steps to create a new release

• check out project into a new branch, say release-x.y.z

• update the WEINRE_VERSION variable in weinre.build/build.properties as appropriate

• add changelog to weinre.doc/ChangeLog.body.html

• fix other doc as necessary

• perform full build with:

  • cd into weinre.build and run ant

• run the smoke test (see below) to ensure delicious smoky flavor

• upload the weinre-*-x.y.z.zip

• make sure you can download those zip files!

• commit release changes:

  • git add .
  • git commit -m "update for release x.y.z"

• merge branch onto master:

  • git checkout master
  • git merge release-x.y.z
  • git push
  • git tag -a x.y.z
  • git push --tags

• update apache cms pages:

  • not sure how to do this yet

• prepare for blessed Apache version

  • not sure how to do this yet

smoke test

The smoke test involves testing the archives:

• weinre-doc.zip
• weinre-node.zip

smoke test - doc

• unzip weinre-doc.zip
• browse all pages

smoke test - node

• unzip weinre-node.zip
• make sure build-info.txt looks right
• run weinre --help make sure help works
• run weinre make sure help works
• poke around the demo, make sure it works
• should add some variations on starting with used port, etc