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== Before the release ==
== Before the release ==
* t - 2 weeks: Alert the translators to update interface translations. String freeze is in effect from now until release.
* t - 2 days: Finish the release notes, changelog, and the PR spiel.
* t - 1 days: Prepare a packager's release tarball and alert the packagers.


== After the release ==
== After the release ==

Revision as of 23:08, 30 March 2011


Release management

Before the release

  • t - 2 weeks: Alert the translators to update interface translations. String freeze is in effect from now until release.
  • t - 2 days: Finish the release notes, changelog, and the PR spiel.
  • t - 1 days: Prepare a packager's release tarball and alert the packagers.

After the release

Things that have to be done / updated after each release:

  • Update the current version in the wiki
http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Template:Developmental-version or
http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Template:Stable-version

After Specific releases

Things that have to be done / updated after a specific release (remove them as soon as they're done)

  • 1.4: remove the version reference in "If you are using 1.4's release candidates, please be sure to check the online manual (F1)" on [1].

Other things to check

Here is a list of things to check from time to time (and which are not tightly related to the releases). You may also put in this list things which are only temporarily on the website and have to be removed in the future.