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Releasing

Source code

Edit variable $VERSION in check_pgactivity

Update the version field at the end of the inline documentation in this script.

In check_pgactivity.spec:

  • update the tag in the _tag variable (first line)
  • update the version in Version:
  • edit the changelog
    • date format: LC_TIME=C date +"%a %b %d %Y"

Run tests

Run the tests against all possible PostgreSQL releases. At least the one officially supported. Fix code or tests before releasing.

Documentation

Generate updated documentation:

pod2text check_pgactivity > README
podselect check_pgactivity > README.pod

Tagging and building tar file

Directly into the official repo:

TAG=REL2_4
git tag -a $TAG  <Release commit number>
git push --tags
git archive --prefix=check_pgactivity-$TAG/ -o /tmp/check_pgactivity-$TAG.tgz $TAG

Release on github

Building the RPM file

Installation

yum group install "Development Tools"
yum install rpmdevtools
useradd makerpm

Building the package

su - makerpm
rpmdev-setuptree
git clone https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity.git
spectool -R -g check_pgactivity/check_pgactivity.spec
rpmbuild -ba check_pgactivity/check_pgactivity.spec

The RPM is generated into rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch.

Don't forget to upload the package on github release page.

Building the Debian package

Debian packaging is handled by the Debian Mainteners (see https://salsa.debian.org/?name=check_pgactivity). A new release will trigger the release of a new package.

Community

Packages

Ping packager on mailing list pgsql-pkg-yum if needed to update the RPM on PGDG repo.

Nagios Exchange

Update:

  • the release number
  • the services list
  • add latest packages, zip and tarball.

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Databases/PostgresQL/check_pgactivity/details

Ask Thomas (frost242) Reiss or Jehan-Guillaume (ioguix) de Rorthais for credentials.

Submit a news on postgresql.org

  • login: https://www.postgresql.org/account/login/?next=/account/

  • go https://www.postgresql.org/account/edit/news/

  • click "Submit News Article"

  • organisation: Dalibo

  • Title: "Release: check_pgactivity 2.4"

  • Content:

    check_pgactivity version 2.4 released
========================

check\_pgactivity is a PostgreSQL plugin for Nagios. This plugin is written with a focus
on a rich perfdata set. Every new features of PostgreSQL can be easily monitored with
check\_pgactivity.

Changelog :

* ...
* ...
* ...


Here are some useful links:

* github repo: [https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity](https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity)
* reporting issues: [https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/issues](https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/issues)
* latest release: [https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/releases/latest](https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/releases/latest)
* contributors: [https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/blob/master/contributors](https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/blob/master/contributors)

Thanks to all the contributors!

  • check "Third Party Open Source" and "Related Open Source"

  • click on submit

  • wait for moderators...

pgsql-announce

Send a mail to the pgsql-announce mailing list. Eg.:

check_pgactivity v2.4 has been released on January 30th 2019 under BSD 
licence.

check_pgactivity is a PostgreSQL plugin for Nagios. This plugin is written
with a focus on a rich perfdata set. Every new features of PostgreSQL can be
easily monitored with check_pgactivity.

Changelog :

* ...
* ...
* ...

Here are some useful links:

* github repo: https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity
* reporting issues: https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/issues
* latest release: https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/releases/latest
* contributors:
  https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity/blob/master/contributors

Thanks to all the contributors!

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