ReleaseMonkey

July 25th, 2007O'Reilly Open Source Convention

Portland, Oregon, USA

Build, Test, and ReleaseYour Software into the Wild

Jonathan Oxer <jon@ivt.com.au>

The Problem

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Build-Test-Releaseis expensive

The Problem

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Build-Test-Releaseand Deploy

is really expensive

The Problem

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It's a pain fordevelopers

The Problem

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It's a pain forQA

The Problem

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It's a pain foroperations

The Moving Parts

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Source code managementBug / issue trackingInternal documentationUnit testingFunctional testingDistribution packagingPackage deployment

The Moving Parts

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Automate your world:hooks and APIs

The Moving Parts

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Release Monkeyis glue

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The Moving Parts

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SCM / Revision Control

SCM / Revision Control

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No SCM?

Go directly to jailDo not pass GO

Do not collect $500

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Internal Docs

Internal Docs

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JavadocPHPDocDoxygen

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Bug Closure

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Bug Closure

Bug Closure

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Check commitmessages for

“Closes: #xxxx”

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Build Daemons

Build Daemons

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Check commitmessages for

“release” ANDmodified changelog

Build Daemons

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Push job tobuild boxes

Build Daemons

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Use distro packaging

Build Daemons

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Compile,build package,sanity-check

Build Daemons

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Add release-blockerto bug tracker

(QA-Test/Critical)

Build Daemons

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Push to“unstable”

repo

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Test Deployment

Deploy On Test Servers

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Migrate packageto “testing” repo

Deploy On Test Servers

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Have test serverspull down packages

Automatic Testing

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Run unit tests /functional testsautomatically

Automatic Testing

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Add results tobug tracker,

email developerwith breakage

Manual Testing

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Pre-populateclean data,

give each testertheir own sandbox

Release Approval

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Release prevented byrelease-blockers

Release Approval

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Close the QA bug torelease the package

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Production Deployment

Production Deployment

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Migrate packagesto “stable” repo

Production Deployment

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Production serverspull stable packages

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The Moving Parts

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[Bananas Are Good!]

Thanks:-)

These slides: jon.oxer.com.au/talks

Shameless plug: www.releasemonkey.org

Contact: Jonathan Oxer <jon@ivt.com.au>