Samba4/Releasing

The release checklist:

• Make sure the testsuite passes
• Make sure various things work against Windows
• Update WHATSNEW4.txt
• Check out v4-0-test

  git checkout remote/v4-0-test -b v4-0-test

• Merge master onto v4-0-test

  git merge master-devel

• Push branches and tags up to Samba.org

  git push ssh://git.samba.org/data/git/samba.git v4-0-test:v4-0-test

• Invite last-moment testing of the v4-0-test branch
• Create the release tarball (./source4/script/mkrelease.sh)
• Test that the release works when built from the tarball
• Check out v4-0-stable

  git checkout remote/v4-0-stable -b v4-0-stable

• Merge to v4-0-stable

  git merge v4-0-test

• Create a tag in git

  git tag -s release-4-0-0XXXX

• Push branches and tags up to Samba.org

  git push ssh://git.samba.org/data/git/samba.git --tags v4-0-stable:v4-0-stable

• Upload to ftp.samba.org
• Send out the release announcement to samba-technical@samba.org
• Update news.samba.org with news of the new release
• Update VERSION in the main branch for the next release
• Party time!