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authorChristian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>2022-02-10 12:09:23 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-02-10 11:09:23 +0000
commiteefce4e9af9bf64aeb2c63bb7171377e47c8c98a (patch)
tree24420ee4cd1679de896f01a33c73c57473ce538c /CONTRIBUTING.md
parentd1608dd03e330e2c53ebf451b6f60d027a30091d (diff)
Add note about publishing RCs to crates.io
We've been testing out the pre-release feature of crates.io and there haven't been any major issues. So this updates the documentation to recommend publishing to crates.io even before the official release.
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@@ -124,17 +124,18 @@ The exact steps for an exemplary `0.2.0` release might look like this:
2. A new `v0.2.0` branch is created for the release
3. In the branch, the version is bumped to `0.2.0-rc1`
4. The new commit in the branch is tagged as `v0.2.0-rc1`
- 5. A GitHub release is created for the `v0.2.0-rc1` tag
- 6. The changelog since the last release (stable or RC) is added to the GitHub release description
- 7. On master, the version is bumped to `0.3.0-dev`
+ 5. The pre-release versions are published to crates.io
+ 6. A GitHub release is created for the `v0.2.0-rc1` tag
+ 7. The changelog since the last release (stable or RC) is added to the GitHub release description
+ 8. On master, the version is bumped to `0.3.0-dev`
and the `-dev` suffix is removed from the `0.2.0-dev` changelog
- 8. Bug fixes are cherry-picked from master into the branch and steps 4-7 are repeated until no
+ 9. Bug fixes are cherry-picked from master into the branch and steps 3-7 are repeated until no
major issues are found in the release candidates
- 9. In the branch, the version is bumped to `0.2.0`
- 10. The new commit in the branch is tagged as `v0.2.0`
- 11. The new version is published to crates.io
- 12. A GitHub release is created for the `v0.2.0` tag
- 13. The changelog since the last stable release (**not** RC) is added to the GitHub release
+ 10. In the branch, the version is bumped to `0.2.0`
+ 11. The new commit in the branch is tagged as `v0.2.0`
+ 12. The new version is published to crates.io
+ 13. A GitHub release is created for the `v0.2.0` tag
+ 14. The changelog since the last stable release (**not** RC) is added to the GitHub release
description
On master and with new planned releases, only the minor version is bumped. This makes it possible to
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ The exact steps for an exemplary `0.2.3` release might look like this:
2. A new `v0.2.3` branch is forked from the `v0.2.2` branch
4. All bug fixes are cherry-picked from master into the `v0.2.3` branch
5. The version is bumped to `v0.2.3-rc1` and the changelog is updated to include all fixes
- 6. Follow Steps 5-12 of the regular release's example
+ 6. Follow Steps 4-13 of the regular release's example
7. The release's changelog is ported back to master, removing fixes from the `0.2.3` release
The `alacritty_terminal` crate is released in synchronization with `alacritty`, keeping the `-dev`