SIRF 3.0.0 Release Candidate 1 checklist

[evgueni-ovtchinnikov]

Release Checklist

Set version variable of the release for further steps using the format

VER=3.0.0-rc.1

1. Submodules (within SIRF)
   • [x] tag data
   • git submodule update # should not complain
   • cd data && git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER" && git push --tags && cd ..
   • git status # should not list data as modified
2. SIRF
   • [x] update CHANGES.md
   • [x] update NOTICE.txt
   • [x] update .zenodo.json
   • [x] update version numbers in SIRF/CMakeLists.txt
   • [x] update version numbers in the doc/UsersGuide.md etc
   • [x] run all demos
   • [x] run ctest
   • [x] git push
   • [x] check Travis
   • [x] run doxygen, check, send files for uploading and update the doxygen link on Wiki
   • [x] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [x] git push origin v$VER
   • [ ] if final release only: create release on https://github.com/SyneRBI/SIRF/releases/new linked to the tag and copying all CHANGES.md since last release (as listed on https://github.com/SyneRBI/SIRF/releases)
3. SuperBuild
   • [x] update CHANGES.md
   • [x] update NOTICE.txt
   • [x] update SIRF-Superbuild/version_config.cmake with new SIRF_TAG (and STIR_TAG etc if necessary)
   • [x] git push
   • [x] check Travis
   • [x] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [x] git push origin v$VER
   • [ ] if final release only: create release on https://github.com/SyneRBI/SIRF-SuperBuild/releases/new linked to the tag and copying all CHANGES.md since last release (as listed on https://github.com/SyneRBI/SIRF-SuperBuild/releases)
4. SIRF-Contribs
   • [ ] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [ ] git push origin v$VER
5. Virtual Machine
   • [x] update version number in VM_version.txt
   • [x] update vb.name in vagrant/vagrantfile
   • [x] update CHANGES.md
   • [x] update NOTICE.txt
   • [x] git push
   • [x] vagrant up
   • [ ] Virtualbox Guest Additions
   • [ ] run first_run.sh script (gnome settings and zero-fill trick)
   • [ ] check that the serial port is deselected.
   • [ ] export the VM
   • [ ] ctest on VM
   • [ ] run all exercises (download data first)
   • [ ] upload to Zenodo
     • use name like SIRF 2.2.0.ova (with space) as Zenodo uses alphabetical ordering probably, add -release-candidate-1 if necessary (as most people will not know what rc1 means).
   • [ ] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [ ] git push origin v$VER
6. SIRF-Exercises (already checked in VM)
   • [ ] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [ ] git push origin v$VER
7. Website (if final release)
   • [ ] update Software page (version info, VM etc)
   • [ ] upload doxygen
   • [ ] update link for doxygen in Wiki
   • [ ] add news flash
8. Announce
   • [ ] Send email to SyneRBI-DEVEL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK; SyneRBI-USERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK; add SyneRBI@JISCMAIL.AC.UK for final release
9. Tag wikis
   • [ ] git clone https://github.com/SyneRBI/SIRF.wiki.git; cd SIRF.wiki (or pull)
   • [ ] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [ ] git push origin v$VER
   • [ ] git clone https://github.com/SyneRBI/SyneRBI_VM.wiki.git; cd SyneRBI_VM.wiki (or pull)
   • [ ] git tag -a v$VER -m "version $VER"
   • [ ] git push origin v$VER

[KrisThielemans]

closing as we'll proceed with 3.0.0