release_testing_process.md

Release testing process

We run the following before a release:

Windows x86 host

run_tests.bat

Linux x86 host

Clang, GCC; Arm, PPC cross-compile: ./run_tests.sh

Manual test of WASM and WASM_EMU256 targets.

Check libjxl build actions at libjxl/libjxl#2269.

Version updates

Prepend to debian/changelog and update mentions of the current version in:

• base.h
• CMakeLists.txt
• MODULE.bazel
• g3doc/faq.md

Signing the release

• Download release source code archive

• gpg --armor --detach-sign highway-X.Y.Z.tar.gz

• Edit release and attach the resulting highway-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.asc

• git archive --prefix=highway-X.Y.Z/ -o highway-X.Y.Z.tar.gz vX.Y.Z and also attach the result

(See https://wiki.debian.org/Creating%20signed%20GitHub%20releases)