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CreatingRelease

Setting game version number

Package versioning and In game display

in configure.ac change
AC_INIT(freedroidRPG, 0.14rc1)

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.

Credits

Do not forget to update the version number and the names in map/titles/Credits.title.

Updating changelogs

Update Changelog. LC_ALL=C svn log HEAD:rXXXX > ChangeLog

Creating the packages

Before starting:

Linux source tarball

1) Do a new 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-gzip
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. (sudo make install, run it, sudo make uninstall)
8) Check 6-7 also with user folder deleted.
9) Check that Mapediting (load/change/save) works.

Windows .zip

1) Build the Win32 .exe file using a cross compiler, place it in src/ 2) make dist-win32 will prepare the package in a subfolder 3) Add all needed DLLs to the folder ( http://ah34.free.fr/DLL/ )
4) Compress the folder into a zip.
5) Verify it extracts & runs properly.

Windows Self Extracting Archive

Get Cygal to do his SEA under Windows (that adds desktop links etc)

or, for more plain versions
1-4) As above, then
for SE zip:
http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html#unixSFX

for 7z:
5) 7za a -sfx freedroidrpg-0.11rc1-win32.exe freedroidrpg-0.11rc1-win32
6) Verify it extracts & runs properly.

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

MacOS

Putting the files online

SourceForge File Release System (FRS)

https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Release files for download

/home/frs/project/f/fr/freedroid from the SF.net shell server.

rsync -avP freedroidrpg-0.15.tar.gz ahuillet,freedroid@frs.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/f/fr/freedroid/freedroidRPG/freedroidRPG-0.15

Login to your account on http://sourceforge.net/ with your browser.
Go to the freedroid project.
In the ADMIN tab select "File Releases"

Announcing the release

FRS people monitoring this package

Put a marker in the box to mail these people

Mailing list

Send out a mail

Website

Put up a news item on the front/news page

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