BIND 9.11.5-S1 Release Checklist
Release Checklist
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Check for the presence of a milestone for the release
- If there is a milestone, are all the issues for the milestone resolved? (other than this checklist)
- Prepare the sources for tarball generation
- Change software version and library versions in configure.in
- Update CHANGES
- Ensure the release notes are correct for this release
- Ensure the metainformation is correct for this release
- Make sure the tests are passing
- Create a tag (name vX_Y_Z[-alphatag], content BIND X.Y.Z[-alphatag], signed with a developer's GPG key): git tag -u <DEVELOPER_KEYID> -a -s -m "BIND X.Y.Z" vX.Y.Z
- Push the changes and tag
- Create the tarball ---- (not) Create the Windows zips
- Ask QA to sanity check the tarball and zips
- Request the signature on the tarballs
- Make tarballs and signatures available to download
Support
- Inform support (nice to give them a heads-up in advance) - Update tickets to deliver to support customers