Release Checklist

3.0 release checklist

1. sort out windows installer for 3.0 (https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/401)
2. sort out mac installer for 3.0
3. sort out linux generic installer for 3.0
4. ☑ update Mudlet/mudlet-lua with latest from vadi2/mudlet-lua (https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/399)
5. go through every single commit and ensure all new functionality is documented
   1. ☑ documented geyser flyout labels
6. ☑ update http://www.mudlet.org/geyser/files/index.html
7. update built-in packages and scripts (https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/400)
8. go through every single commit and write up a newspost with the latest highlights
   1. check wiki documentation while doing this to ensure everything is documented
   2. document if not
9. tag in git (release process starts here)
10. make windows installer
    1. sign windows installer
11. make macos installer
12. make linux installer
13. update Ubuntu PPA
14. regenerate geyser docs
15. post news on mudlet.org
16. make a proper github release
17. post thread on forums.mudlet.org
18. post update on achaea, lusternia, imperian, dsl-mud.org forums (any others?)
19. post update on twitter
20. post update on facebook
21. update Linux distro maintainers
22. update 'fix commited' bugs on https://bugs.launchpad.net/mudlet (release process ends here)

Post 3.0 checklist

1. merge release_30 into development and remove the branch (see https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/367 for some discussion)
2. migrate the project from launchpad.net to github.com (help wanted)
3. upgrade mudlet.org linode image (help wanted)
4. add vadi2/mudlet-lua as a submodule to main tree
5. merge release_31 into development and remove the branch
6. apply clang-format to all files
7. enforce clang-format on commit & pr acceptance
8. in general, 4.0 is about i18n support - but as always, feel free to work on whatever interests you
9. (From SlySven): unify exit "directions" into single QPair<quint8,QString> item {Existing DirCodeNumber + 13 for special exits, QString() for normal/QString("special exit name") for special exits} - makes it possible to streamline TRoom class and helps for I18n as we can drop NLS {Native Language Support} strings in for directions 1-12 if needed...!
10. (From SlySven): Revamp 2D mapper:
    • use "stub" out to 0.5x inter-room distance for all actual orthogonal/diagonal exits and draw exit lines from end of there to corresponding opposite exit in destination room (if present)/reverse exit in destination room (otherwise)/center of exit room (fallback). Choosing to call this "Z" exits to reflect east exit from one room going to west exit in second room where the first room is north of the second.
    • add drawing support for doors on stub exits/custom lines
    • add stub special exits (for those odd exits which you do no yet know where they go) together with room indications for (at least) one of such things being present and also indication of a special exit without a custom exit line representation (again to show presence of such a thing).
11. (From SlySven): Revamp 3D mapper:
    • port away from deprecated QGLWidget usage (it'll cause us less issues on mac too)
    • rewrite code to use modern (indirect) OpenGL 3.0+ - would be needed to port to OpenGLES (e.g. Raspberry Pi) platforms anyway.
    • generally clean up the 3D paintGL() code - it is rather messy at present with redundant/ineffective calls.