## page was renamed from LoCoDirectory/ReleaseProcess
To release the [[https://launchpad.net/loco-team-portal|LoCo Team Portal]], you need to follow the following steps:

 1. make sure there are no [[https://code.launchpad.net/loco-team-portal/+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/loco-team-portal/trunk/+export|latest translations]] (PO format)
 1. pull the [[https://launchpad.net/loco-team-portal/trunk|newest trunk]] (lp:loco-team-portal)
 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:loco-team-portal
 1. find out current milestone from https://launchpad.net/loco-team-portal/+series
 1. `./manage.py release <release number>`
 1. commit, push to lp:loco-team-portal
 1. check out `lp:loco-team-portal/production`
 1. merge trunk release into `lp:loco-team-portal/production`, push
 1. send mail to `rt at ubuntu dot com` with this or similar content: {{{
Hello everybody,

could you please go and update loco.ubuntu.com from
lp:~ltp-devs/loco-team-portal/production? Here's the steps that are involved:

 - on cranberry.canonical.com: cd /srv/shared-branches/loco-directory-dev_loco-directory_production
 - bzr pull lp:loco-team-portal/production
 - cd /srv/loco.ubuntu.com
 - bzr pull /srv/shared-branches/loco-directory-dev_loco-directory_production
 - cd loco_directory
 - ./manage.py pullapps
 - ./manage.py migrate
 - ./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. Once landed, make sure it all works.
 1. Close all bugs of the [[https://launchpad.net/loco-team-portal/+series|active milestone]].
 1. Mark current milestone as released.
 1. Create new milestone in [[https://launchpad.net/loco-team-portal/0.3.x|current series]].