5.5.0-RC3 release

Prepatory steps

• Update ParaView guides

  • User manual
    • Uploaded
  • Catalyst guide
    • Uploaded
  • Getting Started
    • Uploaded

• Update release branch

  • Update version.txt
  • Create a merge request targeting master
  • Do: merge
  • git push origin update-to-5.5.0-RC3:release v5.5.0-RC3

• Update release branch for paraview/paraview-superbuild

  • Update versions.cmake and CMakeLists.txt
    • ParaView source selections
    • Guide selections
    • Assumed version in CMakeLists.txt
  • Create a merge request targeting master
  • Build binaries (Do: test)
  • Do: merge
  • git push origin update-to-5.5.0-RC3:release v5.5.0-RC3

• Create tarballs

  • ParaView (Utilities/Maintenance/create_tarballs.bash --tgz --zip -v v5.5.0-RC3)
  • Catalyst (Catalyst/generate-tarballs.sh v5.5.0-RC3)

• Upload tarballs to paraview.org

  • rsync -rptv $tarballs paraview.release:ParaView_Release/v5.5/

Validating binaries

• Python

• import compiler

• import numpy

• Plugins are present and load properly

• Text source LaTeX $A^2$

• OSPRay

• AutoMPI

• Operating systems

  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows MPI (.exe)
  • Windows MPI (.zip)
  • Windows no-MPI (.exe)
  • Windows no-MPI (.zip)

Upload binaries

• Sign macOS binary
• Upload binaries to paraview.org
  • rsync -rptv $binaries paraview.release:ParaView_Release/v5.5/
• Update https://www.paraview.org/files/v5.5/md5sum.txt
  • rsync -rptv md5sum.txt paraview.release:ParaView_Release/v5.5
• Update https://www.paraview.org/files/listing.txt
  • Ask @utkarsh.ayachit or @sebastien.jourdain to do this
• Test download links

Post-release

• Notify paraview@paraview.org and paraview-developers@paraview.org that the release is available.

/cc @ben.boeckel /cc @cory-quammen /cc @utkarsh.ayachit