Release Process

Checklist

For rolling new Haraka releases:

1. Start a N-week quiet period
2. Update Changes
3. Update Public Suffix List
   • curl -o config/public-suffix-list https://publicsuffix.org/list/effective_tld_names.dat
4. Update TLDs files (for URIBL plugin and utils.split_hostname)
   • config/update_tld_files
5. For major version releases:
   • check for waiting PRs for that milestone version.
   • Grep the source for: Sunset v3, where 3 is the new major version.
6. Bump version in package.json
7. Check if any dependencies should be updated with grunt versioncheck
8. git tag v<release_number>; git push --tags
9. npm publish
10. update haraka's wikipedia page

Automation

Most of these steps are currently manual. Documenting the process is the first step towards automating it.

Automation Ideas

• https://github.com/skywinder/github-changelog-generator
• GitHub Releases haraka