How to release Tera Term installation package

From start release until create RC
From create RC until release
Release
About code freeze

To release Tera Term installation package is shown in the following step:

From start release until create RC

Confirm ticket and branches.
- Confirm in project team.
  - Organize / decide whether to include bug fix / feature in this release or defer.
- Merge branches
  - Verify trunk / 4-stable and working branches.
- Close tickets.
Confirm tools, libraries, import sources.
- Visual Studio (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/)
- Inno Setup (https://jrsoftware.org/isdl.php)
- Oniguruma (https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/)
- SFMT (http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/SFMT/index-jp.html)
- LibreSSL (https://www.libressl.org/)
- zlib (http://www.zlib.net/)
- The reference C implementation of Argon2 (https://github.com/P-H-C/phc-winner-argon2/)
- cJSON (https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/)
- Unicode (https://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/)

From create RC until release

Confirm documents.
Increment the version while RC release process.
- teraterm\common\tt-version.h
  set TT_VERSION_SUBSTR to "RC".
```
  #define TT_VERSION_MAJOR             5
  #define TT_VERSION_MINOR             0
- #define TT_VERSION_SUBSTR            "dev"
+ #define TT_VERSION_SUBSTR            "RC"
```
  TT_VERSION_MINOR is already incremented yet. It is incremented immediately after previous release.
- ttssh2\ttxssh\ttxssh-version.h
  TTSSH_VERSION_MINOR is already incremented yet. It is incremented immediately after previous release.
- ttpmenu\ttpmenu.rc // only modifying
- TTProxy\TTProxy.rc // only modifying
- TTXKanjiMenu\ttxkanjimenu.rc // only modifying
- installer\teraterm.iss
  Change to "RC" and enable create archive.
```
- #define AppVer "5.0-dev"
+ #define AppVer "5.0-RC"

  [PreCompile]
  Name: makechm.bat
- Name: build.bat
- ;Name: build.bat; Parameters: rebuild
+ ;Name: build.bat
+ Name: build.bat; Parameters: rebuild
  
  [PostCompile]
- ;Name: makearchive.bat; Parameters: release
+ Name: makearchive.bat; Parameters: release
```
By way of exception, CygTerm+ always upgrades not regarding Tera Term release process when the patch is committed.
The release date is the day committed by a developer.
Because user can get gcc compiler for free.
Increment the year of last publication of copyright notice if it is first release in this year.
- teraterm\keycode\keycode-version.rc // VERSIONINFO
- teraterm\teraterm\tt-version.rc // VERSIONINFO
- teraterm\ttpcmn\ttpcmn-version.rc // VERSIONINFO
- teraterm\ttpdlg\ttpdlg.rc // dialog
- teraterm\ttpmacro\ttm-version.rc // VERSIONINFO
- ttssh2\ttxssh\ttxssh.rc // dialog
- ttssh2\ttxssh\ttxssh-version.rc // VERSIONINFO
- ttpmenu\ttpmenu.rc // dialog, VERSIONINFO
- TTProxy\TTProxy.rc // dialog, VERSIONINFO(en), VERSIONINFO(ja)
- TTXKanjiMenu\ttxkanjimenu.rc // VERSIONINFO
- installer\teraterm.iss
- installer\release\license.txt // Tera Term, TTSSH, Cygterm+, TTProxy, TeraTerm Menu, TTX KanjiMenu
- doc\en\html\index.html
- doc\en\html\about\copyright.html // Tera Term, TTSSH, Cygterm+, TTProxy, TeraTerm Menu, TTX KanjiMenu
- doc\en\html\macro\index.html
- doc\ja\html\index.html
- doc\ja\html\about\copyright.html // Tera Term, TTSSH, Cygterm+, TTProxy, TeraTerm Menu, TTX KanjiMenu
- doc\ja\html\macro\index.html
Commit this state.
Create installer.
Test run installer, run and connect in all supported OS.
Push and build on AppVeyor
Announce RC release.
- Twitter (https://twitter.com/Tera_Term)
Get feedbacks.
If changed source code, redo "Confirm documents" and "Test run and connect in all supported OS."

Release

Confirm documents. (same as above)

Remove "RC" string.

teraterm\common\tt-version.h

  #define TT_VERSION_MAJOR             5
  #define TT_VERSION_MINOR             0
- #define TT_VERSION_SUBSTR            "RC"
+ #undef TT_VERSION_SUBSTR

installer\teraterm.iss

- #define AppVer "5.0-RC"
+ #define AppVer "5.0"

Modify release date.
- html/about/history.html
Create installer.
Check that build and installer generation without error.
Commit this state.
Create SVN tag.
Use annotated tags. The naming rule is `v(version)' (e.g. v5.0).
```
git tag -a v5.0 -m "Release 5.0"
git push origin v5.0
```
Create installer.
use "github-release" project on AppVeyor.
Add to GitHub "Releases."
- select a new tag.
- put installer and portable zip file.
- write summary of release note (in Japanese and English) from changelog of document.
Check anti-virus software
- download by Chrome
- download by Edge
  Edge has "Defender SmartScreen", it notices "Uncommonly downloaded." Report it as incorrectly detected.
Update project web page (https://teratermproject.github.io).
How to update project home page (in Japanese).
Announce release.
- Twitter (https://twitter.com/Tera_Term)

Increment the version

teraterm/common/tt-version.h
Increment TT_VERSION_MINOR and set SUBSTR to "dev".

  #define TT_VERSION_MAJOR             5
- #define TT_VERSION_MINOR             0
- #undef TT_VERSION_SUBSTR
+ #define TT_VERSION_MINOR             1
+ #define TT_VERSION_SUBSTR            "dev"

ttssh2/ttssh/ttxssh-version.h
Increment TT_VERSION_MINOR.

  #define TTSSH_VERSION_MAJOR             3
- #define TTSSH_VERSION_MINOR             0
+ #define TTSSH_VERSION_MINOR             1

installer\teraterm.iss
Set AppVer to [next version]-dev.

- #define AppVer "5.0"
+ #define AppVer "5.1-dev"

  [PreCompile]
  Name: makechm.bat
- ;Name: build.bat
- Name: build.bat; Parameters: rebuild
+ Name: build.bat
+ ;Name: build.bat; Parameters: rebuild
  
  [PostCompile]
- Name: makearchive.bat; Parameters: release
+ ;Name: makearchive.bat; Parameters: release

Update Chocolatey.

About code freeze.

After code freeze, only critical bug fix is able to committed.
Code freeze start with RC commit in development branch, and end with version increment commit..