Note that things change at each release, so there may be new things not
covered here, or tools may need updating.
+=head1 MAKING A CHECKLIST
+
+If you are preparing to do a release, you can run the
+F<Porting/make-rmg-checklist> script to generate a new version of this
+document that starts with a checklist for your release.
+
+This script is run as:
+
+ perl Porting/make-rmg-checklist \
+ --type [BLEAD-POINT or MAINT or ...] > /tmp/rmg.pod
+
+You can also pass the C<--html> flag to generate an HTML document instead of
+POD.
+
+ perl Porting/make-rmg-checklist --html \
+ --type [BLEAD-POINT or MAINT or ...] > /tmp/rmg.html
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Before you can make an official release of perl, there are a few
hoops you need to jump through:
-=head3 PAUSE account
+=head3 PAUSE account with pumpkin status
Make sure you have a PAUSE account suitable for uploading a perl release.
If you don't have a PAUSE account, then request one:
https://pause.perl.org/pause/query?ACTION=pause_04imprint
-=head3 search.cpan.org
+=head3 search.cpan.org pumpkin status
Make sure that search.cpan.org knows that you're allowed to upload
perl distros. Contact Graham Barr to make sure that you're on the right
list.
-=head3 CPAN mirror
+=head3 rt.perl.org update access
-Some release engineering steps require a full mirror of the CPAN.
-Work to fall back to using a remote mirror via HTTP is incomplete
-but ongoing. (No, a minicpan mirror is not sufficient)
+Make sure you have permission to close tickets on L<http://rt.perl.org/>
+so you can respond to bug report as necessary during your stint. If you
+don't, make an account (if you don't have one) and contact the pumpking
+with your username to get ticket-closing permission.
=head3 git checkout and commit bit
you into the idea in the first place to figure out the best way to
resolve the issue.
+=head3 git clone of https://github.com/perlorg/perlweb
+
+For updating the L<http://dev.perl.org> web pages, either a Github account or
+sweet-talking somebody with a Github account into obedience is needed. This
+is only needed on the day of the release or shortly afterwards.
+
=for checklist skip RC
=head3 Quotation for release announcement epigraph
For all except an RC release of perl, you will need a quotation
to use as an epigraph to your release announcement.
-=back
-
-=for checklist
-
=head2 Building a release - advance actions
-The work of building a release candidate for a numbered release of
-perl generally starts several weeks before the first release candidate.
-Some of the following steps should be done regularly, but all I<must> be
-done in the run up to a release.
-
+The work of building a release candidate for an even numbered release
+(BLEAD-FINAL) of perl generally starts several weeks before the first
+release candidate. Some of the following steps should be done regularly,
+but all I<must> be done in the run up to a release.
=head3 dual-life CPAN module synchronisation
and maint are synchronised with a particular CPAN module, but one might
have some extra changes.
+=head3 How to sync a CPAN module with a cpan/ distro
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Fetch the most recent version from CPAN.
+
+=item *
+
+Unpack the retrieved tarball. Rename the old directory; rename the new
+directory to the original name.
+
+=item *
+
+Restore any F<.gitignore> file. This can be done by issueing
+C<git checkout .gitignore> in the F<cpan/Distro> directory.
+
+=item *
+
+Remove files we do not need. That is, remove any files that match the
+entries in C<@IGNORE> in F<Porting/Maintainer.pl>, and anything that
+matches the C<EXCLUDED> section of the distro's entry in the C<%Modules>
+hash.
+
+=item *
+
+Restore any files mentioned in the C<CUSTOMIZED> section, using
+C<git checkout>. Make any new customizations if necessary. Also,
+restore any files that are mentioned in C<@IGNORE>, but were checked
+in in the repository anyway.
+
+=item *
+
+For any new files in the distro, determine whether they are needed.
+If not, delete them, and list them in either C<EXCLUDED> or C<@INGORE>.
+Otherwise, add them to C<MANIFEST>, and run C<git add> to add the files
+to the repository.
+
+=item *
+
+For any files that are gone, remove them from C<MANIFEST>, and use
+C<git rm> to tell git the files will be gone.
+
+=item *
+
+If the C<MANIFEST> file was changed in any of the previous steps, run
+C<perl Porting/manisort --output MANIFEST.sort; mv MANIFEST.sort MANIFEST>.
+
+=item *
+
+For any files that have an execute bit set, either remove the execute
+bit, or edit F<Porting/exec-bit.txt>
+
+=item *
+
+Run C<make>, see if C<perl> compiles.
+
+=item *
+
+Run the tests for the package.
+
+=item *
+
+Run the tests in F<t/porting>.
+
+=item *
+
+Update the C<DISTRIBUTION> entry in F<Porting/Maintainers.pl>.
+
+=item *
+
+Run a full configure/build/test cycle.
+
+=item *
+
+If everything is ok, commit the changes.
+
+=back
+
+For entries with a non-simple C<FILES> section, or with a C<MAP>, you
+may have to take more steps than listed above.
+
+F<Porting/sync-with-cpan> is a script that automates most of the steps
+above; but see the comments at the beginning of the file.
+
=head3 dual-life CPAN module stability
(also, try to inform the module's author)
-=head3 smoking
+=head3 monitor smoke tests for failures
Similarly, monitor the smoking of core tests, and try to fix. See
L<http://doc.procura.nl/smoke/index.html> for a summary. See also
fix.
-=head3 perldelta
+=head3 update perldelta
Get perldelta in a mostly finished state.
=head3 Check more build configurations
-Check some more build configurations. The check that setuid builds and
-installs is for < 5.11.0 only.
+Check some more build configurations.
$ sh Configure -Dprefix=/tmp/perl-5.x.y -Uinstallusrbinperl \
- -Duseshrplib -Dd_dosuid
+ -Duseshrplib -Dusesitecustomize
$ make
- $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd` make test # or similar for useshrplib
-
- $ make suidperl
- $ su -c 'make install'
- $ ls -l .../bin/sperl
- -rws--x--x 1 root root 69974 2009-08-22 21:55 .../bin/sperl
-
-(Then delete the installation directory.)
+ $ make test
XXX think of other configurations that need testing.
=head4 Bump C<$Module::CoreList::VERSION>
-If necessary, bump C<$VERSION> (there's no need to do this for
+If necessary, bump C<$Module::CoreList::VERSION> (there's no need to do this for
every RC; in RC1, bump the version to a new clean number that will
appear in the final release, and leave as-is for the later RCs and final).
It may also happen that C<Module::CoreList> has been modified in blead, and
Edit the version number in the new C<< 'Module::CoreList' => 'X.YZ' >>
entry, as that is likely to reflect the previous version number.
+=head4 Bump version in Module::CoreList F<Changes>
+
Also edit Module::CoreList's new version number in its F<Changes>
file.
+=head4 Add Module::CoreList version bump to perldelta
+
Add a perldelta entry for the new Module::CoreList version.
=for checklist skip RC
-=head4 Update C<%Module::CoreList::release> and C<CAVEATS>
+=head4 Update C<%Module::CoreList::released> and C<CAVEATS>
In addition, if this is a final release (rather than a release candidate):
=item *
Make sure that the script has correctly updated the C<CAVEATS> section
+(Note, the C<CAVEATS> section is in
+F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pod>)
=back
+=head4 Commit Module::CoreList changes
+
Finally, commit the new version of Module::CoreList:
(unless this is for MAINT; in which case commit it to blead first, then
cherry-pick it back).
- $ git commit -m 'Update Module::CoreList for 5.x.y' dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+ $ git commit -m 'Update Module::CoreList for 5.x.y' dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pod
=for checklist skip RC
especially as regards version numbers, patch and/or RC levels, and @INC
paths. Note that as they have been been built from a git working
directory, they will still identify themselves using git tags and
-commits.
+commits. (Note that for an odd-numbered version, perl will install
+itself as C<perl5.x.y>). C<perl -v> will identify itself as:
+
+ This is perl 5, version X, subversion Y (v5.X.Y (v5.X.Z-NNN-deadbeef))
+
+where 5.X.Z is the latest tag, Z the number of commits since this tag,
+and C<< deadbeef >> commit of that tag.
Then delete the temporary installation.
=head3 test the tarball
-=over 4
+Once you have a tarball it's time to test the tarball (not the repository).
-=item *
+=head4 Copy the tarball to a web server
Copy the tarballs (.gz and possibly .bz2) to a web server somewhere you
have access to.
-=item *
+=head4 Download the tarball to another machine
Download the tarball to some other machine. For a release candidate,
you really want to test your tarball on two or more different platforms
and architectures. The #p5p IRC channel on irc.perl.org is a good place
to find willing victims.
-=item *
+=head4 Check that F<Configure> works
Check that basic configuration and tests work on each test machine:
$ ./Configure -des && make all test
-=item *
+=head4 Run the test harness and install
Check that the test harness and install work on each test machine:
$ ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/install/path && make all test_harness install
$ cd /install/path
-=item *
+=head4 Check C<perl -v> and C<perl -V>
Check that the output of C<perl -v> and C<perl -V> are as expected,
especially as regards version numbers, patch and/or RC levels, and @INC
Note that the results may be different without a F<.git/> directory,
which is why you should test from the tarball.
-=item *
-
-Run the Installation Verification Procedure utility:
+=head4 Run the Installation Verification Procedure utility
$ ./perl utils/perlivp
...
All tests successful.
$
-=item *
+=head4 Compare the installed paths to the last release
Compare the pathnames of all installed files with those of the previous
release (i.e. against the last installed tarball on this branch which you
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/f2
diff -u /tmp/f[12]
-=item *
+=head4 Test the CPAN client
Bootstrap the CPAN client on the clean install:
command-line tools available for CPAN to function correctly without
Perl alternatives like LWP installed. Cygwin is an obvious choice.)
-=item *
+=head4 Install the Inline module and test it
Try installing a popular CPAN module that's reasonably complex and that
has dependencies; for example:
42
$
-=item *
+=head4 Bootstrap the CPANPLUS client
Bootstrap the CPANPLUS client on the clean install:
that you don't end up with its various F<bin/cpan*> programs being found on
the PATH before those of the Perl that you're trying to test.)
-=item *
-
-Install an XS module, for example:
+=head4 Install the DBI module with CPANPLUS
CPAN Terminal> i DBI
CPAN Terminal> quit
$ bin/perl -MDBI -e 1
$
-=item *
+=head4 Make sure that perlbug works
-Check that the L<perlbug> utility works. Try the following:
+Test L<perlbug> with the following:
$ bin/perlbug
...
delete the file, and try it again, this time actually submitting the bug
report. Check that it shows up, then remember to close it!
-=back
-
=for checklist skip BLEAD-POINT
=head3 monitor smokes
(e.g., cpan.hexten.net
or cpan.cpantesters.org) to confirm that your uploads have been successful.
+=for checklist skip RC
+
+=head3 wait for indexing
+
I<You MUST SKIP this step for RC>
Wait until you receive notification emails from the PAUSE indexer
series, 5.x.0 where x is even), then bump the version in the blead branch
in git, e.g. 5.12.0 to 5.13.0.
-First, add a new feature bundle to F<lib/feature.pm>, initially by just
-copying the exiting entry, and bump the file's $VERSION; e.g.
+First, add a new feature bundle to F<regen/feature.pl>, initially by just
+copying the exiting entry, and bump the file's $VERSION (after the __END__
+marker); e.g.
"5.14" => [qw(switch say state unicode_strings)],
+ "5.15" => [qw(switch say state unicode_strings)],
+Run F<regen/feature.pl> to propagate the changes to F<lib/feature.pm>.
+
Then follow the section L<"Bump the version number"> to bump the version
in the remaining files and test and commit.
=back
+=for checklist skip RC
=head3 update dev.perl.org
-I<This step ONLY for BLEAD-FINAL and MAINT>
+I<You MUST SKIP this step for a RC release>
+
+In the C<perlorg> repository, edit F<docs/dev/perl5/index.html>
+to link to this new release. Then make a pull request to Leo Lapworth.
+If this fails for some reason and you cannot cajole anybody else into
+submitting that change, you can mail Leo as last resort.
-Ask Leo Lapworth to update L<http://dev.perl.org/perl5/>.
+This repository can be found on L<github|https://github.com/perlorg/perlweb>.
=for checklist end
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff