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|| '''Harvest is currently offline. If there is desire to run it again, it needs a discussion with IS.''' ||

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To release [[https://launchpad.net/harvest|Harvest]], you need to follow the following steps:

 1. make sure there are no [[https://code.launchpad.net/harvest/+activereviews|important merge proposals]] outstanding
 1. update the translations template (`./manage.py update-template`), commit the change and push it to trunk
 1. wait until you get a confirmation mail from LP
 1. download the [[https://translations.launchpad.net/harvest/trunk/+export|latest translations]]
 1. pull the [[https://launchpad.net/harvest/trunk|newest trunk]] (lp:harvest)
 1. integrate the newest translations (`./manage.py import-translations ~/launchpad-export.tar.gz`) 
 1. `./manage.py compilemessages`
 1. test the release
 1. commit the translations, push to lp:harvest
 1. find out current milestone from https://launchpad.net/harvest/+series
 1. `./manage.py release <release number> beta`
 1. commit, push to lp:harvest
 1. check out `lp:~harvest-dev/harvest/production`
 1. merge trunk release into `lp:~harvest-dev/harvest/production`, push
 1. send mail to `rt at ubuntu dot com` with this or similar content: {{{
Hello everybody,

could you please go and update harvest.ubuntu.com from
lp:~harvest-dev/harvest/production? Here's the steps that are involved:

on guanabana.canonical.com
 - cd /srv/harvest.ubuntu.com
 - bzr pull lp:~harvest-dev/harvest/production
 - cd harvest/
 - ./manage.py compilemessages
 - (reload apache)

Thanks a lot in advance.
}}} - '''Please make sure additional dependencies, additional steps, etc. need to be document carefully in there.'''
 1. Hang out in `#canonical-sysadmin` if the request should take longer.
 1. Create new milestone in [[https://launchpad.net/harvest/0.2.x|current series]].
 1. Once landed, make sure it all works.
 1. Close all bugs of the [[https://launchpad.net/harvest/+series|active milestone]].
 1. Mark current milestone as released.