Setting game version number
Package versioning
in CMakeLists.txt change
+SET(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR 11) +SET(PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH rc1)
In game display
in configure.ac change
AC_INIT(freedroidRPG, 0.11rc1)
The "testing version" warning popup message is added automatically for builds with "rc" in the name.
Todo: Figure out if...
- Possible to make a version string that automatically updates svn version?
AC_INIT(freedroidRPG, 0.11rc1 svn961 ) ?
Other projects, eg ufoai, has this. Convenient for bug reports.
- Should rc builds be treated as "stable" to not be quitting due to float exceptions? This is true now, but should it?
Creating the packages
Linux source tarball
1) Do a fresh checkout (so old cruft in your own version isn't included)
svn co
https://freedroid.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freedroid freedroid-clean
2) cd freedroid-clean
3) ./autogen.sh
4) ./configure
5) make dist-bzip2
6) Verify that the created tar works (unpack && ./configure && make) and game runs from src/ folder.
7) Also verify that make install works and installed game runs. (make install, run it, make uninstall)
Current manual fixups:
- Remove any language dir in po/ that is not complete enough to be in the release
- Add HELP_WANTED & INSTALL.generic
Windows .zip
1) Create a new empty folder with an appropriate name, eg freedroidrpg-0.11rc1-win32
2) Compile or download freedroidRPG.exe (AH usually has it here
http://www.freedroid.org/freedroidRPG.exe ) and place it in the created folder
3) Add all needed DLLs to the folder (
http://ah34.free.fr/DLL/ )
4) Add the following files and subfolders from the Linux tarball
Files Required:
COPYING (the GPL licence)
README Files Optional:
HELP-WANTED NEWS Changelog Folders:
dialogs/ graphics/ map/ po/ sound/ 5) Compress the folder into a zip.
6) Verify it extracts & runs properly.
Windows selfextracting 7z
1-4) As above
5) 7za a -sfx freedroidrpg-0.11rc1-win32.exe freedroidrpg-0.11rc1-win32
6) Verify it extracts & runs properly.
http://www.tu-harburg.de/rzt/tuinfo/oberflaechen/linux/sfx.html
Advantage over zip: No risk of user using broken unziptool, about 5% smaller
Disadvantage: Some people don't like .exe packages
Todo:
Linux .deb package
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=51003
Beos
Putting the files online
Temporary upload location.
Do NOT release from here. Only used this as a temporary storage location to eg allow a small group of users, eg the development team, to download and verify your package is working before putting it on the release server.
1) SCP the files 1 by 1 to the SF server
scp
FILENAME USERNAME@shell.sf.net:/home/groups/f/fr/freedroid/htdocs
2) Send the proper link(s) to the target people.
http://www.freedroid.org/
FILENAME 3) Remember to login and remove the files when not needed any more.
ssh
USERNAME@shell.sf.net
SourceForge File Release System (FRS)
Note: You have to have the appropriate administration rights on SF for FreedroidRPG
1) Using eg Filezilla, connect to frs.sourceforge.net:22
2) Upload the files to the upload/ dir.
3) Login to your account on
http://sourceforge.net/ with your browser.
4) Go to the freedroid project.
5) In the ADMIN tab select "File Releases"
6) in FRS for package name: freedroidRPG press the add release button.
7) Name the release, eg freedroidRPG-0.11rc1 and continue
8) Fill in the form, committing the section after each change. Look on previous releases for file settings.
9) Verify links are working and correct packages are downloaded.
You find the relevant documentation here
http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=1 section E01
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=6445&group_id=1
Announcing the release
FRS people monitoring this package
put a marker in the box to mail these people
News item on SF
1) Login to your account on
http://sourceforge.net/ with your browser.
2) Go to the freedroid project.
3) In the ADMIN tab select "News"
4) press submit
5) write the new entry
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