Release Process

A-Frame

• Update CHANGELOG.md
• Update version field in package.json
• Create versioned builds by modifying the npm run dist:min and npm run dist:max commands to build aframe-vx.x.x vs. aframe-master
• Update prerelease command in package.json with the before and after versions and npm run prerelease to update documentation, README.md, and build filenames with the new version.
• Git tag
• Publish GitHub release notes, copying and pasting from CHANGELOG.md
• Create and push documentation branch (i.e., docs-vx.x.0, only for major versions)
• Create builds for the CDN by modifying dist:min and dist:max commands to remove the -master suffix. Run npm run dist. Copy and push these aframe.* builds to the A-Frame releases repository.
• Deploy GitHub pages (npm run ghpages).
• npm publish

A-Frame Site

For major versions.

• Update aframe.current_version in _config.prod.yml
• Add new version to multidep.json config, pointing to the documentation branch
• Publish blog post
• Update src/_data/examples.yml

Inspector

Coordinate with Inspector maintainers.

• Bump builds (npm run dist)
• Git tag
• Publish GitHub release notes
• npm publish
• Deploy GitHub pages (npm run ghpages)

Registry

For major versions.

• Update aframe_version in package.json
• Add the A-Frame version to scripts/build.js array

Misc

• Bump A-Frame CDN URL in boilerplates (aframevr/aframe-boilerplate), CodePen, and Glitch.
• For major versions, pull request to algolia/docsearch-configs to index documentation
• Announce on social channels (Twitter, Reddit, HN, Slack)