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1 # MoarVM Release Guide
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3 ## Versions
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5 MoarVM currently has a monthly release cycle, with releases made in time for
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6 the month's NQP and Rakudo release. Version numbers are simply YYYY.MM. For
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7 example, the January 2014 release is 2014.01. If any bugfix releases need to
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8 be made, they should be numbered as 2041.01.1, 2041.01.2, etc.
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10 ## Making a release
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12 1. Make sure that you are on the MoarVM commit you want to make a release
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13 from, and that your status is clean.
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15 2. Ensure that NQP and Rakudo will build and that `make test` in each is
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16 clean. Also run `make spectest` in Rakudo; discuss any failures you see
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17 with the Rakudo developers.
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19 3. If possible, run NQP and Rakudo `make test` and Rakudo `make spectest` when
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20 `#define MVM_DEBUG_NFG 1` and `#define MVM_DEBUG_NFG_STRICT 1` in src/strings/ops.h
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21 after recompiling to make sure there have been no normalization bugs
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22 introduced.
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24 4. Update docs/ChangeLog with any significant changes since the previous release.
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26 5. Update the VERSION file with the release name.
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28 6. Run `make release VERSION=2017.10`, substituting the correct version name.
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30 7. Take the MoarVM-2017.10.tar.gz file generated by step 6, copy it to a separate directory,
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31 extract it, and then in that directory do:
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33 perl Configure.pl --prefix=install
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34 make install
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35 install/bin/moar --version
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37 8. Provided step 5 and 6 work, you have a release! You need to setup git to be
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38 able to sign your commits. The -a option adds a tag while the -s makes sure
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39 the tag is signed. Even if your commits are signed by default, you will need
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40 the -s option as well.
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42 git tag -as 2017.10
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44 9. Run `git verify-tag 2017.10` to make sure the signature is valid and the tag
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45 was actually signed.
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47 10. Upload it by committing the tar file
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48 to https://github.com/MoarVM/moarvm.org/ in the releases directory.
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50 11. Make sure you have the Text::Markdown Perl 5 module and run:
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52 ./tools/moarvm.org_releases.pl > ../moarvm.org/releases.html
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54 It should output to STDERR all the versions it found in ChangeLog make sure
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55 the most recent release appears first and all releases going back to 2014.01
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56 appear.
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58 12. Manually edit moarvm.org/index.html to have the DL link and mention the most
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59 recent release.
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60 Changes need to be made on lines:
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61 - 36: Large text
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62 - 38: Description text
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63 - 41: Download link
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65 13. Create a gpg signature
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67 gpg --detach-sign --armor MoarVM-2018.04.tar.gz
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69 Verify the signature:
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70 gpg --verify MoarVM-2018.04.tar.gz.asc
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72 14. Copy the tar.gz and the signature:
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74 cp MoarVM-2018.04.tar.gz MoarVM-2018.04.tar.gz.asc ../moarvm.org/releases
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76 15. Optionally, update the ports/macports/Portfile to reflect this latest
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77 version, and open a ticket at https://trac.macports.org/newticket to get
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78 the macport updated. (For now, just make Coke do it.)
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80 16. Do something fun to celebrate. Like watching nyan cat, or having a beer. Or
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81 why not both?