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Release Checklist
Targets
See the Projects page for the release targets and schedule.
Checklist
WORK IN PROGRESS!
For every accomplished task, please replace the 'open' field with 'closed' (with color:green), and put your name in the last column (Who). The "Who" field can also be used to assign tasks to specific people or to announce that you are working on a task. You should preferably put a link to your user account there, e.g. User:intrr.
As soon as the release is done and officially announced, this checklist should be reverted to the initial version with all fields marked red again.
Pre-release
| Task | Status | Who |
| Splash screen contest | open | @hjalti, @BenSimonds and @reynantem |
Final testing
| Task | Details | Status | Who |
| Regression Tests | Run all files in the Regression Suite (Blender, Game Engine...) | open | |
| Test bundled scripts | Check if all scripts work and don't raise any errors when starting | open |
SVN work
| Task | Details | Status | Who |
| Version bump (BKE_blender.h) | BLENDER_VERSION, BLENDER_SUBVERSION, BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR,
BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE These values are available in the api and used for documentation generation so they should be correct before any release, even minor ones. | open | |
| Update Doxyfile | Set PROJECT_NUMBER to correct version. File in doc/doxygen. | closed | Campbell Barton |
| Update Readme | Update readme.html (./release/text) with current info and version number. | closed | Thomas Dinges |
| Update Links | Update Links to Release Log in
./release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_info.py and ./source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c | closed | Thomas Dinges |
| Update Splash | splash.png (./release/datafiles) and
splash.png.c (./source/blender/editors/datafiles) | closed | |
| Update Man Page | blender.1 (./doc/manpage/blender.1) by running
blender.1.py (./doc/manpage/blender.1.py) | open | Campbell Barton |
| Tag SVN | Tag Blender Trunk and AddOns Repository | open | Nathan Letwory |
Release binaries
http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.58/
| Platform | Status | Builder | Testers | Uploaded |
| Linux (32 & 64 bit) | open | |||
| Windows (32 & 64 bit) | open | |||
| OSX PPC (32 bit) | open | |||
| OSX Intel (32 & 64 bit) | open | |||
| FreeBSD (32 & 64 bit) | open | |||
| Source tarball | open | |||
| MD5 Checksums | open |
Platform Managers
Linux:
| Operating System (Linux) | |
| Owner(s) | Ken Hughes |
| Member(s) | Martin Poirier, GSR, Campbell Barton, Sergey Sharybin |
Windows:
| Operating System (Windows) | |
| Owner(s) | Nathan Letwory, Andrea Weikert |
| Member(s) | None |
MacOSX:
| Operating System (MacOSX) | |
| Owner(s) | Damien Plisson, Jens Verwiebe |
| Member(s) | None |
FreeBSD:
| Operating System (FreeBSD) | |
| Owner(s) | Peter Larabell |
| Member(s) | None |
Web site work
| Task | Status | Who |
| 1 Write/Update release logs | open | |
| 2 Update download section with new links and info | open | Thomas Dinges |
| 3 Upload new API Docs | open | |
| 4 Make sure all mirrors are synced | open | |
| 5. Update blender.org frontpage | open | |
| 6. Make developer credits list | open |
