Procedure for a CPAN release

FINALIZE DEVELOPMENT

• finalize dev branch merges
• check for debug code in modules
• Modify Changelog
• Add missing authors to dist.ini (use git shortlog -s -n -e and select everyone with at least 2 commits or git shortlog -s -n -e | awk '$1 >= 2 {printf "author = %s\n", substr($0,index($0,$2))}' | sort)
• Update htdocs/index.html (Sourceforge project home page)
• push all commits up to github
• dzil build - build a new release
• dzil test - test it out

RELEASE

In order to upload files to PAUSE/CPAN and Sourceforge, the team member must have accounts with the proper privileges on those services. For PAUSE that is co-maint and for Sourceforge the user must be in the Admin group.

• Before executing dzil release confirm the git configuration settings user.name and user.email are set.
• dzil release - upload to cpan, tweet and mail :)
• upload module tarball to sourceforge @ https://sourceforge.net/projects/finance-quote/files/finance-quote/
  • Through Web interface
  • Or sftp <SourceForge ID>@frs.sourceforge.net
    • cd /home/frs/project/finance-quote/finance-quote
    • put Finance-Quote-N.NN.tar.gz
    • bye
• Upload index.html for http://finance-quote.sourceforge.net/index.html
  • sftp <SourceForge ID>,finance-quote@web.sourceforge.net
    • cd /home/project-web/finance-quote/htdocs
    • put index.html
    • bye