How to do a release of getssl

Update the version and tag the release

git pull
git branch -c release_2_nn
git switch release_2_nn
update VERSION in getssl and getssl.spec
git commit -m"Update version to v2.nn"
git tag -a v2.nn
git push origin release_2_nn
git push --tags

Manually start the github release-and-package action

Build the .deb and .rpm packages
create a draft release containing the packages and the release note
IMPORTANT make sure that the release references tag vN.NN otherwise getssl -u fails!

Can test the .deb file using the following steps

Change the status from draft to pre-release
Test that the package can be installed using a cloud instance
1. Start an Ubuntu ec2 instance from AWS Console (or Azure or Google Cloud)
2. Or use the instant-ec2.sh script from my Github gist to start an Ubuntu ec2 instance
  1. git clone [email protected]:12c297e0645920c413273c9d15edbc68.git instant-ec2
  2. ./instant-ec2/instant-ec2.sh
download the deb package wget https://github.com/srvrco/getssl/releases/download/v2.nn/getssl_2.nn-1_all.deb
install the deb package dpkg -i getssl_2.nn-1_all.deb
Check it's installed correctly getssl --version

Update the latest tag post-release

git tag -f -a latest
git push --force --tags