Checklist for official releases
===============================
- check latest polyml, smlnj, jdk, scala, jedit;
- check Admin/components;
- test polyml-5.4.1, polyml-5.4.0, polyml-5.3.0, smlnj;
- test Proof General 4.1, 3.7.1.1;
- check HTML header of library;
- check CTRL-C, SIGINT in tty (also for external processes);
- check persistent sessions with PG and Poly/ML 5.x;
- check file positions within logic images (hyperlinks etc.);
- isabelle update_keywords;
- check ANNOUNCE, README, NEWS, COPYRIGHT, CONTRIBUTORS;
- check funny base directory, e.g. "Test 中国";
- diff NEWS wrt. last official release, which is read-only;
- update https://isabelle.in.tum.de/repos/website;
- maintain Docs:
doc/Contents
- maintain Logics:
ROOTS
lib/html/library_index_content.template
- test separate compilation of Isabelle/Scala PIDE sources:
Admin/build jars_test
- test Isabelle/jEdit:
print buffer
- test contrib components:
x86_64-linux without 32bit C/C++ libraries
Mac OS X Leopard
- check "Handler catches all exceptions", using
PolyML.Compiler.reportExhaustiveHandlers := true;
Packaging
=========
- hg up -r DISTNAME && isabelle makedist -r DISTNAME;
- isabelle makedist_bundles;
- Mac OS X: hdiutil create -srcfolder DIR DMG;
- Windows: cat 7zsd_All.sfx sfx.txt Isabelle.7z > Isabelle.exe
- makebin -l on fast machine, based on renamed bundle with deleted heaps;
Final release stage
===================
- various .hg/hgrc files:
default = /home/isabelle-repository/repos/isabelle-release
- isatest@macbroy28:hg-isabelle/.hg/hgrc
- isatest@macbroy28:devel-page/content/index.content
Post-release
============
- update /home/isabelle and /home/isabelle/html-data