Eclipse Embedded CDT

A family of Eclipse CDT extensions and tools for GNU Arm & RISC-V development

How to publish the Windows Build Tools binaries?

The Windows Build Tools binaries are published on GitHub Releases.

The procedure used to publish those binaries is documented on the README-PUBLISH page in the same project.

The Windows Build Tools binaries are published on GitHub Releases).

Update CHANGELOG

Open the CHANGELOG.txt file from gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools.git and copy entries to the web git.

In the web git, add new entries to the Change log (pages/windows-build-tools/change-log.md), grouped by days.

Commit the project git

In gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools.git, commit all changes.

Push the build script git

Push gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools.git to GitHub.

Possibly push the helper project too.

Check/clone/pull build scripts

Be sure the scripts in windows-build-tools.git are up to date.

$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools.git \
  ~/Downloads/windows-build-tools.git

Build

Important note: Before starting the build, double check if the repository is clean (all changes were committed), otherwise the build version will be stamped with -dirty.

$ bash ~/Downloads/windows-build-tools/scripts/build.sh cleanall
$ caffeinate bash ~/Downloads/windows-build-tools/scripts/build.sh --all

For more details, see the build page.

Prepare a new blog post

In the web git:

  • add a new file to _posts/windows-build-tools/releases
  • name the file like 2016-10-28-windows-build-tools-v2-7-20161028-released.md
  • name the post like: GNU MCU Eclipse Windows Build Tools v2.7-20161028 released.
  • as download_url use the generic https://github.com/gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools/releases/ (will be updated later after the release is created)
  • update the date: field with the current date

Close issues on the way. Refer to them as:

  • [Issue:[#22](…)].

Update the SHA sums

Copy/paste the build report at the end of the post as

## Checksums
The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:

25b495b340d84b971736a5dfc2a639608c19b5d9d30d14e86e870c1ce461b855 ?
gnu-mcu-eclipse-build-tools-2.10-20180103-1919-win32.zip

da147a2cd378183af1d19ecb655637b5b1deedb691fac25657d9d0e2a102e1be ?
gnu-mcu-eclipse-build-tools-2.10-20180103-1919-win64.zip

Update the web

  • commit the gnu-mcu-eclipse.github.io-source.git project; use a message like Windows Build Tools v2.7-20161028 released
  • push the project
  • wait for the Travis build to complete; occasionally links to not work, and might need to restart the build
  • remember the post URL, since it must be updated in the release page

Note: initially the link to binaries points to the parent releases folder, otherwise Travis will complain and do not publish the site to gnu-mcu-eclipse.github.io.

Create the release

  • for stable releases, be sure the master branch is up to date and set as default
  • go to the GitHub Releases page
  • click Draft a new release
  • name the tag like v2.7-20161028
  • select the master branch
  • name the release like GNU MCU Eclipse Windows Build Tools v2.7-20161028
  • as description
    • add a downloads badge like [![Github Releases (by Release)](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools/v2.10-20180103/total.svg)](); use empty URL for now
    • copy the first paragraph from the Web release page
  • add a link to the Web page [Continue reading »](); use an empty URL for now
  • get URL from web and update the above links
  • attach binaries and SHA (drag and drop from the archives folder will do it)
  • click the Publish Release button

Note: at this moment the system should send a notification to all clients watching this project.

  • download_url: https://github.com/gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools/releases/tag/v2.10-20180103/

Copy binaries to the archive

  • go to .../GNU MCU Eclipse/archive
  • move the latest binaries and SHA to releases/build-tools

Update the xPack

See the Maintainer info in the separate project.