Oslo/ReleaseProcess

Oslo Library Release Process

See Oslo/VersioningPolicy for guidelines for choosing version numbers.

Update a sandbox and create a signed tag for the release:

 $ git pull
 $ git tag -s -m "comment on release" $relnum

Get the changes in the release:

 $ git log --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline --no-merges $prevrel..$relnum

Email the details to the openstack-dev mailing list, for example:

 The Oslo team is pleased to announce the release of stevedore
 1.0.0.0a1, the first pre-release in the 1.0.0 series for stevedore
 during the Juno cycle.
 
 stevedore provides access pattern abstractions on top of setuptools
 entry points, and is used for dynamically loading plugins and drivers.
 
 This release includes:
 
 $ git log --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline 0.15..1.0.0.0a1
 d37b47f Merge "Updated from global requirements"
 bc2d08a Updated from global requirements
 e8e9ca1 Fix incorrect image reference in documentation
 d39ef75 Fix requirement handling in tox
 65fc0d2 Merge "use six.add_metaclass"
 58ff35c Updated from global requirements
 d9d11fc use six.add_metaclass
 a0721b4 Merge "fix link to entry point docs"
 ff1f0fd Merge "Updated from global requirements"
 53b4231 Merge "Add doc requirements to venv environ"
 d5fb7a8 Updated from global requirements
 3668de2 driver: raise by default on import failure
 6a37e5f Add doc requirements to venv environ
 cde4b1d Merge "Import run_cross_tests.sh from oslo-incubator"
 f2af694 Import run_cross_tests.sh from oslo-incubator
 9ae8bef fix link to entry point docs
 
 For more details about the 1.0.0 release series, see
 https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stevedore-1.0.0
 
 Please report problems using the oslo bug tracker
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/oslo