Release process

How to make a new Hive release:

(TODO: some of this could be automated further)

1. Prepare the .app bundle

• make sure you have the right revision checked out in git
• create the build with Product > Archive
• in the Organizer window that should open at the end, select the first release at the top, and choose "Show in Finder" in the context menu
• show the context menu on the selected bundle and choose "Show Package Contents"
• go inside Products and Applications, take the Hive.app bundle that you see there, and move it to some safe place

2. Creating the .zip archive

• just do a right-click on the .app, select "Compress", and rename the file to Hive-<version>.zip

3. Creating a release on GitHub

• go to https://github.com/hivewallet/hive-osx/releases and click "Draft a new release"
• enter the version number (e.g. 1.2) in the tag field and again in the name field
• make a list describing what things have been changed in this release
• drag the zip file to the designated area
• click "publish release"

4. Updating the Sparkle appcast and the site

• use the generate_appcast_code.rb script to generate XML code for the appcast
• open the hive-osx-appcast.xml file in hivewallet.com project and paste the code inside the <channel> block, below <language>
• paste the new zip download link in the right place in index.jade
• push it to the repo and ask Taylor to deploy

5. Validating the release

• download and run the previous version
• select "Check for updates" from the menu, check if the release notes window appeared
• confirm the update, wait until it downloads and check if it extracts and restarts properly (it wouldn't if e.g. you've messed up the DSA signature somehow)
• check if it's the right version

6. Create a post about the release

• go to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304060.0;all and add a post with the new version's release notes