zulip/puppet/stdlib/RELEASE_PROCESS.markdown

Contributing to this module

• Work in a topic branch
• Submit a github pull request
• Address any comments / feeback
• Merge into master using --no-ff

Releasing this module

• This module adheres to http://semver.org/
• Look for API breaking changes using git diff vX.Y.Z..master
  • If no API breaking changes, the minor version may be bumped.
  • If there are API breaking changes, the major version must be bumped.
  • If there are only small minor changes, the patch version may be bumped.
• Update the CHANGELOG
• Update the Modulefile
• Commit these changes with a message along the lines of "Update CHANGELOG and Modulefile for release"
• Create an annotated tag with git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m 'version X.Y.Z' (NOTE the leading v as per semver.org)
• Push the tag with git push origin --tags
• Build a new package with puppet-module or the rake build task if it exists
• Publish the new package to the forge
• Bonus points for an announcement to puppet-users.