Release Process for PiPro

vivek_nadkarni@trimble.com
October 11, 2007


PiLine
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* Tag PiLine in CVS. 
* Compile Piline. 
* Copy piLineMex.dll to the piPro directory. This may be part of the
  compile if your post-build steps are set up correctly.

PiPro
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* Update pipro_version.m with the PiLine and expected PiPro. 
* makePiPro
* Test PiPro
* Update README_pipro.txt.
* Update README_pipro_release.txt if necessary. 
* Check in README_pipro.txt, README_pipro_release.txt, pipro_version.m, load_pi.exe 
  and load_pi.ctf. 
* Tag PiPro in CVS.
* When everything is done, update pipro_version.m to test mode and check into CVS. 

Update README_pipro.txt
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* Update the date in the file. 
* Replace relevant v202 with v203 etc. 
* Replace R2007b with relevant Matlab Version number. 
* Replace CFGBetaUpdate07Feb14.exe with relevant config file. 

Create Release ZipFiles/Directory 
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* Create a directory PiPro_v202. 
* Create the subdirectories AntennaConfiguration, PiPro, PiProTest, LLA2XYZ
* Copy the latest configuration file into the AntennaConfiguration directory from 
  \\uss-am-dat-05\Groups\Unreleased\Components\Tnl\Config Files\Devel\Install\
* Copy the newly compiled load_pi.exe and load_pi.ctf into PiPro
* Copy the previous version of PiProTest into the current version of PiProTest.
* Update the batch files in PiProTest if there are any new parameters. 
* Put a copy of README_pipro.txt in the PiPro_v202 directory. 
* Put a copy of geo.exe into the LLA2XYZ directory. 
* Create a zipfile of the PiPro_v202 directory. 
* Put this zipfile in the PiPro_v202 directory for later use. 
* Copy the MCRInstaller.exe into the PiPro_v202 directory. 
* Rename the MCRInstaller.exe to MCRInstaller_R2007b.exe. 

Update the unreleased directory
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* Go to \\uss-am-dat-05\Groups\Unreleased\EngCon\Survey-Eng\TNL\Tools\PiPro\
* Create a directory PiPro_v202. Refresh to see the directory. 
* Put the files README_pipro.txt, PiPro_v202.zip and MCRInstaller_R2007b.exe into 
  the PiPro_v202 directory. 

Update the Web page: 
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* Go to the following directory on the linux machines:
  /root/exthome/stuart/WWW/ObservableAnalysis/
* Create a directory PiPro_v202 below ObservableAnalysis. 
* Put the files README_pipro.txt, PiPro_v202.zip and MCRInstaller_R2007b.exe into 
  the PiPro_v202 directory. 
* Update the piline.htm web page in the location from the linux machines to 
  point to the three files just added. 

Send out the Spam 
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* Send an email regarding the new PiPro release to the following people

Vivek Nadkarni; Stuart Riley; Will Lentz; Andrew Cartmell; Timo Allison;
John Palomo; Mark Raney; David Attard; Eric Krantz; Victor Chan; Joe Nguyen; 
Ron Westberg; Tim Petersen; Michael Raymond; Charles Lung; 
Patti McLain; Art Lange; Greg Best; John Atkinson; Dave van den Berg;


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