The general release process will be to fork a branch at each major release followed by a ".X". For example, the major version 2 branches will be 2.X. Release candidates (rc), will be tagged using a -rc suffix (starting with rc0), signed, pushed to github, and marked under releases as "pre-release". The release notes on github will contain the CHANGELOG contents for the running rc series. Releases shall be pushed to branch coverity_scan, to inititiate a scan.
An example can be found here:
https://github.com/01org/tpm2-tools/releases/tag/2.1.0-rc0
Release candidates will also be announced on the mailing list. When a rc has gone 1 week without new changes, a release will be conducted.
When a release is cut, the process is the same as an rc, with the exception that it is not marked as "pre-release" on github. The release notes should include everything from the last release to the latest release.
Releases shall be tagged following semantic version guidelines found at: http://semver.org/
Versions after v1.1.0 will no longer have the "v" prefix. Autoconf now sets the VERSION #define based on the output of git describe. See commit 2e8a07bc for the details.
Version tags after v1.1.0 shall be signed. Valid known public keys can be reached by referencing the annotated tags listed below:
william-roberts-pub
Import the key into your keyring:
$ git show [annotated-tag-name] | gpg --import
Example:
$ git show william-roberts-pub | gpg --import
Verify the release tag:
$ git tag --verify [signed-tag-name]
Ensure you have a key set up:
$ gpg --list-keys
If you don't generate one:
$ gpg --gen-key
Add that key to the gitconfig:
$ git config user.signingkey [gpg-key-id]
Make sure that key is reachable as an object in the repository:
$ gpg -a --export [gpg-key-id] | git hash-object -w --stdin [object SHA]
$ git tag -a [your-name-here]-pub [object SHA]
Make sure you push that tag:
$ git push origin [your-name-here]-pub
NOTE: this assumes origin is the tpm2-tools official repo.
After that, you can sign tags:
$ git tag --sign [signed-tag-name]
Push the tag to the repo:
$ git push origin [signed-tag-name]
NOTE: this assumes origin is the tpm2-tools official repo.
The tools code MUST pass the travis CI testing and have a clean coverity scan result performed on every release. The CI testing not only tests for valid outputs, but also runs tests uses clang's asan feature to detect memory corruption issues.
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Create a release using the signed release tag.
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Add to the binary file section:
- A release tarball from
make dist
. - A detached signature for the tarball made via:
gpg --armor --detach-sign <tarball>
- A release tarball from
A lot of this git/gpg information was edited from: https://blog.thesoftwarecraft.com/2013/03/signing-git-tags.html