- Packaging Team
- Release Team
- Two Month Release Timeline for QGIS
- Three weeks before - feature freeze [Date?]
- One week before - feature freeze [Date?]
- One week before - branch & call for packaging [14 July 2008]
- Day of release [21 July 2008 ]
- Post Release
- Call for translators email
- Branching and Tagging Details
- Bug Tracker System
- Generate the changelog
- Pro-forma call for packaging announcement:
- Announcing the release
- Create an announcement template
- A Generic release subject
- A generic 20 word summary
- A mailing list announcement
- A generic short html announcement
- A generic short plain text announcement
- A generic product description
- A generic features list
<!> Mark completed items using the (./) symbol
Hint: Whan creating a new checklist from this template, search and replace 0.11.0 with your new release version no.
Packaging Team¶
| Name | ||||
| Responsibility | ||||
| Built? | ||||
| Uploaded | ||||
| Tim Sutton | tim at linfiniti.com | Release Manager | ||
| Jürgen E. Fischer | jef at norbit.de | Ubuntu Packages | ||
| Marco Pasetti | marco.pasetti at alice.it | Windows packaging | ||
| Otto Dassau | otto.dassau at gmx.de | openSUSE Packaging | ||
| William | kyngchaos at kyngchaos.com | OSX Frameworks Build | ||
| Niccolo Rigacci | qgis at rigacci.org | Debian Lenny | ||
| Douglas E. Warner | silfreed at silfreed.net | Fedora 8 | ||
| Tom Elwertowski | telwertowski at comcast.net | OSX All in one bundle | ||
| Antonio Chay | antonio.chay at gmail.com | CentOS 5.x | ||
| Jeremy Spykerman | jeremy.spykerman at gmail.com | |||
| Tim Sutton | tim at linfiniti.com | Source | http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/src/ | |
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Packages should be uploaded to upload.osgeo.org into the appropriate subdirs under:
- /osgeo/download/qgis
After each package is uploaded, an entry can be created for it on the http://downloads.qgis.org using this url:
Then go to:
You need to have relevant accounts on the above servers.
Release Team¶
The following table provides a key for release responsibilities, as the release document that follows will be colour coded according to this key:
| style="background-color:#e4e5ae;" | Marco Hugentobler | |
| style="background-color:#ff5339;" | Otto Dassau | |
| style="background-color:#bebdbf;" | Anne Ghisla | |
| style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | Agustin Lobo | |
| style="background-color:#e5aebf;" | Richard Duivenvoorde | |
| style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | Maning Sambale | |
| style="background-color:#95ff39;" | Paolo Cavallini | |
| style="background-color:#f4a100;" | Release team all |
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Two Month Release Timeline for QGIS¶
| Item | |||
| Date / Completed? | |||
| Checked? | |||
| Small enhancements and bug fixes can continue in trunk | |||
| Set date for next release about two months into the future | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | 13/07/2008 | |
| Discuss with PSC & Developers which features should be merged into release (in future this will be trunk) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update the splash screen (minor and major releases!) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update top level CMakeLists.txt with release name and version | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
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Three weeks before - feature freeze [Date?]¶
| Item | |||
| Date / Completed? | |||
| Checked? | |||
| Only bug fixes go into trunk from here forward, no new features | |||
| Complete merge of new features | style="background-color:#e4e5ae;" | ||
| Optional: create preview build and make available for bug reports - see packaging helpers list above | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Call for document managers to update docs based on new features in SVN | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
| Check for changes in project file structure that needs to be handled | style="background-color:#e4e5ae;" | ||
| Release team start writing press releases, making screenshots etc ["VisualChangeLogX.X.X"] | style="background-color:#e5aebf;" | ||
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One week before - feature freeze [Date?]¶
| Item | |||
| Date / Completed? | |||
| Checked? | |||
| Bug fixes can continue in trunk but no more strings can be changed | |||
| Ensure any new contributors have been added to AUTHORS along with their mugshot if available (reserved for SVN committers) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Ensure any new contributors have been added to CONTRIBUTORS (reserved for non SVN committers) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Ensure any new sponsors have been added to SPONSORS | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update the ChangeLog with a list of changes implemented in this release (complete changelog section below) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update index.html to reflect what's new, requirements, and documentation (see current index.html in ./doc of the source tree) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update the whatsNew string in qgisapp.cpp to reflect changes (used to display in about box) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Check that INSTALL.t2t install docs are up to date | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update index.html to reflect GRASS and related lib versions in the win build (see current index.html in ./doc of the source tree) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Check that cmake is deploying all headers required to build apps using libqgis_* | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Apply any pending patches or mark them for a future release in the tracker (see bug tracker section below) | style="background-color:#e4e5ae;" | ||
| Apply fixes for any pending bugs or mark them against a future milestone (see bug tracker section below) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| String freeze announcement for UI | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update and commit ts files using scripts/update_ts_files.sh (GUI Translation Team Lead) after announcement above | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
| Call for translators to update translations and submit their ts files (see pro-forma email below) GUI Translation Team Lead | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
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One week before - branch & call for packaging [14 July 2008]¶
| Item | |||
| Date / Completed? | |||
| Checked? | |||
| No bug fixes, string changes etc. allowed in branch, only packaging related changes | |||
| Ensure all submitted translation updates have been applied (GUI Translation Team Lead) | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
| Branch SVN and call for packaging (see branching notes below) and record revision here: 10639 | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | r8769 | |
Edit build_debian_package.sh and set dch -v X.X.X to the apropriate version number |
style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Update the NSIS installer (win_build/qgis.nsis) to reflect the correct version | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Release team prepare press releases in various formats in anticipation of release (dont publish yet) | style="background-color:#bebdbf;" | ||
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Day of release [21 July 2008 ]¶
| Item | |||
| Date / Completed? | |||
| Checked? | |||
| Close off release branch and announce release to the world | |||
| Tag the branch as final release (see tag section below) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Make tag and branch read only (see notes below) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Note the svn revision number for the tagged release here: | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Generate API documentation and upload to download area (using doxygen) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Export the source code to a source tarball | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Upload release packages to download area (see checklist at the top of this page) | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| Release team announce to press and make packages available | style="background-color:#f4a100;" | ||
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Post Release¶
| Wiki Updates | ||
| Completed? | ||
| Update Release Checklists to mark the release as completed. | style="background-color:#bfd3ff;" |
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| qgis.org Updates | ||
| Completed? | ||
| Update the 'Current Release' link on the main menu | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | |
| Update the 'Download' link on the top menu bar | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | |
| Add release newsflash | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | |
| Current version page to be updated | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | |
| svn download of tagged release updated | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | |
| download page updated | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | |
| screenshots updated | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" |
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| Publicising (see announcing the release section below) | |
| Completed? | |
| http://freshmeat.net | |
| http://kde-apps.org | |
| http://qt-apps.org | |
| http://freegis.org | |
| http://apple.com | |
| http://slashgeo.org/submit.pl | |
| http://lxer.com/module/newswire/stories/add.php | |
| http://www.freemacware.com/let-us-know | |
| http://www.osnews.com/submit.php | |
| http://directory.fsf.org/project/QGIS/ | |
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| Announcements on mailing lists | |||
| Completed? | |||
| freegis-list: http://intevation.de/mailman/listinfo/freegis-list | style="background-color:#bfd3ff;" | ||
| grassuser: http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuse | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | ||
| qgis-user: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| qgis-developer: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qgis-developer | style="background-color:#bee5ae;" | ||
| pkg-grass-general: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-general | style="background-color:#bebdbf;" | ||
| osgeo-announce: news_item@osgeo.org | style="background-color:#bebdbf;" | Tyler | |
| osgeo-discuss: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss | style="background-color:#aed0e5;" | ||
| osgeo-africa: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa | style="background-color:#;" | ||
| ppgis: ppgis@dgroups.org | style="background-color:#;" | ||
| gav-talk: http://www.grass-verein.de/ml_irc.html (german) | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
| grass-de: http://www.grass-verein.de/ml_irc.html (german) | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
| viscom-de: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-discuss-de (german) | style="background-color:#ff5339;" | ||
| gfoss.it: http://www.faunalia.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gfoss (italian) | style="background-color:#95ff39;" | ||
| info@aet.org.es (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| TELEDETECCION@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| telenet@latuv.uva.es (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| SIG@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| ecespa@ecologiaespacial.es (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| infogeo@eListas.net (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| map-mac@avenza.com (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" | ||
| ppgis-scope@igc.org (spanish) | style="background-color:#ffe74b;" |
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Call for translators email¶
Hi All (and especially translators)
As of today please note that we are entering string freeze for the run up to the next release. If you are committing bug fixes please avoid changing any strings. Translation .ts files have been updated in SVN so please update your local svn checkouts. The period for translations will close MMMM-DD-YYYY (i.e. about one week from now) and then we will be branching for release. Any translations submitted to us after that time will only be included in the next release, so please submit what you have by then even if it is not complete.
As always you can track the release plans via the checklist at:
http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/ReleaseChecklist0.11.0
If you have any questions about the translation process, please see the following page which includes instructions on how to generate a .ts file for a new locale.
http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/TranslatorsCorner
Many thanks to all the translators out there for the great work you do!
Regards,
Branching and Tagging Details¶
Branch the release using syntax below (update this with the actual commands you used to tag).
svn cp https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis \
https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/branches/Release-0_11_0
Example of how to tag final release:
svn cp https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/branches/Release-0_11_0 \
https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/tags/Release-0_11_0-Final
Bug Tracker System¶
All bugs that are intended to have been fixed in this release should have been marked as closed. All other bugs on the release branch should be marked for a future release. To do this, create a new milestone and version e.g. we are releasing 0.11.0 now so create a new milestone in trac for 0.11.0+1
cd /var/www trac-admin ./qgis-trac milestone list milestone add "Version 0.11.0" version list version add 0.11.0 quit
Now you need to visit each open bug on the branch and reset its milestone. This can be done automatically but it requires direct access to the trac server (i.e. contact Tim of Gary). To do the update do:
cd /var/www/qgis-trac/db sudo cp trac.db trac_DD-MMMM-YYYY.db sudo sqlite3 trac.db update ticket set milestone = 'Version 0.11.0' where milestone = 'Version X.X' and status <> 'closed'; .q
After this, add a link on the front of the Trac wiki which links to the current milestone. You can visit https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/report/3 to get a report of bugs by milestone.
Create the source tarball using:
cd /tmp
svn export https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/branches/Release-X_X_X \
qgis-X_X_X
Then use your favourite compression tool to create zip and .tar.bz2 archives.
Generate the changelog¶
| Action | |
| Revision | |
| Note revision number of previous release | |
| Revision number of current release | |
|
Using command line and local SVN checkout (first no is svn revision of previous release, second is svn revision of this release):
svn log -r6350:7033 > /tmp/log.txt or to be a little more fancy: svn log -r7722:8242 | grep -i '^[a-z][a-z]' | sed -e "s\^\- \1" > /tmp/log.txt
Another way /additional way to generate a changelog is to use trac to get a list of all closed bugs e.g.
https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/query?status=closed&milestone=Version+0.11.0&order=priority
Pro-forma call for packaging announcement:¶
Dear QGIS devs & packagers
Today I have branched 0.11.0. It would be great if you can assist by making packages for your preferred platform. The branch can be checked out at:
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/branches/Release-0.11.0 qgis-0.11.0
Please do not commit anything to the branch except packaging related tweaks. Source packages will be made available shortly.
The release checklist at :
http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/ReleaseChecklist0.11.0
Has a list of people who have previously made packages. If you make a package for 0.11.0 please be so kind as to add the url to that wiki page in the section provided so that we can gather all the url packages in a systematic way. If you are able to make packages for unlisted platforms / distros please let me know so that we can avoid duplication of effort.
I would like to make the release announcement within the next week or so, so it will be great to have all packages ready by then.
SVN Trunk is open again for general commits but please not that we are aiming to do the next release within two months or so (timetable to be determined) and you should not make any major feature changes without prior discussion with PSC and Dev list.
Many thanks to all the developers, testers, bug fixers, bug reporters, document writers, translators and users that help to make QGIS a reality.
Best regards
Announcing the release¶
Create an announcement template¶
An annoucement templace will save you retypping the same text at the various places of announcement. The following text can be used as a basis:
A Generic release subject¶
Announcing the release of Quantum GIS version 0.11.0
A generic 20 word summary¶
Quantum GIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.
A mailing list announcement¶
It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.11.0. See below for press release:Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost (download here). We welcome contributions from our user community in the form of code contributions, bug fixes, bug reports, contributed documentation, advocacy and supporting other users on our mailing lists and forums. Financial contributions are also welcome. This release introduces several new features including python support and many new GRASS modules. The release also includes numerous bug fixes and stability improvements. QGIS is available is source form, and as binary executables for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. All versions can be obtained from our download page at http://download.qgis.org . As an open source project, we provide support for using QGIS via our mailing lists and bug tracker:
- For general inquiries subscribe to our users mailing list at http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
- For developer related inquiries subscribe to our separate developers list at http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
- If you think you have found a bug, please report it using our bug tracker. When reporting bugs, please include some contact information in case we need help with replicating your issue at https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis
Major changes in this release are: - over 60 bug fixes
- legend improvements
- revision of toolbars and dialogs for consistency improved usability
- extended QML style support
- automated generation of projection information in srs.db
- improved view and filter for GRASS toolbox
- support for Qt4.2.x discontinued
- separation of python support into its own library
QGIS is a completely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a dedicated team of developers, documenters and supporters. We extend our thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have contributed to make this release happen.
A generic short html announcement¶
It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.11.0. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS">GIS</a>) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you <a href="http://qgis.org/flash/flashwrapper.php?filename=qgisdemo1.swf" title="QGIS demo">browse</a> and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like <a href="http://qgis.org/flash/flashwrapper.php?filename=gpx_demo.swf"
title="GPS demo">display tracks</a> from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost (<a href="http://download.qgis.org/">download here</a>). We welcome contributions from our user community in the form of
<a href = "http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/DevelopersCorner" title="Developers Corner">code contributions</a>, <a href="https://qgis.org/trac">bug fixes</a>, <a href="https://qgis.org/trac/newticket">bug reports</a>, <a href="http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/DocumentationWritersCorner">contributed documentation</a>, advocacy and supporting other users on our <a href="http://qgis.org/content/view/115/96">mailing lists</a> and <a href="http://forum.qgis.org/">forums</a>.
<a href = "http://qgis.org/content/view/97/73/" title = "Contribute">
Financial contributions
</a>
are also welcome.
This release introduces several new features including python bindings and many additional GRASS modules. The release also includes bug fixes and stability improvements. QGIS is available is source form, and as binary executables for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. All versions can be obtained from our <a href="http://download.qgis.org">download page</a>.
As an open source project, we provide support for using QGIS via our mailing lists and bug tracker:
<ul>
<li>For general enquiries <a href="http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">subscribe</a> to our users mailing list.</li>
<li>For developer related enquiries <a href="http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">subscribe</a> to our separate developers list.</li>
<li>If you think you have found a bug, please report it using our <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis">bug tracker</a>. When reporting bugs, please include some contact information in case we need help with replicating your issue.</li>
</ul>
A generic short plain text announcement¶
It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.11.0 Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost (download here). We welcome contributions from our user community in the form of code contributions, bug fixes, bug reports, contributed documentation, advocacy and supporting other users on our mailing lists and forums. Financial contributions are also welcome. This release introduces several new features including python support and many new GRASS modules. The release also includes numerous bug fixes and stability improvements. QGIS is available is source form, and as binary executables for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. All versions can be obtained from our download page. As an open source project, we provide support for using QGIS via our mailing lists and bug tracker:- For general enquiries subscribe to our users mailing list at http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
- For developer related enquiries subscribe to our separate developers list at http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
- If you think you have found a bug, please report it using our bug tracker. When reporting bugs, please include some contact information in case we need help with replicating your issue at https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis
For a longer announcement, include the changelog text and a screenshot of some shiny new feature.
A generic product description¶
Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost.
A generic features list¶
- Support for spatially enabled PostGIS tables
- Support for shapefiles, ArcInfo coverages, Mapinfo, and other formats supported by OGR
- Raster support for a large number of formats
- Identify/select/label features
- OGC Support (WMS, WFS)
- Digitizing OGR/Shape and GRASS files
- Edit/View/Search attribute tables
- Export to Mapserver map file
- GRASS integration including view, edit and analysis
- Python bindings
- On the fly projection
- Georeferencing
- Print Composer
- Extensible plugin architecture