= Introduction =

This is a release checklist for OpenVPN 2.x releases. Its primary purpose is to ensure that all release tasks are completed.

Tasks marked with '''Bold''' have to be done by an OpenVPN Inc. employee as access to internal systems is required. Tasks marked with ''italic'' are naturally done by employees, but there is not hard requirement for that.

= Pre-release checklist =

Heads up to external entities
* ''Notify OpenVPN Inc. marketing for a press release''
 * Only in special cases (e.g. major security fixes or a major release)
 * 7 days prior is optimal, 48 hours is minimum
* ''Notify Access Server team''
* Notify [http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros distro package maintainers]
* Notify other external entities

= Release checklist =

== Update release dependencies ==

* [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpnserv2 openvpnserv2]
 * Merge pull requests
 * Rebase with upstream
 * Build
 * '''Put new version to build.openvpn.net'''
 * '''Put signature to build.openvpn.net'''
 * Tag the release
 * Push changes and tags to Git
* [https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa-old easy-rsa]
 * Merge pull requests
 * Rebase with upstream
 * '''Put updated tarball to build.openvpn.net'''
 * '''Put signature to build.openvpn.net'''
 * Tag the release
 * Push changes and tags to Git
* [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui openvpn-gui]
 * Merge pull requests
 * Rebase with upstream
 * '''Put updated tarball to build.openvpn.net'''
 * '''Put signature to build.openvpn.net'''
 * Push changes and tags to Git
* [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build openvpn-build]
 * Merge pull requests
 * Rebase with upstream
 * Update dependencies (e.g. openssl)
 * Tag the release
 * Push changes and tags to Git
* [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-windows-buildtest openvpn-windows-buildtest]
 * '''Update openvpn version for buildtest on the buildtest VM'''

== Prepare for packaging ==

* Build tarballs
* '''Publish tar.gz on build.openvpn.net'''

== Package ==

* Build Windows installers (with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build openvpn-build])
* Build Debian packages (with [https://github.com/OpenVPN/sbuild_wrapper sbuild_wrapper])

== Smoketest packages ==

* Windows installer (use [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-windows-test our testsuite])
* Debian packages (manual process)

== Update documentation ==

* Man-page on Trac
* Changelog on Trac

== Publish packages ==

* GPG-sign tarballs and Windows installers
* '''Push Debian packages to apt repositories'''
* '''Update community downloads page'''
* '''Update links to latest release'''

== Release announcements ==

* OpenVPN mailing lists (attach changelog)
 * openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net
 * openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
 * openvpn-announce@lists.sourceforge.net (sender needs to be explicitly allowed)
* Forums
* '''Twitter (optional)'''
* Security announcement (as needed)

== Final touches ==

* Commit and push changes to [https://github.com/OpenVPN/sbuild_wrapper sbuild_wrapper]