Release Checklist

Mudlet release checklist

1. 5 days before the release
   1. ☐ update mudlet.ts with the latest translations strings for translators to translate (using Qt 5.12.2+ lupdate -verbose -recursive ./src ./3rdparty/dblsqd/dblsqd ./3rdparty/edbee-lib/edbee-lib -ts ./translations/mudlet.ts)
   2. ☐ update mudlet_en_US.ts with the latest translation strings, translate/update the few plural forms it contains as necessary and then generate the binary translation mudlet_en_US.qm file and merge it into the repo (see Translating Mudlet - English (American) translation).
   3. ☐ merge outstanding approved pull requests
   4. ☐ create a new release-<version> branch off development
   5. ☐ go through every single commit and ensure all new functionality is documented
   6. ☐ update http://www.mudlet.org/geyser/files/index.html (need to document how to upload)
   7. ☐ update built-in packages and scripts
   8. ☐ update edbee to latest
   9. ☐ go through every single commit and write up a newspost with the latest highlights
2. on release day
   1. ☐ create a new release in dblsqd
   2. ☐ merge latest translations from Crowdin
   3. ☐ merge latest autocomplete json
   4. ☐ update mudlet.pro and CMakeLists.txt to new version and strip out BUILD to be empty in release branch (release process starts here)
   5. ☐ tag in git
   6. ☐ reset BUILD in release branch to be -dev
   7. ☐ test that all binaries launch and work
   8. ☐ close github milestone
   9. ☐ update downloads on mudlet.org
   10. ☐ post news on mudlet.org - for all languages
   11. ☐ Create Quick Redirect like mudlet.org/3-23
   12. ☐ post news to https://launchpad.net/mudlet
   13. ☐ make a proper github release (use turndown to convert release post html to markdown)
   14. ☐ post thread on forums.mudlet.org
   15. ☐ post update on achaea, starmourn, imperian, mudconnect.com, topmudsites.com forums, softpedia
   16. ☐ post update on twitter, mud.social, reddit, http://arkadia.rpg.pl, torilmud, muder.ru
   17. ☐ email to releaseradar@github.com about the update
   18. ☐ submit mudlet windows installer to avg and avast whitelisting
   19. ☐ merge, don't squash or rebase, the release branch into development (ensure -dev suffix is present)
   20. ☐ merge development into master branch
   21. ☐ update Linux distro maintainers, flag package outdated on arch (release process ends here)

Individual contributor TODOs

• keneanung: https://github.com/users/keneanung/projects/1
• vadi: https://gist.github.com/vadi2/1fb249c48dead71b9641f840622e8495