MAINTAINERS

This documents explains how to a release:

You need a GPG key! If you don't have one, create one.
You need an access token for gitlab, create one and keep it safe.

To do a release X.Y.Z do the following steps:

make start-release VER=vX.Y.Z
edit ChangeLog and rename it to TAGMESSAGE`
make complete-release VER=vX.Y.Z ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-secret-key>

If you encountered merge conflicts, you need to fix them first and then proceed manually:

Below assumes you are on master after merging the branch prepare_${VER}.

Create a tag: git tag -f -s ${VER} -F TAGMESSAGE
Un-protect the master branch: python3 tests/scripts/protect-un-protect.py master Make sure the output says Successfully removed protection of master
Push to master: git push origin master --tags
Re-protect the master branch: python3 tests/scripts/protect-un-protect.py master
Finish the release: make -f release.mk finish-release VER=vX.Y.Z

If for some reason you encounter an error in any of the stages, you can do:

make abort-release VER=vX.Y.Z