Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of Openvpn2ReleaseProcess

Timestamp:

01/16/23 16:07:55 (16 months ago)

Author:

flichtenheld

Comment:

update for new processes and scripts

Openvpn2ReleaseProcess

@@ -5 +5 @@
 = External systems involved =
 
-* Microsoft Partner Portal
-    * For attestation signing Windows drivers
-* Windows signing computer
-    * For Authenticode signing drivers meant for Windows 7/8
-    * For building Windows drivers such as tap-windows6  
+* Community Release build infrastructure
 * The openvpn.net staging website
 * The openvpn.net production website
@@ -15 +11 @@
 = Build tools =
 
-== openvpn-vagrant ==
+== openvpn-build == 
 
-The [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-vagrant openvpn-vagrant] repository contains !VirtualBox/Vagrant setup that can help with the release, see below.
+The scripts used during the various builds are maintained in [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build openvpn-build].
 
-== openvpn-release-scripts == 
+Overview of the various sub-directories:
 
-Many release preparations can be automated with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-release-scripts openvpn-release-scripts].
-
-== sbuild_wrapper == 
-
-Ubuntu and Debian packages are built with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/sbuild_wrapper sbuild_wrapper]. It is available as a !VirtualBox / Vagrant VM ("sbuild") in [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-vagrant openvpn-vagrant].
-
-== openvpn-build ==
-
-Windows installer are built with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build openvpn-build]. The easiest way is to use the build system is to use the !VirtualBox / Vagrant VM from [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-vagrant openvpn-vagrant]:
-
-* '''msibuilder''': for OpenVPN 2.6 (OpenSSL 3)
-* '''msibuilder25''': for OpenVPN 2.5 (OpenSSL 1.1.1x)
+* '''release''' contains scripts to prepare the source tarballs and tag the git repositories. It also has scripts to orchestrate the other parts of the build.
+* '''debian-sbuild''' contains scripts to build Debian packages for all supported distributions.
+* '''windows-msi''' contains scripts to build Windows MSI installers.
 
 = Pre-release checklist =
@@ -41 +28 @@
 
 The OpenVPN Inc. website team makes weekly website releases. Any changes to the website should be made to the staging web server first, then released in production. In case of emergency releases an off the cycle website release can be made, but that needs to be coordinated with the website team.
+
+Note that we now maintain our own wiki:Downloads page in Trac to avoid a dependency on the website team for small releases.
 
 === OpenVPN Inc marketing ===
@@ -69 +58 @@
 * tap-windows6
     * Build
-    * Cross-sign for Windows 7
+    * Cross-sign for Windows 7 (Note: This is not supported by Microsoft anymore)
     * Produce signed CAB files for attestation signing
     * Send CABs to Microsoft signing services
@@ -80 +69 @@
     * Put new version to build.openvpn.net
     * Put GPG signature (ASC file) to build.openvpn.net
-* openvpn-gui
-    * Generate and upload a source tarball and an ASCII GPG signature to build.openvpn.net with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-release-scripts.git openvpn-release-scripts]
-* sbuild-wrapper
-    * Generate changelog with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-release-scripts.git openvpn-release-scripts]
-    * Update version.conf
-    * Add changelogs to the Git repository
-    * Build tarballs
-    * Publish tar.gz on build.openvpn.net
+* openvpn-build
+    * Update git submodules under '''src'''
+    * Update configuration under '''release'''
 
 == Package ==
 
-* Build Windows installers with openvpn-build/windows-msi
-* Build Debian packages 
+* openvpn-build
+    * Make sure community release build machines are up and running
+    * Run '''release/full-release-build.sh'''
+       * This uploads source tarball to build.openvpn.net
+       * Builds Debian packages with '''debian-sbuild'''
+       * Build Windows installers with '''windows-msi'''
 
 == Smoketest packages ==
@@ -101 +89 @@
 == Update online documentation ==
 
-* Copy changelog generated by [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-release-scripts.git openvpn-release-scripts] to Trac wiki (currently [[ChangesInOpenvpn26]])
-* Copy man-page generated by [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-release-scripts.git openvpn-release-scripts] to build.openvpn.net (currently https://build.openvpn.net/man/openvpn-2.6/openvpn.8.html)
+* Copy generated changelog to Trac wiki (currently [[ChangesInOpenvpn26]])
+* Copy generated man-page to build.openvpn.net (currently https://build.openvpn.net/man/openvpn-2.6/openvpn.8.html)
 
 == Publish packages ==
@@ -111 +99 @@
 
 * Push Debian packages to the freight apt repository on build.openvpn.net with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/sbuild_wrapper/blob/master/scripts/freight-add-many.py freight-add-many.py]
-* Copy release files to build.openvpn.net with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-release-scripts.git openvpn-release-scripts]
+* Copy release files to build.openvpn.net
 * Copy release files to swupdate S3 bucket (AWS CLI or AWS Console)
-* Update community downloads page (need to do this via "corp-vpn")
+* Update community downloads page wiki:Downloads
 * Update links to latest release from Puppet
 
@@ -132 +120 @@
 * openvpn-gui
 * openvpn-build
-* sbuild-wrapper
 
 = Misc =