Release branch

RDS release

Go to BETA TESTING FIRST

Update the version number in overrides/version.php

Update the changelog in overrides/front_page_news.php

Send out last call to the RDS developers a few hours before making the branch

Make sure your tree is up to date:

svn switch https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/trunk/rds
svn update
svn commit

Create a new release branch:

svn cp https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/trunk/rds https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/branches/rds/release/X_series/rds-X_Y_Z

(replace X, Y, Z with version number)

Switch over Beta on web1.gavintech.com:

cd ../rds-beta
svn switch https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/branches/rds/release/X_series/rds-X_Y_Z

Copy over the production database to the beta database (on SDSData):

../../sync_beta.sh

Run the migration script on web1.gavintech.com:

./run_migrations.php (this updates the Beta database with any migrations necessary)

Email everyone who might care about the new release, and ask them to test the new version

Make fixes directly to the release branch. We'll merge bugfixes back into the trunk when the new version goes live on production. Note any fixes in the Changelog for that version, and also in the overrides/front_page_news.php file.

New production release

After confirming that the new release works (give it about a week), go live with production:

On web1.gavintech.com (or web2.gavintech.com):

../../sync_beta.sh

cd /var/www/rds
svn switch https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/branches/sds/release/X_series/sds-X_Y_Z
./run_migrations.php (this updates the Production database with the changes)

After you've run the migrations, go to the auditing portal page (Admin->Security->Auditing Portal) and click the "Mark all scripts as tested" button so that the production RDS has up to date hashes. That way, we can tell what files have changed when we start preparing the next release.

Then, merge the fixes back into the trunk (on your own checkout, not the production one!):

svn switch https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/trunk/rds
svn log https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/branches/rds/release/X_series/sds-X_Y_Z

Look for the latest entry (which becomes end-rev) and the entry that mentions creating the release branch (start-rev).

svn merge -r start-rev:end-rev https://secure.gavintech.com/svn/branches/rds/release/X_series/sds-X_Y_Z

(fix any conflicts)

svn commit -m 'merge in bugfixes from the release branch sds-X_Y_Z (revisions start-rev to end-rev)'