Release Procedure

An Ubertooth release is not as simple as a standard GitHub release, there are a few extra tasks, as listed below.

  • Tag both libbtbb and ubertooth with the release version. Use an annotated tag. e.g.

  • git tag -a yyyy-mm-Rx

  • Create a release directory using git archive

  • Update the following files to set RELEASE to yyyy-mm-Rx:

    • ubertooth/libubertooth/src/CMakeLists.txt

    • libbtbb/lib/src/CMakeLists.txt

  • Build binary firmware images for all board revs and all common firmware images.

  • At time of writing, these are only bluetooth_rxtx and bootloader for Ubertooth One.

  • Adjust the GIT_REVISION variable in firmware/common.mk to match the release number

  • Build the bluetooth_rxtx firmware and rename bluetooth_rxtx.dfu to ubertooth-one-bin-firmware.dfu

  • Copy built firmare hex/bin/dfu files to /ubertooth-one-firmware-bin

  • Export gerbers from KiCad (or copy from previous release if unchanged)

  • Write release notes, save to top level of archive, add to the wiki and send to the mailing list

  • Write/update the build instructions on the wiki as needed

  • Perhaps we should branch and do some of this on the branch before tagging, this seems like good practice.