User:Jbakker/projects/BlenderLTS/ReleaseScript

Blender LTS Release Script

This page is written in sequential order and was extracted from the original release process and adapted for performance as we knew we had to do this more often. When performing a release a release engineer can do all the steps as pointing out in this page.

When performing a new release I copy the source of this page to a editor and rename the previous version with the next version. (Bad excuse for introducing batches and parameters :-) ) After the release the content of the editor is copied back including modifications that have been made.

Last commit

• Change BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE BKE_blender_version.h
• Check versioning_280.c
• compile, commit and push

Start Builds

Start builds on the buildbot By pressing Force build on the next pages state your e-mail and put "Blender 2.83.9 Release" as reason

https://builder.blender.org/admin/#/builders/17
https://builder.blender.org/admin/#/builders/18
https://builder.blender.org/admin/#/builders/21

Now we need to wait for half an hour for the builds to complete. During that time the source archives can be created and uploaded

Build source archive

cd /home/jeroen/blender-git/blender
make source_archive
scp /home/jeroen/blender-git/blender/blender-2.83.9.tar.xz [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/source/
scp /home/jeroen/blender-git/blender/blender-2.83.9.tar.xz.md5sum [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/source/

Create release notes

cd /home/jeroen/blender-git/blender/release/lts/
./create_release_notes.py --task=T77348 --version=2.83.9 --format=txt
./create_release_notes.py --task=T77348 --version=2.83.9 --format=steam
./create_release_notes.py --task=T77348 --version=2.83.9 --format=html
./create_download_urls.py --version=2.83.9

The output of these commands are used on various platform by multiple persons normally put the release notes on blender.chat in the blender-release room. The html and download urls are directly copied into www.blender.org cms.

Upload builds to download.blender.org

Perform the next steps after all the builds have been successfully build.

cd /home/jeroen/Downloads
mkdir blender-2.83.9
cd blender-2.83.9
wget https://builder.blender.org/download/blender-2.83.9-linux64.tar.xz
wget https://builder.blender.org/download/blender-2.83.9-macOS.dmg
wget https://builder.blender.org/download/blender-2.83.9-windows64.msi
wget https://builder.blender.org/download/blender-2.83.9-windows64.zip

md5sum blender-2.83.9-* > blender-2.83.9.md5
sha256sum blender-2.83.9-* > blender-2.83.9.sha256

scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9-linux64.tar.xz [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/
scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9-macOS.dmg [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/
scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9-windows64.msi [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/
scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9-windows64.zip [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/
scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9.md5 [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/
scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9.sha256 [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/

Update Stores

Windows Store

Make sure it you start a developer command prompt. otherwise the process will fail.

cd \blender-git\blender\release\windows\msix
set VERSION=2.83.9.0
set URL=https://builder.blender.org/download/blender-2.83.9-windows64.zip
set PUBID=CN=...
python create_msix_package.py --version %VERSION% --url %URL% --publisher %PUBID% --lts

copy file to linux for uploading

scp /home/jeroen/Downloads/blender-2.83.9/blender-2.83.9.0-windows64.msix [email protected]:/data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/dashboard/products/9PP3C07GTVRH

Steam

Normally this step is performed by Nathan Letwory. It requires a MacOS but the process as described in https://developer.blender.org/D8429

Snap

Follow snap/README.txt in the source folder

cd /home/jeroen/blender-git/blender/release/freedesktop/snap
python3 bundle.py --version 2.83.9 --url https://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/blender-2.83.9-linux64.tar.xz

# Test the build
sudo snap remove blender
sudo snap install --dangerous --classic blender_2.83.9_amd64.snap
blender
sudo snap remove blender

# Push the snap package
snapcraft push --release=2.8,2.83lts blender_2.83.9_amd64.snap

Post Actions

File access on download.blender.org

ssh [email protected]
sudo -i

cd /data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/source/
chown root blender-2.83.9*
chmod a-w blender-2.83.9*
cd /data/www/vhosts/download.blender.org/release/Blender2.83/
chown root blender-2.83.9*
chmod a-w blender-2.83.9*

Ask troubled to change the flags of the release files + source files. But normally it is done automatically.

Git tagging

Tag blender/add-ons/addons_contrib i18n and tools

cd ~/blender-git/blender
git tag -a v2.83.9 -m "Tagging Blender 2.83.9 Release"
git push origin v2.83.9

cd ~/blender-git/blender/release/scripts/addons
git tag -a v2.83.9 -m "Tagging Blender 2.83.9 Release"
git push origin v2.83.9

cd ~/blender-git/blender/release/scripts/addons_contrib
git tag -a v2.83.9 -m "Tagging Blender 2.83.9 Release"
git push origin v2.83.9

cd ~/blender-git/blender/release/datafiles/locale
git tag -a v2.83.9 -m "Tagging Blender 2.83.9 Release"
git push origin v2.83.9

cd ~/blender-git/blender/source/tools
git tag -a v2.83.9 -m "Tagging Blender 2.83.9 Release"
git push origin v2.83.9