flawfinder/release_process.md

Release process

Here's information on how to release an update to flawfinder.

Changing version number

Ensure that the version number is the intended final value. Make sure every release has a unique version number.

To change version number, edit the following files: makefile flawfinder flawfinder.spec setup.py index.html # in dwheeler.com/flawfinder

Then run:

make test && make test-is-correct # update version number in tests

Test it

make check # Run tests in Python 2 and 3

Tag version

Once you're sure this is the real version, tag it:

git tag VERSION
git push --tags origin # SourceForge
git push --tags github # GitHub

Create tarball

Run:

make distribute

Post tarball

Then post the tarball flawfinder-VERSION.tar.gz to the usual places:

• SourceForge "files" directory, and set it to be the default download.
• dwheeler.com/flawfinder

Do this before creating the PyPi distribution package for pip.

Post to pip

First, install the programs to create a PyPi distribution package if they are not already installed. On Cygwin first run:

python -m ensurepip
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install wheel
pip install twine

Then create a PyPi distribution package (for Python2 and Python3):

make pypi

Now upload the PyPi distribution package:

make upload-pypi

After it's uploaded

Change the version number in the repo NOW, so that there will not be two different released versions with the same version number. See the list at the beginning of this document for the list of files to change.