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Org Mode
179 lines
6.5 KiB
Org Mode
# -*- mode:org -*-
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#+TITLE: Org maintainer tasks
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#+STARTUP: noindent
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#+OPTIONS: ^:nil
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This document describes the tasks the Org-mode maintainer has to do
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and how they are performed.
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* Git workflow
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The git repository has two branches:
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- master :: for current development.
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- maint :: for bug fixes against latest major or minor release.
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Bug fixes always go on =maint= then are merged on =master=.
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New features always go on =master=.
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* Releasing
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** Major release
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The release number for main releases look like this: =7.13=
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Main releases are made whenever Org is in a state where the feature
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set is consistent and we feel that the features that are implemented
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is something we want to support in the future.
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A major release turns the current state of the master branch into a
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release.
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When doing a /major release/, make sure all changes from the maint
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branch are merged into the the master branch, then merge the master
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branch back into maint to synchronize the two.
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** Minor release
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The release number for minor releases look like this: =7.13.1=
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Minor releases are small amends to main releases. Usually they fix
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critical bugs discovered in a main release. Minor bugs are usually
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not fixed -- they will be adressed in the next main release.
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Only the fix to the bug is bundled into a release, without the main
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development work going on in the master branch. Since the bug fix
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will also be needed in the master branch, usually the fix is made in
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maint then merged in master.
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** Tagging the release
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When doing a major and a minor release, after all necessary merging is
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done, tag the _maint_ branch for the release with:
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git tag -a release_7.9.1 -m "Adding release tag"
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and push tags with
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git push --tags
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We also encourage you to sign release tags like this:
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git tag -s release_7.9.1 -m "Adding release tag"
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** Uploading the release files from the orgmode.org server
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Log on the orgmode.org server as the emacs user and cd to
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~/git/org-mode
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From there do
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make release
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make upload
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to create the .tar.gz and .zip files, the documentation, and to
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upload everything at the right place.
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* Available Org's builds on the server
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There are two cron tasks on the server: one that builds the ELPA
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packages and one that builds org-latest.tar.gz and org-latest.zip.
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ELPA packages are built from the *maint* branch. One ELPA package
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contains Org's core, another one called "org-plus-contrib" contains
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Org and contributed libraries.
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org-latest* snapshots are built from the *master* branch.
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* Synchronization Org and upstream Emacs
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Below it is described how Org is kept in sync with the upstream Emacs.
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** Backporting changes from upstream Emacs
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Sometimes Emacs maintainers make changes to Org files. The process of
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propagating the changes back to the Org repository is called
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/backporting/ for historical reasons.
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To find changes that need to be backported from the Emacs repository,
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the following =git= command, courtesy of [[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/215861][Kyle Meyer]], can be used:
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#+begin_src shell
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git log $rev..origin/emacs-25 -- lisp/org doc/misc/org.texi \
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etc/refcards/orgcard.tex etc/ORG-NEWS etc/org \
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etc/schema/od-manifest-schema-v1.2-os.rnc \
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etc/schema/od-schema-v1.2-os.rnc
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#+end_src
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here, =$rev= is the last commit from the =emacs-25= branch that was
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backported. The should also be done for the =master= branch.
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There is also a [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/atom/lisp/org/][feed]] to keep track of new changes in the =lisp/org=
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folder in the Emacs repository.
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** Updating the Org version in upstream Emacs
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New releases of Org should be added to the [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git][Emacs repository]].
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Typically, Org can be synchronized by copying over files from the
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=emacs-sync= branch of the Org repository to the =master= branch of Emacs
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repository. The =emacs-sync= branch has a few extra changes compared with
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the =maint= branch. If the Emacs maintainers are planning a new release
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of Emacs soon, it is possible that another branch should be used.
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If the new release of Org contains many changes, it may be useful to
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use a separate branch before merging, e.g. =scratch/org-mode-merge=.
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This branch can then be merged with the =master= branch, when everything
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has been tested.
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Please see [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/CONTRIBUTE][CONTRIBUTE]] in the Emacs repository for guidelines on
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contributing to the Emacs repository.
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*** Where to files go
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The following list shows where files in Org repository are copied to in
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the Emacs repository, folder by folder.
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**** =org-mode/doc=
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- =org.texi= :: Copy to =emacs/doc/misc=. It may be necessary to replace, ~@include org-version.inc~ with ~@set VERSION 9.0.9~ or
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similar.
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- =orgcard.tex= :: Copy to =emacs/doc/refcards=. Make sure that ~\def\orgversionnumber~ and ~\def\versionyear~ are up
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to date.
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- =library-of-babel.org= :: Copy to =emacs/etc/org=.
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**** =org-mode/etc=
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- =styles/*= :: Copy to =emacs/etc/org=.
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- =schema/*.rnc= :: Copy to =emacs/etc/schema=.
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- =schema/schemas.xml= :: Any new entries in this file should be added
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to =emacs/etc/schema/schemas.xml=.
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- =ORG-NEWS= :: Copy to =emacs/etc=
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**** =org-mode/lisp=
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- Copy =*.el= files to =emacs/lisp/org=, except =org-loaddefs.el=!
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- You should create =org-version.el= in =emacs/lisp/org=. The file is
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created when you =make= Org.
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**** TODO =org-mode/testing=
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* Updating the list of hooks/commands/options on Worg
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Load the =mk/eldo.el= file then =M-x eldo-make-doc RET=.
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This will produce an org file with the documentation.
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Import this file into =worg/doc.org=, leaving the header untouched
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(except for the release number).
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Then commit and push the change on the =worg.git= repository.
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* Copyright assignments
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The maintainer needs to keep track of copyright assignments.
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Even better, find a volunteer to do this.
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The assignment form is included in the repository as a file that
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you can send to contributors: =request-assign-future.txt=
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The list of all contributors from who we have the papers is kept on
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Worg at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html, so that
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committers can check if a patch can go into the core.
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The assignment process does not allways go smoothly, and it has
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happened several times that it gets stuck or forgotten at the FSF.
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The contact at the FSF for this is: mailto:copyright-clerk@fsf.org
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Emails from the paper submitter have been ignored in the past, but
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an email from me (Carsten) as the maintainer of Org mode has usually
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fixed such cases within a few days.
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