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<h1>Releasing process</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="#bugzilla">Update Bugzilla</a>
</ul>
+
<h1 id="overview">Overview</h1>
<p>
Mesa 12.0.2 - 12.0 branch, bugfix
</pre>
+
<h1 id="schedule">Release schedule</h1>
<p>
Releases should happen on Fridays. Delays can occur although those should be keep
to a minimum.
+<br>
+See our <a href="release-calendar.html" target="_parent">calendar</a> for the
+date and other details for individual releases.
</p>
<h2>Feature releases</h2>
<ul>
-<li>Available approximatelly every three months.
+<li>Available approximately every three months.
<li>Initial timeplan available 2-4 weeks before the planned branchpoint (rc1)
on the mesa-announce@ mailing list.
<li>A <a href="#prerelease">pre-release</a> announcement should be available
-approximatelly 24 hours before the final (non-rc) release.
+approximately 24 hours before the final (non-rc) release.
</ul>
<h2>Stable releases</h2>
<li>Normally available once every two weeks.
<li>Only the latest branch has releases. See note below.
<li>A <a href="#prerelease">pre-release</a> announcement should be available
-approximatelly 48 hours before the actual release.
+approximately 48 hours before the actual release.
</ul>
<p>
time (or shortly after) 13.0.1 is out.
</p>
+
<h1 id="pickntest">Cherry-picking and testing</h1>
<p>
Commits nominated for the active branch are picked as based on the
<a href="submittingpatches.html#criteria" target="_parent">criteria</a> as
described in the same section.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Nomination happens in the mesa-stable@ mailing list. However,
+maintainer is resposible of checking for forgotten candidates in the
+master branch. This is achieved by a combination of ad-hoc scripts and
+a casual search for terms such as regression, fix, broken and similar.
+</p>
<p>
-Maintainer is responsible for testing in various possible permutations of
+Maintainer is also responsible for testing in various possible permutations of
the autoconf and scons build.
</p>
and the patch <strong>must</strong> be very well contained. Thus it cannot
affect more than one driver/subsystem.
</p>
+
<p>
Currently Ilia Mirkin and AMD devs have requested "permanent" exception.
</p>
-
<ul>
<li>make distcheck, scons and scons check must pass
<li>Testing with different version of system components - LLVM and others is also
performed where possible.
+<li>As a general rule, testing with various combinations of configure
+switches, depending on the specific patchset.
</ul>
+
+<p>
+Achieved by combination of local ad-hoc scripts, mingw-w64 cross
+compilation and AppVeyor plus Travis-CI, the latter as part of their
+Github integration.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+For Windows related changes, the main contact point is Brian
+Paul. Jose Fonseca can also help as a fallback contact.
+</p>
+
<p>
-Achieved by combination of local ad-hoc scripts and AppVeyor plus Travis-CI,
-the latter as part of their Github integration.
+For Android related changes, the main contact is Tapani
+Pälli. Mauro Rossi is collaborating with android-x86 and may
+provide feedback about the build status in that project.
</p>
+<p>
+For MacOSX related changes, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia is currently a
+good contact point.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<strong>Note:</strong> If a patch in the current queue needs any additional
+fix(es), then they should be squashed together.
+<br>
+The commit messages and the <code>cherry picked from</code> tags must be preserved.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+This should be noted in the <a href="#prerelease">pre-announce</a> email.
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+ git show b10859ec41d09c57663a258f43fe57c12332698e
+
+ commit b10859ec41d09c57663a258f43fe57c12332698e
+ Author: Jonas Pfeil <pfeiljonas@gmx.de>
+ Date: Wed Mar 1 18:11:10 2017 +0100
+
+ ralloc: Make sure ralloc() allocations match malloc()'s alignment.
+
+ The header of ralloc needs to be aligned, because the compiler assumes
+ ...
+
+ (cherry picked from commit cd2b55e536dc806f9358f71db438dd9c246cdb14)
+
+ Squashed with commit:
+
+ ralloc: don't leave out the alignment factor
+
+ Experimentation shows that without alignment factor gcc and clang choose
+ ...
+
+ (cherry picked from commit ff494fe999510ea40e3ed5827e7818550b6de126)
+</pre>
+
<h2>Regression/functionality testing</h2>
<p>
Less often (once or twice), shortly before the pre-release announcement.
Ensure that testing is redone if Intel devs have requested an exception, as per above.
</p>
+
<ul>
<li><em>no regressions should be observed for Piglit/dEQP/CTS/Vulkan on Intel platforms</em>
<li><em>no regressions should be observed for Piglit using the swrast, softpipe
and llvmpipe drivers</em>
</ul>
+
<p>
Currently testing is performed courtesy of the Intel OTC team and their Jenkins CI setup. Check with the Intel team over IRC how to get things setup.
</p>
+<p>
+Installing the built driver from the pre-announced RC branch in the
+system and making some every day's use until the release may be a good
+idea too.
+</p>
+
<h1 id="branch">Making a branchpoint</h1>
git checkout master # make sure we're in master first
git tag -s X.Y-branchpoint -m "Mesa X.Y branchpoint"
git checkout -b X.Y
+ git checkout master
+ $EDITOR VERSION # bump the version number
+ git commit -as
+ cp docs/relnotes/{X.Y,X.Y+1}.html # copy/create relnotes template
+ git commit -as
git push origin X.Y-branchpoint X.Y
</pre>
Now go to
<a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/editversions.cgi?action=add&product=Mesa" target="_parent">Bugzilla</a> and add the new Mesa version X.Y.
</p>
+
<p>
-Check for rare that there are no distribution breaking changes and revert them
-if needed. Extremely rare - we had only one case so far (see
-commit 2ced8eb136528914e1bf4e000dea06a9d53c7e04).
+Check that there are no distribution breaking changes and revert them if needed.
+For example: files being overwritten on install, etc. Happens extremely rarely -
+we had only one case so far (see commit 2ced8eb136528914e1bf4e000dea06a9d53c7e04).
</p>
+
<p>
Proceed to <a href="#release">release</a> -rc1.
</p>
+
<h1 id="prerelease">Pre-release announcement</h1>
<p>
</p>
<h2>Terminology used</h2>
+
<ul><li>Nominated</ul>
+
<p>
Patch that is nominated but yet to to merged in the patch queue/branch.
</p>
<ul><li>Queued</ul>
+
<p>
Patch is in the queue/branch and will feature in the next release.
Barring reported regressions or objections from developers.
</p>
<ul><li>Rejected</ul>
+
<p>
Patch does not fit the
<a href="submittingpatches.html#criteria" target="_parent">criteria</a> and
AUTHOR (NUMBER):
COMMIT SUMMARY
+For example:
+
+Jonas Pfeil (1):
+ ralloc: Make sure ralloc() allocations match malloc()'s alignment.
+Squashed with
+ ralloc: don't leave out the alignment factor
Rejected (NUMBER)
=================
Reason: ...
</pre>
+
<h1 id="release">Making a new release</h1>
<p>
</p>
<h3>Get latest source files</h3>
+
<p>
Ensure the latest code is available - both in your local master and the
relevant branch.
</p>
<h3>Perform basic testing</h3>
+
<p>
Most of the testing should already be done during the
<a href="#pickntest">cherry-pick</a> and
<a href="#prerelease">pre-announce</a> stages.
-
So we do a quick 'touch test'
+</p>
+
<ul>
<li>make distcheck (you can omit this if you're not using --dist below)
<li>scons (from release tarball)
chmod 755 -fR $__build_root; rm -rf $__build_root
mkdir -p $__build_root && cd $__build_root
- $__mesa_root/autogen.sh --enable-llvm-shared-libs && make -j2 distcheck
+ # For the distcheck, you may want to specify which LLVM to use:
+ # export LLVM_CONFIG=/usr/lib/llvm-3.9/bin/llvm-config
+ $__mesa_root/autogen.sh && make -j2 distcheck
+
+ # Build check the tarballs (scons, linux)
+ tar -xaf mesa-$__version.tar.xz && cd mesa-$__version
+ scons
+ cd .. && rm -rf mesa-$__version
- # Build check the tarballs (scons)
- tar -xaf mesa-$__version.tar.xz && cd mesa-$__version && scons && cd ..
+ # Build check the tarballs (scons, windows/mingw)
+ # You may need to unset LLVM if you set it before:
+ # unset LLVM_CONFIG
+ tar -xaf mesa-$__version.tar.xz && cd mesa-$__version
+ scons platform=windows toolchain=crossmingw
+ cd .. && rm -rf mesa-$__version
# Test the automake binaries
- rm -rf cd mesa-$__version
tar -xaf mesa-$__version.tar.xz && cd mesa-$__version
+ # You may want to specify which LLVM to use:
./configure \
--with-dri-drivers=i965,swrast \
--with-gallium-drivers=swrast \
--with-vulkan-drivers=intel \
--enable-llvm-shared-libs \
- --enable-gallium-llvm \
+ --enable-llvm \
+ --with-llvm-prefix=/usr/lib/llvm-3.9 \
--enable-glx-tls \
--enable-gbm \
--enable-egl \
- --with-egl-platforms=x11,drm,wayland
+ --with-platforms=x11,drm,wayland,surfaceless
make -j2 && DESTDIR=`pwd`/test make -j6 install
- export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/test/usr/local/lib/
+ __glxinfo_cmd='glxinfo 2>&1 | egrep -o "Mesa.*|Gallium.*|.*dri\.so"'
+ __glxgears_cmd='glxgears 2>&1 | grep -v "configuration file"'
+ __es2info_cmd='es2_info 2>&1 | egrep "GL_VERSION|GL_RENDERER|.*dri\.so"'
+ __es2gears_cmd='es2gears_x11 2>&1 | grep -v "configuration file"'
+ test "x$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" != 'x' && __old_ld="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/test/usr/local/lib/:"${__old_ld}"
export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=`pwd`/test/usr/local/lib/dri/
export LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose
- glxinfo | egrep -o "Mesa.*"
- glxgears
- es2_info | egrep "GL_VERSION|GL_RENDERER"
- es2gears_x11
+ eval $__glxinfo_cmd
+ eval $__glxgears_cmd
+ eval $__es2info_cmd
+ eval $__es2gears_cmd
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
- glxinfo | egrep -o "Mesa.*|Gallium.*"
- glxgears
- es2_info | egrep "GL_VERSION|GL_RENDERER"
- es2gears_x11
+ eval $__glxinfo_cmd
+ eval $__glxgears_cmd
+ eval $__es2info_cmd
+ eval $__es2gears_cmd
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
export GALLIUM_DRIVER=softpipe
- glxinfo | egrep -o "Mesa.*|Gallium.*"
- glxgears
- es2_info | egrep "GL_VERSION|GL_RENDERER"
- es2gears_x11
+ eval $__glxinfo_cmd
+ eval $__glxgears_cmd
+ eval $__es2info_cmd
+ eval $__es2gears_cmd
# Smoke test DOTA2
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ test "x$__old_ld" != 'x' && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$__old_ld" && unset __old_ld
unset LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH
unset LIBGL_DEBUG
unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE
<p>
Two scripts are available to help generate portions of the release notes:
+</p>
<pre>
./bin/bugzilla_mesa.sh
<p>
Commit these changes and push the branch.
</p>
+
<pre>
git push origin HEAD
</pre>
-<h3>Use the release.sh script from xorg util-macros</h3>
+<h3>Use the release.sh script from xorg <a href="https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/modular/">util-modular</a></h3>
<p>
-Ensure that the mesa git tree is clean via <code>git clean -fXd</code> and
-start the release process.
+Start the release process.
</p>
+
<pre>
+ # For the dist/distcheck, you may want to specify which LLVM to use:
+ # export LLVM_CONFIG=/usr/lib/llvm-3.9/bin/llvm-config
../relative/path/to/release.sh . # append --dist if you've already done distcheck above
</pre>
<h3>Add the sha256sums to the release notes</h3>
<p>
-Edit docs/relnotes/X.Y.Z.html to add the sha256sums as availabe in the mesa-X.Y.Z.announce template. Commit this change.
+Edit docs/relnotes/X.Y.Z.html to add the sha256sums as available in the mesa-X.Y.Z.announce template. Commit this change.
</p>
<h3>Back on mesa master, add the new release notes into the tree</h3>
</pre>
<p>
-Also, edit docs/relnotes.html to add a link to the new release notes, and edit
-docs/index.html to add a news entry. Then commit and push:
+Also, edit docs/relnotes.html to add a link to the new release notes,
+edit docs/index.html to add a news entry, and remove the version from
+docs/release-calendar.html. Then commit and push:
</p>
<pre>
- git commit -as -m "docs: add news item and link release notes for X.Y.Z"
+ git commit -as -m "docs: update calendar, add news item and link release notes for X.Y.Z"
git push origin master X.Y
</pre>
<h1 id="announce">Announce the release</h1>
+
<p>
Use the generated template during the releasing process.
</p>
<h1 id="website">Update the mesa3d.org website</h1>
<p>
-NOTE: The recent release managers have not been performing this step
-themselves, but leaving this to Brian Paul, (who has access to the
-sourceforge.net hosting for mesa3d.org). Brian is more than willing to grant
-the permission necessary to future release managers to do this step on their
-own.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Update the web site by copying the docs/ directory's files to
-/home/users/b/br/brianp/mesa-www/htdocs/ with:
-<br>
-<code>
-sftp USERNAME,mesa3d@web.sourceforge.net
-</code>
+As the hosting was moved to freedesktop, git hooks are deployed to update the
+website. Manually check that it is updated 5-10 minutes after the final <code>git push</code>
</p>