KDE release 20.12.0 packages available for packagers

[Ben Cooksley]

On Fri, 25 Dec 2020, 4:18 am Christoph Feck, <cfeck at kde.org> wrote:

> On 12/10/20 16:30, Heiko Becker wrote:
> > On Donnerstag, 10. Dezember 2020 15:32:35 CET, Christoph Feck wrote:
> >> While the 20.12.0 releases are now published, the KDE release team
> >> is still looking for volunteers to package future releases.
> >
> > considering that I've enjoyed nice tarballs as a packager for quite a
> > few years, I'd be willing to step up and give something back. I know my
> > way around a command line and git and I think I roughly know how the
> > release service tarballs are made.
>
> Hello Heiko,
>

Hi all,


> sorry for getting back to you this late. Thank you for volunteering to
> help the release team with future KDE releases! To get you started, I
> plan to involve you in the release process for the 20.12.1 releases.
>
> The steps involved are documented at https://phabricator.kde.org/T12272
> (but may a bit outdated). The schedule[1] says we should prepare the
> repositories before Jan 4. In the meantime, you could start preparing
> your system. I currently do not have access to the machine from where I
> do the releases, so some details might be missing.
>
> * git checkout the following repositories:
>      - sysadmin/release-tools (releases/20.12 branch)
>      - Jonathan Riddel's repository for "add_appstream_versions.sh"
>        (which needs some Python setup)
>      - all repositories listed at release-tools/modules.git to a flat
>        directory
>        (there used to be a mapping file to find the invent location ...)
>

You can use the git-kclone script in repo-metadata to do this cloning - it
accepts both the repository identifiers (which are unique) or wildcard
rules to just clone larger numbers of repositories.

You will need a full clone of repo-metadata to use it though.


> * Locally adapt the config file in release-tools to point to the
>      add_appstream_versions location.
>
> * svn checkout the i18n data using release-tools/update_l10n.sh
>
> * ask sysadmins to get ssh access to these accounts:
>      - pkgapplications at capona.kde.org
>      - ftpadmin at deino.kde.org
>      Also you need commit access to some repositories for WWW, but since
>      that recently changed, I am not sure about the repository names.
>

I believe the correct repository for this is websites/kde-org but Carl
should be able to confirm this.


> * make sure you have a GPG key setup. If you are not in our ring,
>      Albert knows best how to do the key signing via Internet video
>      conferencing (e.g. Jitsi).
>      If possible, also investigate how to get your key setup forwarded
>      to the capona account.
>
> (If anyone can correct me or add to this list, please do :)
>
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the whole KDE community!
>
> BG,
> Christoph
>

Many thanks,
Ben


> [1]
> https://community.kde.org/Schedules/release_service/20.12_Release_Schedule
>
> --
> Christoph Feck
> KDE Release Team
>
>
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