Preparation

• Fix all the blocker bugs
• Make sure we have buildbot configured to handle the release (2 lines to uncomment in ~/buildbot/main/master.cfg)
• Create a branch for the release:
  • Remove 'pre' in the version number in the branch
  • Set the changeset ids for mozilla, venkman and inspector in client.py in the branch
  • List the ready-to-ship locales in instantbird/locales/shipped-locales and commit this file in the branch
  • Bump the version number of the trunk nightlies
• Add the 2 new versions in socorro: Go in the ib_crashes PostgreSQL database: psql ib_crashes and execute:

INSERT INTO productdims (product, version, branch, release) VALUES ('Instantbird', '1.2', 0, 'milestone');
INSERT INTO product_visibility (productdims_id, start_date, end_date) VALUES (6, NOW(), NOW() + INTERVAL '1 year');
INSERT INTO productdims (product, version, branch, release) VALUES ('Instantbird', '1.3a1pre', 0, 'development');
INSERT INTO product_visibility (productdims_id, start_date, end_date) VALUES (7, NOW(), NOW() + INTERVAL '1 year');

where "6 and "7" need to be adapted with the ids of the rows inserted in the productdims table, then clear the cache: cd /www/instantbird/socorro/src/webapp-php/application/cache && rm -Rf *

• Create new Target Milestone values in Bugzilla.
• Add 2 new versions on addons.instantbird.org and update the maxVersion of 'official addons'.
  • Check "recommended" add-ons are 1) not obsolete and 2) are still expected to work with the new version.
  • Bump the maxVersion of converted Adium message themes: UPDATE `addons_users` AS AU JOIN `versions` AS V ON (AU.`addon_id` = V.`addon_id`) JOIN `applications_versions` AS AV ON (V.`id` = AV.`version_id`) SET AV.`max` = 26 WHERE AU.`user_id` = 5 where 5 is the id of the "adium" user and 26 is the id of the "1.3a1pre" version in the "appversions" table.
  • Bump maxversion on emoticon themes
• Check that get_previous_mar.php <version number> returns the expected result.
• Request builds from buildbot (expect ~6 hours before all the builds are ready to be tested)
• Ask people (IRC/mailing list) to test the release candidates
  • Produce new sets of candidate builds until it's ok.
  • Make sure translators have seen the localized release candidates

• Check that we have good symbols for all OSes

• Check that everything is OK in the update system
  • Check that we have good partial mar files
  • Check that the localized builds send their locale id in their update requests

• Create a source tarball: Instantbird:Create_source_tarball (expect ~70 minutes on a 100Mbps server, 9 minutes on cb3)
• (optional) create Linux 64 bit builds.
• Write the release notes
  • Make sure all the locales we ship are listed
  • Generate the ChangeLog
    • Example of command: (hg log -b default --rev 473:1286 && hg log -b 0.2 --rev 473:0.2 ) > ~/Sites/instantbird.com/ChangeLog-0.2 where 473 is the first revision that isn't in the previous release and 1286 is the last revision that isn't in the 0.2 branch
    • Another example: hg log -r "ancestor(1.1,1.2)::1.2" |tail +6
  • Update the FAQ
  • Ask people in IRC to proof-read
  • Commit to hg.instantbird.org/websites/www.instantbird.com
    • Give translators a few days to localize the new page.
  • Make sure the copyright year in the footer of the website is correct

• Check that all needed documentation on the wiki is OK.

• Move the final builds
  • Create the directory of the release
  • Create physical links between the latest release candidate of each OS, and their complete mar too (for i in ../<version>-candidates/201-instantbird/*; do ln $i; done</code>).
  • Move the source tarball here
  • Check that the chmod of all files are correct (<code>chmod +r *</code>).
  • Create the md5sum file (<code>md5 `ls |fgrep -v .mar` > md5sum</code>).
  • rsync the builds from cb2 to ereicros (expect ~15 minutes).
  • upload the builds to Google Code (expect ~15 minutes).

• Blog post
  • Write the announcement
    • Ensure there's something answering the "What's next?" question.
  • Ask people to proof-read

Final steps

• hg pull/hg up on the website
  • Check that all the download links work and go to the expected mirror.
• Change the topic of #instantbird
• Update version flag (and possibly target milestone) on bugzilla
• Post on the blog
• Post on freshmeat
• Update the timeline

Feedback

• New bugs on bugzilla
• Comments on the blog post
• Emails
• Socorro crash reports