmeat (Vincent)
• Change IRC topic (Marc)
• New versions in Mantis (Vincent)

After release

• Make sure snapshots are created correctly for the new version (Vincent)

Further

• Relax (all)
• Plan next release (Paul)