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How to do a release for Fail2Ban
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Preparation
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* Check distribution patches and see if they can be included

  * https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/fail2ban/sources
  * http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/fail2ban/
  * http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/py-fail2ban/
  * https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=fail2ban&project=openSUSE%3AFactory
  * http://sophie.zarb.org/sources/fail2ban (Mageia)
  * https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/security/fail2ban


* Check distribution outstanding bugs

  * https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues?sort=updated&state=open
  * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;package=fail2ban
  * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fail2ban
  * http://bugs.sabayon.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=net-analyzer%2Ffail2ban
  * https://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=5&cat%5B%5D=33&string=fail2ban
  * https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc=fail2ban&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=IN_PROGRESS&short_desc_type=allwords
  * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&component=fail2ban&classification=Red%20Hat&classification=Fedora
  * http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?text=fail2ban
  * https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=fail2ban
  * https://build.opensuse.org/package/requests/openSUSE:Factory/fail2ban


* Make sure the tests pass::

  ./fail2ban-testcases-all

* Ensure the version is correct in:

  * ./fail2ban/version.py
  * top of ChangeLog
  * README.md


* Ensure the MANIFEST is complete

  ad-hoc bash script to run in a clean clone:

     find -type f | grep -v -e '\.git' -e '/doc/' -e '\.travis' -e MANIFEST | sed -e 's,^\./,,g' | while read f; do grep -ne "^$f\$" MANIFEST >/dev/null || echo "$f" ; done

* Run::

  python setup.py sdist

* Look for errors like::

   'testcases/files/logs/mysqld.log' not a regular file -- skipping

  * Which indicates that testcases/files/logs/mysqld.log has been moved or is a directory::

      tar -C /tmp -jxf dist/fail2ban-0.9.2.tar.bz2

* clean up current direcory::

    diff -rul --exclude \*.pyc . /tmp/fail2ban-0.9.2/

  * Only differences should be files that you don't want distributed.


* Ensure the tests work from the tarball::

    cd /tmp/fail2ban-0.9.2/ && bin/fail2ban-testcases

* Add/finalize the corresponding entry in the ChangeLog

  * To generate a list of committers use e.g.::

      git shortlog -sn 0.9.2.. | sed -e 's,^[ 0-9\t]*,,g' | tr '\n' '\|' | sed -e 's:|:, :g'

  * Ensure the top of the ChangeLog has the right version and current date.
  * Ensure the top entry of the ChangeLog has the right version and current date.

* Update man pages::

    (cd man ; ./generate-man )
    git commit -m 'DOC/ENH: update man pages for release' man/*

* Cleanout TODO file with the finished stuff

* Prepare source and rpm binary distributions::

    python setup.py sdist

  * Broken for now:  python setup.py bdist_rpm
  * Broken for now:  python setup.py upload


* Tag the release by using a signed (and annotated) tag.  Cut/paste
  release ChangeLog entry as tag annotation::

    git tag -s 0.9.2

Pre Release
===========

* Provide a release sample to distributors

  * Arch Linux:

    * https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/fail2ban/

  * Debian: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>

    * http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/fail2ban.html

  * FreeBSD: Christoph Theis theis@gmx.at>, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>

    * http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/py-fail2ban/Makefile?view=markup
    * http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?text=fail2ban

  * Fedora: Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@atrpms.net>

    * https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/fail2ban
    * http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/fail2ban.git
    * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/bugs/fail2ban

  * Gentoo: netmon@gentoo.org

    * http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/fail2ban/metadata.xml?view=markup
    * https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=fail2ban

  * openSUSE: Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>

    * https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/fail2ban

  * Mac Ports: @Malbrouck on github (gh-49)

    * https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/security/fail2ban/Portfile

  * Mageia:

    * https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=fail2ban

  * And potentially to the fail2ban-users email list.


* Wait for feedback from distributors

* Prepare a release notice https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/releases/new

* Upload the source/binaries from the dist directory and tag the release using the URL

* Upload source/binaries to sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/fail2ban/

* Run the following and update the wiki with output::

    python -c 'import fail2ban.protocol; fail2ban.protocol.printWiki()'

  * page: http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Commands


* Update:

  * http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Fail2ban_Versions&action=edit

  * http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Fail2ban_News&action=edit
    * move old bits to http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Fail2ban_OldNews&action=edit

  * http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/ChangeLog
  * http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Requirements (Check requirement)
  * http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Features

* See if any filters are upgraded:
  http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Special:AllPages

* Email users and development list of release

* notify distributors

Post Release
============

Add the following to the top of the ChangeLog::

  ver. 0.9.3 (2014/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-released
  -----------
  
  - Fixes:
  
  - New Features:
  
  - Enhancements:

Alter the git shortlog command in the previous section to refer to the just
released version.

and adjust fail2ban/version.py to carry .dev suffix to signal
a version under development.