From: Tuukka Lehtonen
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 10:26:31 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Updated release engineering instructions for 1.31.0 release.
X-Git-Tag: v1.31.0~145
X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.simantics.org/r/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=624ab61bd302e999952f792e619a691e027ff1d2;p=simantics%2Fplatform.git
Updated release engineering instructions for 1.31.0 release.
refs #7396
Change-Id: I7bc6ec740e48407f4fe4495b62a97f6bb67199bc
---
diff --git a/releng/doc/release.html b/releng/doc/release.html
index aaccfc915..ebe85ee67 100644
--- a/releng/doc/release.html
+++ b/releng/doc/release.html
@@ -320,19 +320,28 @@ img {
Released Plug-in Components and Products
-There are both plug-in components and products that are part of the "Simantics release train" that shall be released simultaneously to a major or minor Simantics release.
+There are both plug-in components and products that are part of the Simantics Release Train that shall be released simultaneously to a major or minor Simantics release.
Plug-in components are installable features that are deployed online as P2 repositories for general availability. Products are deployed as ZIP files and made available online in designated locations on simantics.org.
-Products that are part of the release train:
-
Plug-in components that are part of the release train:
+Products that are part of the release train:
+
+- Simantics Desktop
+- Simantics System Dynamics Tool
+
+- This is Simantics Desktop with Simantics System Dynamics Tool features installed
+
+
For simplicity, each of these components are versioned accoring to platform versioning, i.e. for Platform SDK 1.26.0 there will be Simantics Desktop 1.26.0, Sysdyn 1.26.0, and so on.
@@ -359,7 +368,9 @@ git push origin release/x.y.z[.w]
When creating major/minor releases <commit>
is usually a commit in the master
branch.
With service releases, branch from an existing release/*
branch instead.
Prepare release branch for use
-Prepare .target files
+In release 1.31.0 Simantics started using uses the wonderful tool from Obeo (https://github.com/mbarbero/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform) to generate .target
files from .tpd
files which allow much simpler specification of the target contents and also composition of .tpd files via inclusion.
+In the following steps, it is recommended to ensure every .target
file is up-to-date by regenerating them from .tpd
files. While doing so, take care to use up-to-date online contents to perform the generation.
+Prepare .tpd
files
-
Retrieve release branch of the platform repository
@@ -370,29 +381,22 @@ git checkout release/x.y.z[.w]
-
-
Edit all target platform files in releng/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition/
, i.e.
+Edit all target platform files in releng/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition/
, i.e.
-simantics.target
-org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.target
+org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.tpd
+simantics.tpd
-At the beginning of simantics.target file, increment sequenceNumber
by 1 and replace
-the version numbers in target name and org.simantics.sdk.feature.group
and
-org.simantics.sdk.source.feature.group
with x.y.z[.w]
:
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<?pde version="3.8"?>
-<target name="Simantics x.y.z[.w]" sequenceNumber="11">
-<unit id="org.simantics.sdk.feature.group" version="x.y.z[.w]"/>
-<unit id="org.simantics.sdk.source.feature.group" version="x.y.z[.w]"/>
-
-Next, replace the following rows in both mentioned files:
-<repository location="http://www.simantics.org/download/master/sdk"/>
-<repository location="http://www.simantics.org/download/master/external-components/maven"/>
-<repository location="http://www.simantics.org/download/master/external-components/manual"/>
+Replace the following rows in both mentioned files:
+location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/external-components/maven" {
+location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/external-components/manual" {
+include "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.tpd"
+location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/sdk" {
with
-<repository location="http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/sdk"/>
-<repository location="http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/external-components/maven"/>
-<repository location="http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/external-components/manual"/>
+location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/release/x.y.z[.w]/maven" {
+location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/release/x.y.z[.w]/manual" {
+include "http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.tpd"
+location "http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/sdk" {
-
@@ -426,6 +430,7 @@ the version numbers in target name and
org.simantics.sdk.feature.groupgitweb.
Commit the changes with the following commit message
Bumped master target and org.simantics.sdk feature versions to x.y.z[.w].
+
refs #yyyy
where #yyyy
is the number of the next release's release engineering issue.
@@ -449,6 +454,20 @@ refs #yyyy
Running these two builds will ensure that both the external components required to build the SDK and the Simantics SDK for the new release branch are published online at http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/
.
After this, whenever changes are pushed/merged to release/x.y.z[.w]
branch in Gerrit, new SDK/Simantics SDK builds are triggered automatically and they will publish the results at the same location online.
This means that one does not have to do any tricks after this to build and publish the SDK as a P2 repository online. It is an automated process that is performed by the SDK/Simantics SDK Jenkins job.
+Update .target
files
+Lastly, we want to change the .target
files to point to the correct P2 repository locations. This happens by opening the previously edited .tpd
files in Obeo's editor and regenerating the .target
files by pressing Alt+R.
+Push the changed files to remote again with commit message:
+Configured release/x.y.z[.w] branch .target files.
+
+refs #xxxx
+
+Test Release Train build
+Trigger an execution of the simantics-release-train Jenkins job with parameters
+
+- GERRIT_REFNAME:
release/x.y.z[.w]
+- PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS:
true
+
+to ensure that all components of the release train build fine and to publish first versions of P2 repositories of everything online.
Review documentation
Documentation to review:
@@ -583,16 +602,6 @@ Insert some general thoughts on the release...
TODO
-
-- Create a parametrized release train pipeline build in Jenkins that creates all artifacts of a simantics release
-
-- Desktop, Sysdyn, R, Simupedia, FMIL, FMI Studio
-
-
-
-
- Incorporate tutorial code in the platform repository as a separate folder to allow platform builds to directly ensure that the tutorial code still builds OK
diff --git a/releng/doc/release.md b/releng/doc/release.md
index 871b1d0aa..3f4d69bfa 100644
--- a/releng/doc/release.md
+++ b/releng/doc/release.md
@@ -24,19 +24,25 @@
# Released Plug-in Components and Products
-There are both plug-in components and products that are part of the "Simantics release train" that shall be released simultaneously to a major or minor Simantics release.
+There are both plug-in components and products that are part of the _Simantics Release Train_ that shall be released simultaneously to a major or minor Simantics release.
Plug-in components are installable features that are deployed online as P2 repositories for general availability. Products are deployed as ZIP files and made available online in designated locations on simantics.org.
-Products that are part of the release train:
-* Simantics Desktop
-* Simantics System Dynamics Tool - [simantics/sysdyn.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/sysdyn.git;a=summary)
-
Plug-in components that are part of the release train:
-* Simantics R - [simantics/r.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/r.git;a=summary)
+* Simupedia - [members/simupedia.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=members/simupedia.git;a=summary)
* FMIL - [simantics/fmil.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/fmil.git;a=summary)
* FMI Studio - [members/fmi.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=members/fmi.git;a=summary)
-* Simupedia - [members/simupedia.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=members/simupedia.git;a=summary)
+* Interoperability components - [simantics/interop.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/interop.git;a=summary)
+* Simantics R binding - [simantics/r.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/r.git;a=summary)
+* Matlab SCL binding - [simantics/matlab.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/matlab.git;a=summary)
+* Python SCL binding - [simantics/python.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/python.git;a=summary)
+* Simantics System Dynamics - [simantics/sysdyn.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/sysdyn.git;a=summary)
+* Simantics District modelling components - [simantics/district.git](https://www.simantics.org:8088/r/gitweb?p=simantics/district.git;a=summary)
+
+Products that are part of the release train:
+* Simantics Desktop
+* Simantics System Dynamics Tool
+ * This is Simantics Desktop with Simantics System Dynamics Tool features installed
For simplicity, each of these components are versioned accoring to platform versioning, i.e. for Platform SDK 1.26.0 there will be Simantics Desktop 1.26.0, Sysdyn 1.26.0, and so on.
@@ -71,7 +77,11 @@ With service releases, branch from an existing `release/*` branch instead.
## Prepare release branch for use
-### Prepare .target files
+In release 1.31.0 Simantics started using uses the wonderful tool from Obeo ([https://github.com/mbarbero/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform](https://github.com/mbarbero/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform)) to generate `.target` files from `.tpd` files which allow much simpler specification of the target contents and also composition of .tpd files via inclusion.
+
+In the following steps, it is recommended to ensure every `.target` file is up-to-date by regenerating them from `.tpd` files. While doing so, take care to use up-to-date online contents to perform the generation.
+
+### Prepare `.tpd` files
1. Retrieve release branch of the platform repository
@@ -80,35 +90,26 @@ With service releases, branch from an existing `release/*` branch instead.
git branch release/x.y.z[.w] remotes/origin/release/x.y.z[.w]
git checkout release/x.y.z[.w]
-2. Edit all target platform files in `releng/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition/`, i.e.
- * `simantics.target`
- * `org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.target`
-
- At the beginning of simantics.target file, increment `sequenceNumber` by 1 and replace
- the version numbers in target name and `org.simantics.sdk.feature.group` and
- `org.simantics.sdk.source.feature.group` with `x.y.z[.w]`:
- ~~~
-
-
-
-
-
- ~~~
+2. Edit all target platform files in `releng/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition/`, i.e.
+ * `org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.tpd`
+ * `simantics.tpd`
- Next, replace the following rows in both mentioned files:
+ Replace the following rows in both mentioned files:
~~~
-
-
-
+ location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/external-components/maven" {
+ location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/external-components/manual" {
+ include "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.tpd"
+ location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/sdk" {
~~~
with
~~~
-
-
-
+ location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/release/x.y.z[.w]/maven" {
+ location "http://www.simantics.org/download/master/release/x.y.z[.w]/manual" {
+ include "http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/org.simantics.sdk.build.targetdefinition.tpd"
+ location "http://www.simantics.org/download/release/x.y.z[.w]/sdk" {
~~~
3. Edit version number of `org.simantics.sdk` feature in `features/org.simantics.sdk.feature/feature.xml` to `x.y.z[.w]`.
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ With service releases, branch from an existing `release/*` branch instead.
Commit the changes with the following commit message
Bumped master target and org.simantics.sdk feature versions to x.y.z[.w].
+
refs #yyyy
where `#yyyy` is the number of the next release's release engineering issue.
@@ -163,6 +165,24 @@ After this, whenever changes are pushed/merged to `release/x.y.z[.w]` branch in
This means that one does not have to do any tricks after this to build and publish the SDK as a P2 repository online. It is an automated process that is performed by the [SDK/Simantics SDK](https://www.simantics.org/jenkins/job/SDK/job/Simantics%20SDK/) Jenkins job.
+### Update `.target` files
+
+Lastly, we want to change the `.target` files to point to the correct P2 repository locations. This happens by opening the previously edited `.tpd` files in Obeo's editor and regenerating the `.target` files by pressing Alt+R.
+
+Push the changed files to remote again with commit message:
+
+ Configured release/x.y.z[.w] branch .target files.
+
+ refs #xxxx
+
+### Test Release Train build
+
+Trigger an execution of the [simantics-release-train](https://www.simantics.org/jenkins/job/simantics-release-train/) Jenkins job with parameters
+* GERRIT_REFNAME: `release/x.y.z[.w]`
+* PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS: `true`
+
+to ensure that all components of the release train build fine and to publish first versions of P2 repositories of everything online.
+
## Review documentation
Documentation to review:
@@ -278,11 +298,4 @@ Insert some general thoughts on the release...
# TODO
-* Start using [https://github.com/mbarbero/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform](https://github.com/mbarbero/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform) to generate `.target` files. `.tpd` files allow specifying version ranges instead of specific versions.
-
-
-* Create a parametrized release train pipeline build in Jenkins that creates all artifacts of a simantics release
- * Desktop, Sysdyn, R, Simupedia, FMIL, FMI Studio
-
-
* Incorporate tutorial code in the platform repository as a separate folder to allow platform builds to directly ensure that the tutorial code still builds OK
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