[ ⊨ ] Logtalk

Releasing new stable versions

The resources for releasing a new stable version are included in the distribution:

https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/logtalk3/blob/master/scripts

See the NOTES.md file in the directory for details. The main release script is:

https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/logtalk3/blob/master/scripts/build_release.sh

This script performs a git clone and builds the sources archive, the manuals archive, the SWI-Prolog pack, and all the installers with the exception of the Windows installer. The macOS installer must be compressed from the Finder.

Distribution files

The BIBLIOGRAPHY.bib, CITATION.cff, VERSION.txt should be update just before the new release is tagged. Same for the core/core.pl file, where the '$lgt_version_data'/1 predicate definiton should have the status changed to stable. Any status version, e.g. b04, should also be removed from the docs/sources/_conf.py and manuals/sources/conf.py files. The scripts/debian/changelog file should be changed to reflect the released date and release week day.

Windows installer

The build of the Windows .exe installer requires a PC or a virtual machine running Windows 7 or later and the Inno Setup script that is also included with the distribution:

https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/logtalk3/tree/master/scripts/windows

Build the Windows .exe installer first before running the build_release.sh script and copy the installer to the script directory.

The installers should be built and checked before tagging the stable release in case some installer issue is found.

The HTML and SVG versions of the Handbook and the API documentation are usually kept up-to-date using the scripts:

The HTML version requires Sphinx with the Read the Docs theme installed:

$ sudo pip install --upgrade pygments
$ sudo pip install --upgrade sphinx
$ sudo pip install --upgrade sphinx_rtd_theme

It may also be necessary to patch the Pygments installation with the latest version of syntax highlighting support files from the coding/pygments directory.

Before running the documentation scripts, the version data in the manuals/sources/conf.py and docs/sources/_conf.py files must be updated.

Docker stable image

After tagging the stable release (and pushing the tag to GitHub), the stable release Docker images are generated using the script at:

https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/logtalk3/tree/master/scripts/docker

SWI-Prolog pack

After uploading the generated archives, to update the SWI-Prolog pack, start swipl and use the following queries (replace XY.Z with the version numbers):

?- pack_remove(logtalk).    % if installed
...
?- pack_install(logtalk, [url('https://logtalk.org/files/swi-prolog/packs/logtalk-3.XY.Z.tgz')]).
...

Chocolatey package

The first step is to update the LogtalkDotOrg/chocolatey-packages repo logtalk.nuspec and chocolateyInstall.ps1 files with the data for the new stable release, commit, and push the changes. Then, from a Windows system cmd shell, change directory to the repo clone and type the commands:

git pull
choco pack
choco push -s https://push.chocolatey.org/

The above commands assume the API key is set. If that’s not the case, before pushing a new release, the following command is required (with KEY replace by the actual key):

choco apikey --key KEY --source https://push.chocolatey.org/

Updating HTML versions of the man pages

The HTML versions of the man pages are generated using roffit from the https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/logtalk3/blob/master/scripts/update_man_html_versions.sh shell script. After running the script, the HTML files are saved in the same directory as the man pages.

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