Release Process

  1. Create a PR "Preparing for release X.Y.Z" against master branch
    • Alter CHANGELOG.md from <placeholder_version> (unreleased) to <X.Y.Z> (YYYY-MM-DD)
    • Use git log --pretty=format:'- %s -- %an' as the basis for for changelog entries
    • Update JaegerClientVersion in constants.go to Go-X.Y.Z
  2. Create a release "Release X.Y.Z" on Github
    • Create Tag vX.Y.Z
    • Copy CHANGELOG.md into the release notes
  3. Create a PR "Back to development" against master branch
    • Add <next_version> (unreleased) to CHANGELOG.md
    • Update JaegerClientVersion in constants.go to Go-<next_version>dev