== Release numbering ==

 1.x::
    Feature release.
 1.0.x::
    Bugfix release.

== Feature Releases ==

 - Update the {{{CMake}}} build environment.
   - Test it (using {{{CMake v2.6}}})
     - both Visual Studio 2005 and 2007
       - both from the IDE and using nmake
       - test creating an installer.
     - with linux (using gcc-4.x)
 - Check the repository thoroughly
   - Be sure there is ''no'' a globally installed version of lemon on the computer where the tests are made
   - Run '''{{{make distckeck}}}'''
   - Do '''{{{make check}}}'''
     - using gcc version 3.3, 3.4, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. No warning is allowed with these version
     - using icc 10.1
     - Both on 32 bit and 64 bit architectures.
 - Tag the tip with '''1.0-base'''.
 - Create a named branch for each new feature release. The name is just the release number like '''1.0'''.
 - Then comes some commits (out of the default branch) preparing the repository for the release.
   - Remove all unfinished stuff (e.g. from the documentation)
   - Change the release number in {{{configure.ac}}}
 - Run '''{{{make distckeck}}}'''
 - Tag the released version with '''lemon-x.y'''.

== Bugfix Releases ==
 
 - Do the bugfix on the top of the common ancestor changeset of all branches where the bug appears (e.g. on the top of '''1.0-base''').
 - Then merge them individually to all branches where it applies.
 - A bugfix release is situated in the same branch as its mother feature release.