Release procedure

Test phase

  • Decide whether it’s a minor or major increment, and set version number in CMakeLists.txt
  • Decide and set recommended_python_minor in hugo/hugo.toml
  • Declare feature freeze
  • Release new versions of library dependencies (heinz, ff) if they have changed
  • Start release branch
  • Update CHANGELOG
  • Build packages, and test them
  • Start new branch in ba-www, and write release letter (content/news/release-*.md)

Finalize release

  • Finalize bornagain (MRs against release branch):
    • Finalize CHANGELOG
    • In hugo/hugo.toml, update baseURL, release_number, version_name, url_blob
  • After merger into release branch, set git tag vx.y

Finalize ba-www (in fresh release branch):

  • Finalize release letter
  • Update content/documentation.md
  • Update static/js/version_switch
  • In hugo.toml, update version_mm
  • Hold back MR until everything else is ready

Upload installers and wheels (this makes the release irreversible):

  • Build installers and wheels for all Python versions
  • Installers to www@scgbuild:www/ext/ba/files/version.patch/
  • Wheels to PyPI

Publish

  • Create release in Jugit

  • As www on @scg3

    cd ~/ba
    cp -pr <old_version>/repo <new_version>/repo; # for hotfix, use extant directory
    git fetch --all --prune
    git checkout <release_branch>
    git pull --all
    cd build
    cmake ..
    make
    ctest
    make figures
    cd ../hugo
    hugo
    cd ../..
    ln -si repo/hugo/public hugo-public
    cd ~/www/ba/public
    ln -si /home/www/ba/VERSION/hugo-public VERSION
    rm latest
    ln -si VERSION latest
    
  • Merge release branch to ba-www => Docs will automatically be updated

  • Inform users

    • Mail to BornAgain mailing list
    • For major milestones, mail to external mailing lists (neutron, sa_scat [unsigned mails only!])
    • Update “Latest” section on computing.mlz-garching.de

Continue development

  • Merge changes back into main
    • fork new feature branch from main
    • merge release branch
    • restore “git-main” in hugo/hugo.toml
    • update version number in CMakeLists.txt
    • create MR against main