How to Prepare and Issue a New Shark Release
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This tutorial is both a checklist and knowledge preservation list
for the developing team, and a general information source on the
process of a new Shark release.


Packaging
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.. todo::

	Insert sufficiently detailed description of the whole package-making
	process here.



Misc.
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* Upgrade copyright notices



Sanity testing
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First testing stage:

* All group members should be able to compile/install on their systems.

* All Jenkins machines should be sunny.

* Eliminate as many compiler warnings from all Jenkins build logs as possible.

* Run the Sphinx link checker.

* run the makeastyle script

* Validate all packages as well as the source code package and the documentation package.

* Invite third-party package testers.



Web presence
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* Upload complete documentation web section onto web server.

* Upload package files

* Include a new announcement under "News", including a changelog if possible.


Online sanity testing
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Final testing stage:



Announcing
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* Write a generic announcement text and distribute on our own mailing lists, plus X