Make a new windows release

From CSP

You will need to have NSIS installed on your system in order to create a new release. It can be found here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

Table of contents
1 Create the executable
2 Testing
3 Upload to sourceforge
4 Edit wiki
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Create the executable

  • Build the CSP project with scons all.
  • Make sure that your sim.ini is using a normal screen resolution like 1024x768 and that the user interface is set to english.
  • Go to the dist\win\demo directory.
  • Execute makedemo.py X.y with apropriate version numbers.
  • Start MakeNSISW (Compiler GUI) and drag n drop the demo.nsi in the window.
  • Goto Tools / Settings and make sure that VERSION has been defined as a variable with correct version number.
  • Goto Script / Recompile and you are done!
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Testing

Make sure that you have tested the software with different computers. Especially computers without installed developer tools. It is also a good idea to make other CSP members to test the release.

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Upload to sourceforge

Not much to say. Write information in the release notes. What has happend, known issues, bugfixes etc.

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Edit wiki

Update the Demo page and create a new page wiki page like Windows_Demo_X.yyy.

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