User:Tracy Graydon/Release Process

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Yocto Release Procedures

This document explains the steps in publishing an official Yocto Project release. This is intended to be a HOWTO Release Guide.

Yocto Project Naming Conventions

Yocto Project releases fall into four main types:

  • Major Ex. yocto-2.0
  • Minor Ex. yocto-2.1
  • Point (aka "patch" release) Ex. yocto-2.1.1
  • Milestone Ex. yocto-2.3_M3

A full explanation of release naming conventions, release types, and background can be found here: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Project_Release_Process

General Steps for a Release:

  • Stage the release candidate.
  • Generate or obtain release notes, if applicable.
  • Stage/create the Release documentation on YoctoProject.org (unpublished but ready to go).
  • Sync the release to the downloads area in preparation for sync to external mirrors.
  • Sign the release notes.
  • Sync to external mirrors.
  • Tag the git repos.
  • Publish the documentation pages.
  • Test the links to make sure everything works.
  • Announce the release.


Release of Build
   - Create the staging directory.
   - Remove the rpm/deb directories.
   - Delete duplicate files and extraneous blobs, and convert symlinks.
   - Rename tarballs to reflect current naming conventions. For example. poky-<githash>.tar.bz2 should be renamed to poky-<release_name>-<release_number>.tar.bz2
   - Generate the BSP tarballs
   - Extract the eclipse-plugin archive to http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/eclipse-plugin/<M>.<m> where M.m is the Yocto version
   - Copy the adt-dev repo to the live site (For release lines prior to 2.0.)
   - Create the md5sum table for the release
  • Copy the staging directory to the downloads directory
  • gpg sign the md5sum table
  • Create release notes, finalize, get approval, and gpg sign.
  • Create the release and BSP pages on yoctoproject.org
  • Create the documentation links for the release on yoctoproject.org
  • Sync the release out to the mirrors.
  • Once sync out is complete, verify that pages work, and download and documentation links work.
  • Tag the repos.
  • Verify the items on the RELEASE CHECKLIST: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Project_Release_Checklist
  • Post release announcement on Blog
  • Post release announcement on mailing lists (yocto and yocto-announce)
  • Update DISTRO and DISTRO_VERSION in master to be the main release+snapshot
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