Release procedure

ISO build

1. Check deborphan
2. Update finnix-release package, make sure /etc/finnix-version is updated by package
3. Bump all finnix packages to new minor version
4. Move contents of dev to testing on packages.finnix.org
5. Edit /etc/apt/sources.lst, comment out dev line
6. apt-get update, update finnix packages
7. for i in /var/lib/apt/lists/*_{Release,Packages,InRelease}; do >$i; touch -t 198103190000.00 $i; done; apt-get check
8. Verify initrd scripts and stage scripts are identical between x86 and powerpc
9. stage1 && stage2
10. Produce order lists:
    1. Boot CDs, finnix strace
    2. finnix-strace-reorder </tmp/thestrace >finnix.order
    3. Copy finnix.order to build machine, stuff directory
    4. stage1 && stage2
11. Re-point "current" symlink at release dir

Wiki

1. Update Cheat codes with new/changed options
2. Write documentation for new features
3. Finish Finnix dev release notes, (MD5, GPG, download table, etc)
4. Create Finnix 999.9 packages and Finnix-PPC 999.9 packages
   • COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l
5. Create Category:Finnix 999.9
6. Lock Finnix dev release notes
7. Move Finnix dev release notes to Finnix 999.9 release notes
8. Update:
   • Finnix release notes
   • Images
   • Template:Main download box
   • Template:Release table
   • Template:Corner download box (no longer used)

Announcements

1. Blog, Announcements section
2. Mailing list
3. Identi.ca !Finnix
4. Sourceforge news
5. Freshmeat release