Checklist which Nigel uses to release a Booter


             Hacking:

0) Make all code changes. Test thoroughly.
    If updating dialog layout, do the final ResEditing on System 7, as the fonts and window borders are a bit different under OS 8 or 9.
    Check with the port maintainer, Scott Reynolds, about any features he might need added. 

1) In Think C, Project -> Remove Objects

2) In CodeWarrior, Project -> Remove Binaries

3) Trash 'Booter, Think C v7.rsrc' and ÔBSD/Mac68k Booter.SYMÕ

4) If the binary was linked via Think C, Use Finder ÔGet InfoÕ to change preferred memory allocation to 5120



             In the master documentation folder:

5) Update ChangeLog.txt
    ¥ Use File dates in Finder to locate modified files
    ¥ Use a diff program to analyse changes
    ¥ Produce a summary in ChangeLog.txt for each changed file

6) If this version is going to be the new recommended version, (i.e. if no external testing is required), update BOOTER.README.txt

7) If outstanding fixes/enhancements have been resolved, update TO-DO.txt

8) Produce new screen snapshots if the User Interface has changed
    ¥ Under MacOS 7 if possible
    ¥ Save them as Booting.PICT, Machines.PICT, Monitors.PICT, Preferences.PICT and Serial.PICT
    ¥ Convert them to Booting.GIF et cetera, using something like GIFConverter

9) Edit BooterManual.html Õtill satisfied. View with several browsers. Remember to update
    the version number

10) Create a SimpleText version of the BooterManual:
      ¥ In NetScape, viewing BooterManual.html, save as Text
      ¥ Open this file in an editor which allows picture insertion, and saving as SimpleText
         (e.g. ClarisWorks with ÔSimpleText XTNDÕ)
      ¥ Select All, change Font to Times 14
      ¥ Select Main Heading, change font to Helvetica 24, change HTML to SimpleText, delete
         leading spaces
      ¥ Change other headings to left justified Helvetiva 18 (if centred) and left justified
         Helvetica 14 (if not centred)
      ¥ Change example console output in ÔQuick OverviewÕ section to Font Monaco
      ¥ Insert and centre the 6 pictures
      ¥ Change Ô*Õ to Ô¥Õ
      ¥ Change most of the Ô\p          Õ (paragraph + 10 spaces) to Ô Õ, to create joined paragraphs
         of bulletted points
      ¥ Ditto for paragraph + 5 spaces
      ¥ Ditto for paragraph with no spaces
      ¥ Make <DT> heading points bold in the ÔBoot Options, Ad NauseamÕ section
      ¥ Make <DT> heading points italic in the ÔCommon Boot ErrorsÕ section
      ¥ Make ÔAd NauseamÕ and all Ôet ceteraÕ italic (if not already)
      ¥ Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- to _________________________________________________________________________
      ¥ Save as SimpleText BooterManual.stxt


             Producing the packages:

11) Create a folder called booter-manual. Copy latest versions of:
      BooterManual.html
      Booting.GIF
      ChangeLog.txt
      icon.GIF
      icon2.GIF
      Monitors.GIF
      Preferences.GIF
      Serial.GIF
      TO-DO.txt

12) Create a tar file Booter-HTML-manual-N.tar, where N is the version number. File should
      have relative paths like Ôbooter-manual/icon.GIFÕ. Only add the data forks of the files.

13) Create a new Folder for the Booter (e.g. Booter1.11.2)
      ¥ Move the binary into it
      ¥ Copy BooterManual.stxt into it
      ¥ Compress the folder into a self-extracting archive (e.g. Booter1.11.2.sea)

14) There is a folder in the source directory called Ô DocumentationÕ. Update with latest
      versions of:
          BooterManual.html
          BOOTER.README.txt
          Booting.GIF
          ChangeLog.txt
          icon.GIF
          icon2.GIF
          Machine.GIF
          Monitors.GIF
          Preferences.GIF
          Release Checklist
          Serial.GIF
          TO-DO.txt

15) Compress the source directory into a self-extracting archive, ÔBooterVersion-src.seaÕ,
      where Version is something like 1.11.2


             Distribution:

16) FTP these 4 files (or similar) to /pub/incoming on ftp.netbsd.org and
      /pub/NetBSD/contrib/incoming on ftp.MacBSD.com:
      	  BOOTER.README.txt
          Booter1.11.2-src.sea.hqx
  	      Booter1.11.2.sea.hqx
    	    Booter-HTML-manual-7.tar

17) Send an email to briggs@macbsd.com, scottr@og.org, asking them to get these files and
      put them up on MacBSD and NetBSD. Also ask them to untar the new Booter Manual into
      their WWW server

18) After a few days for the packages to distribute to the mirrors, publish the new version's
      existance on the port-mac68k mailing list. Mail downsj@downsj.com (the OpenBSD
      maintainer) also.