Developer

How to release a version

1. update NEWS.
2. bump version and so_version in meson.build.
3. update po (guide in README.md).
4. build & check share/metainfo/io.github.iptux_src.iptux.metainfo.xml is correct, especially for releases part.
5. commit & push.
6. git tag -a "v0.X.Y"; git push --tags
7. create a release from https://github.com/iptux-src/iptux/tags
8. update https://github.com/iptux-src/homebrew-iptux
9. publish snap
   • visit https://snapcraft.io/iptux/builds and check whether the builds are finished.
   • visit https://snapcraft.io/iptux/releases, check whether the version is the new one. If not, trigger re-build in https://snapcraft.io/iptux/builds. Waiting for the builds to be finished.
   • confirm arm64 & amd64 are built successfully. If not, fix the bug.
   • run snap switch --channel edge iptux && snap refresh to install the newest edge version. do some basic checks.
   • release the new version on snap

How to test snap build locally

sudo snap install --classic snapcraft
cd /path/to/iptux
/snap/bin/snapcraft
# /snap/bin/snapcraft --use-lxd # if KVM is not supported
sudo snap install ./iptux_*.snap --dangerous
/snap/bin/iptux