How to prepare a new release
----------------------------

. include/freetype/freetype.h: Update `FREETYPE_MAJOR`,
  `FREETYPE_MINOR`, and `FREETYPE_PATCH`.

. Update version numbers in all files where necessary (for example, do
  a grep for both '2.13.2' and '2132' for release 2.13.2).

. builds/unix/configure.raw: Update `version_info`.

. docs/CHANGES: Document differences to last release.

. README: Update.

. docs/VERSIONS.TXT: Document changed `version_info`.

. Update the 'dlg' submodule with

    git submodule foreach git pull origin master

. Copy the submodule code with

    make copy_submodule

  and run

    make distclean && make devel && make
    make distclean && make devel && make multi
    make distclean && make devel CC=g++ && make CC=g++ ANSIFLAGS=""
    make distclean && make devel CC=g++ && make multi CC=g++ ANSIFLAGS=""

    sh autogen.sh
    make distclean && ./configure CC=g++ && make ANSIFLAGS=""

  to test compilation with both gcc and g++ (you might also add the `-j`
  flag to `make` for parallel compilation).

  Note that it is normally not necessary to test standard C
  compilation with the `configure`, `meson`, and `cmake` build tools
  since this is done by the CI process of 'gitlab.freedesktop.org' for
  every commit.

. Test C++ compilation for 'freetype-demos' too; this needs a compiled
  FreeType library as described in the `README` file.

    make distclean && make
    make distclean && make CC=g++ ANSIFLAGS=""

. Run `src/tools/chktrcmp.py` and check that there are no undefined
  `trace_XXXX` macros.

. Update meson subproject files (for both the 'freetype' and
  'freetype-demos' git repositories) with

    meson subprojects update

. Test meson compilation (for both the 'freetype' and 'freetype-demos'
  git repositories) with

    meson setup builddir && meson compile -C builddir

. Commit everything.

. After pushing the new release, tag the git repositories ('freetype',
  'freetype-demos') with

    git tag VER-<version> -m "" -u <committer>

  and push the tags with

    git push --tags

. Check with

    git clean -ndx

  that the git directory is really clean (and remove extraneous files
  if necessary).

. Say `make dist` in both the 'freetype' and 'freetype-demos'
  repositories to generate the `.tar.gz`, `.tar.xz`, and `.zip` files.

. Create the doc bundles (`freetype-doc-<version>.tar.gz`,
  `freetype-doc-<version>.tar.xz`, `ftdoc<version>.zip`).  This is
  everything in

    <freetype-web git repository>/freetype2/docs

  except the `reference` subdirectory.  Do *not* use option `-l` from
  zip!

. Run the following script (with updated `$VERSION`, `$SAVANNAH_USER`,
  `$SOURCEFORGE_USER`, and `GPG_KEY_ID` variables) to sign and upload
  the bundles to both Savannah and SourceForge.  The signing code has
  been taken from the `gnupload` script (part of the 'automake'
  bundle).

    #!/bin/sh

    VERSION=2.13.2
    SAVANNAH_USER=wl
    SOURCEFORGE_USER=wlemb
    GPG_KEY_ID=BE6C3AAC63AD8E3F

    #####################################################################

    GPG="/usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --local-user $GPG_KEY_ID"

    version=`echo $VERSION | sed "s/\\.//g"`

    FREETYPE_PACKAGES="freetype-$VERSION.tar.gz \
                       freetype-$VERSION.tar.xz \
                       ft$version.zip"
    FT2DEMOS_PACKAGES="ft2demos-$VERSION.tar.gz \
                       ft2demos-$VERSION.tar.xz \
                       ftdmo$version.zip"
    FTDOC_PACKAGES="freetype-doc-$VERSION.tar.gz \
                    freetype-doc-$VERSION.tar.xz \
                    ftdoc$version.zip"

    PACKAGE_LIST="$FREETYPE_PACKAGES \
                  $FT2DEMOS_PACKAGES \
                  $FTDOC_PACKAGES"

    set -e
    unset passphrase

    PATH=/empty echo -n "Enter GPG passphrase: "
    stty -echo
    read -r passphrase
    stty echo
    echo

    for f in $PACKAGE_LIST; do
      if test ! -f $f; then
        echo "$0: Cannot find \`$f'" 1>&2
        exit 1
      else
        :
      fi
    done

    for f in $PACKAGE_LIST; do
      echo "Signing $f..."
      rm -f $f.sig
      echo $passphrase | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 -ba -o $f.sig $f
    done

    FREETYPE_SIGNATURES=
    for i in $FREETYPE_PACKAGES; do
      FREETYPE_SIGNATURES="$FREETYPE_SIGNATURES $i.sig"
    done

    FT2DEMOS_SIGNATURES=
    for i in $FT2DEMOS_PACKAGES; do
      FT2DEMOS_SIGNATURES="$FT2DEMOS_SIGNATURES $i.sig"
    done

    FTDOC_SIGNATURES=
    for i in $FTDOC_PACKAGES; do
      FTDOC_SIGNATURES="$FTDOC_SIGNATURES $i.sig"
    done

    SIGNATURE_LIST="$FREETYPE_SIGNATURES \
                    $FT2DEMOS_SIGNATURES \
                    $FTDOC_SIGNATURES"

    scp $PACKAGE_LIST $SIGNATURE_LIST \
      $SAVANNAH_USER@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/freetype/

    rsync -avP -e ssh $FREETYPE_PACKAGES $FREETYPE_SIGNATURES \
      $SOURCEFORGE_USER,freetype@frs.sf.net:/home/frs/project/f/fr/freetype/freetype2/$VERSION/
    rsync -avP -e ssh $FT2DEMOS_PACKAGES $FT2DEMOS_SIGNATURES \
      $SOURCEFORGE_USER,freetype@frs.sf.net:/home/frs/project/f/fr/freetype/freetype-demos/$VERSION/
    rsync -avP -e ssh $FTDOC_PACKAGES $FTDOC_SIGNATURES \
      $SOURCEFORGE_USER,freetype@frs.sf.net:/home/frs/project/f/fr/freetype/freetype-docs/$VERSION/

    # EOF

. Prepare a `README` file for SourceForge and upload it with the
  following script (with updated `$VERSION` and `$SOURCEFORGE_USER`
  variables).

    #!/bin/sh

    VERSION=2.13.2
    SOURCEFORGE_USER=wlemb

    #####################################################################

    rsync -avP -e ssh README \
      $SOURCEFORGE_USER,freetype@frs.sf.net:/home/frs/project/f/fr/freetype/freetype2/$VERSION/

    # EOF

. On SourceForge, tag the just uploaded `ftXXX.zip` and
  `freetype-XXX.tar.xz` files as the default files to download for
  'Windows' and 'Others', respectively.

. Trigger the automatic generation of the online API reference by
  updating the `FT_VERSION` variable in file `.gitlab-ci.yml` of the
  'freetype-web' repository.

. Announce new release on 'freetype-announce@nongnu.org' and to
  relevant newsgroups.  The text should include

  - SHA256 checksums of all files,
  - instructions how to verify the bundles using the `.sig` file data,
  - the PGP public key used to sign the archives.

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