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-# Cutting a Release
+Perform the following steps after tagging the Solbuild release in order to verify that it introduces no major regressions:
 
-To ensure that we have a uniform release process, the current recommendation is to tag the release, then do the following integration tests below.
+- Build and install a local update of the solbuild package:
+  ```
+  gotosoluspkgs
+  gotopkg solbuild
+  yupdate X.Y.Z https://github.com/getsolus/solbuild/archive/refs/tags/vX.Y.Z.tar.gz
+  go-task
+  sudo eopkg it *.eopkg
+  ```
 
-The idea is to thoroughly exercise commands, flags and known pain points re. package fetching before builds.
+- Ensure the version number is correct:
+  ```
+  solbuild version
+  ```
+  Verify that this shows the correct version number.
 
-## Integration tests
+- Delete cache and existing solbuild images:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild dc -dai
+  ```
 
-- `git switch master && git pull && git switch the-the-new-tag && go build` (does the new release build from its tag commit?)
-- `alias soltest="sudo $PWD/solbuild" && command -v soltest` (ensure we have a convenient full path to the item under test)
-- `soltest dc -d -i` (delete cache and existing solbuild images on the default unstable profile)
-- `soltest init -d -u -p unstable-x86_64` (initialise Unstable profile)
-- `soltest dc -n -i -p main-x86_64` (delete cache and existing solbuild images on the stable Shannon profile)
-- `soltest init -n -u -p main-x86_64` (initialise Shannon profile)
-- `sudo rm -rvf /var/lib/solbuild/local/*` (delete local repo packages)
-- `gotosoluspkgs && gotopkg zlib && soltest build -n -p main-x86_64 > zlib-stable.log` (build zlib using the stable profile w/no color output)
-- `soltest -d -n chroot -p main-x86_64` (chroot into the stable build built above)
-- `soltest build -d && sudo cp zlib*eopkg /var/lib/solbuild/local/ && soltest index /var/lib/solbuild/local` (buuild unstable zlib w/debug option and copy to build to local repo)
-- `soltest index -d -n /var/lib/solbuild/local/` (create an eopkg index in the local profile dir)
+- Initialise unstable profile:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild init -du
+  ```
+  Verify that this uses the unstable profile.
 
-## Packaging tests
+- Initialise Shannon profile:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild init -nup main-x86_64
+  ```
+  Verify that this shows non-colored output.
 
-After the above integration testing has been completed, build the following packages with the `soltest` alias defined above:
+- Delete local repo:
+  ```
+  sudo rm -rvf /var/lib/solbuild/local/*
+  ```
+- Build `zlib` against stable without colored output:
+  ```
+  gotosoluspkgs
+  gotopkg zlib
+  sudo solbuild build -n -p main-x86_64 > zlib-stable.log
+  ```
+  Verify that this shows non-colored output.
 
-- zsh, giflib and glew (they all use SourceForge mirrors, which can be a bit ... "particular")
-- android-tools (exercises git-submodule functionality)
+- Chroot into the build environment:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild -d -n chroot -p main-x86_64
+  ```
+- Build zlib against unstable and copy to local repo:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild build -d
+  sudo cp zlib*.eopkg /var/lib/solbuild/local/
+  ```
 
-## Land the newly cut and tagged solbuild release in -unstable
+- Index the local repo:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild index -d /var/lib/solbuild/local/
+  ```
 
-Assuming all of the above packages build successfully, proceed to bump and update the solbuild package.yml on -unstable.
+- Build the test set of packages:
+  ```
+  for p in android-tools giflib glew zsh
+  do
+    sudo solbuild build >> /tmp/builds.log
+  done
+  ```
 
-The release manager should then use the repository version to do a quick smoketest for zlib on both main-x86_64 profile and default profile,
-using the `go-task` aliases.
+If all of the above completes successfully, proceed to `go-task publish` the Solbuild update.
+```
+
+Rendered version:
+---
+
+Perform the following steps after tagging the Solbuild release in order to verify that it introduces no major regressions:
+
+- Build and install a local update of the solbuild package:
+  ```
+  gotosoluspkgs
+  gotopkg solbuild
+  yupdate X.Y.Z https://github.com/getsolus/solbuild/archive/refs/tags/vX.Y.Z.tar.gz
+  sudo eopkg it *.eopkg
+  ```
+
+- Ensure the version number is correct:
+  ```
+  solbuild version
+  ```
+  Verify that this shows the correct version number.
+
+- Delete cache and existing solbuild images:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild dc -dai
+  ```
+
+- Initialise unstable profile:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild init -du
+  ```
+  Verify that this uses the unstable profile.
+
+- Initialise Shannon profile:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild init -nup main-x86_64
+  ```
+  Verify that this shows non-colored output.
+
+- Delete local repo:
+  ```
+  sudo rm -rvf /var/lib/solbuild/local/*
+  ```
+- Build `zlib` against stable without colored output:
+  ```
+  gotosoluspkgs
+  gotopkg zlib
+  sudo solbuild build -n -p main-x86_64 > zlib-stable.log
+  ```
+  Verify that this shows non-colored output.
+
+- Chroot into the build environment:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild chroot -dnp main-x86_64
+  ```
+- Build zlib against unstable and copy to local repo:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild build
+  sudo cp zlib*.eopkg /var/lib/solbuild/local/
+  ```
+
+- Index the local repo:
+  ```
+  sudo solbuild index -d /var/lib/solbuild/local/
+  ```
+
+- Build the test set of packages:
+  ```bash
+  for p in android-tools giflib glew zsh
+  do
+    gotopkg $p
+    sudo solbuild build >> /tmp/builds.log
+  done