RELEASE-CHECKLIST

Osmium release checklist
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SCM organization
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* 3 main branches: 
  * production (stable channel);
  * master (going in the next minor release);
  * staging (going in the next major release).

* Other branches:
  * experimental-* for code that may never be merged at all;
  * staging-vX for specific staging branches;
  * vX-hotfixes for last-minute trivial fixes.

* production branch is always on a tagged commit (vA.B.C-foo).

The list
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* Move used patches from pgsql/patches/current/ to pgsql/patches/<current_version>/

* `./bin/backup_osmium_schema` and `./bin/backup_eve_schema`

* Bump STATICVER if needed in inc/root.php

* Put relevant info in UPDATING

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Commit
  git commit -m "Version X.Y.Z."

* Tag this commit
  git tag -s -m "Version X.Y.Z" vX.Y.Z

* Move production branch to newest version
  git checkout production
  git merge master

* Push production ref and new tag:
   git push origin production:production
   git push origin master:master
   git push --tags

* Update #osmium topic, forum thread