<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>How to package and release an OpenACS Package</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="OpenACS Core Documentation"><link rel="up" href="releasing-openacs.html" title="Chapter�18.�Releasing OpenACS"><link rel="previous" href="update-repository.html" title="How to Update the OpenACS.org repository"><link rel="next" href="update-translations.html" title="How to Update the translations"><link rel="stylesheet" href="openacs.css" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><a href="http://openacs.org"><img src="/doc/images/alex.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex logo"></a><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header" border="0"><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="update-repository.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter�18.�Releasing OpenACS</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="update-translations.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="releasing-package"></a>How to package and release an OpenACS Package</h2></div></div></div><p>In this example, we are packaging and releasing <tt class="computeroutput">myfirstpackage</tt> as version 1.0.0, which is compatible with OpenACS 5.0.x.</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Update the version number, release date, and <a href="http://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=161393" target="_top">package maturity</a> of your package in the <a href="/acs-admin/apm/" target="_top">APM</a>.</p></li><li><p>Make sure all changes are committed.</p></li><li><p>Tag the updated work.:</p><pre class="screen"><span class="action"><span class="action">cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/packages/<span class="replaceable"><span class="replaceable">myfirstpackage</span></span> cvs tag <span class="replaceable"><span class="replaceable">myfirstpackages-1-0-0-final</span></span> cvs tag -F <span class="replaceable"><span class="replaceable">openacs-5-0-compat</span></span> </span></span></pre></li></ol></div><p>Done. The package will be added to the <a href="http://openacs.org/repository" target="_top">repository</a> automatically. If the correct version does not show up within 24 hours, ask for help on the OpenACS.org development forum.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="update-repository.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="update-translations.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left">How to Update the OpenACS.org repository </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="releasing-openacs.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> How to Update the translations</td></tr></table><hr><address><a href="mailto:docs@openacs.org">docs@openacs.org</a></address></div><a name="comments"></a><center><a href="http://openacs.org/doc/current/releasing-package.html#comments">View comments on this page at openacs.org</a></center></body></html>