Okay, you've made some updates, now it's time to update Drupal

Drupal

An open-source content management system that is used on this site and is taking over the world.. This is the same technique you'll use to create your first "official" release (all your work so far has been in the "-dev" release that you created in the beginning).

But first, are you following my recommendations? Have you run the Coder review and fixed all the flags? Have you created a new translation template? Good for you!

An Interim (-dev) Update

Time to commit the files, if they haven't been already. Right-click on the moduleAn add-on, or extension, to Drupal to provide additional functionality; written in PHP. folder again and select CVS Commit. All of the files in your moduleAn add-on, or extension, to Drupal to provide additional functionality; written in PHP. folder will be selected automatically; make sure it also knows about files in subfolders (sometimes it forgets). These files will update the current "-dev" release. In the Comment field, add something like "Fixes for bug #123456" and press OK.

Note that it may take several hours before an updated "-dev" release is available - this is normal.

Hint: Don't close your issues yourself; mark them "fixed." After a week or so of inactivity, the DO system will close it for you. When you see that happen, it is a reasonably good assumption you didn't cause any new problems and you can proceed with creating an official release.

Creating an Official Release

1. Commit the files as above if they haven't been already.

2. Next you will have to create a CVS tag for the new version of the moduleAn add-on, or extension, to Drupal to provide additional functionality; written in PHP. you are releasing; the branch remains the same until a new version of Drupal

   Drupal

   An open-source content management system that is used on this site and is taking over the world.. This helps to keep track of different releases. The initial stable release started with 1.0, so the next release will probably be 1.1 (but 2.0 works the same way). Use one of the following tags below depending on the version of Drupal

   Drupal

   An open-source content management system that is used on this site and is taking over the world.:
DRUPAL-6--1-1
DRUPAL-5--1-1
DRUPAL-4-7--1-1
When this is complete, the moduleAn add-on, or extension, to Drupal to provide additional functionality; written in PHP. has been registered on Drupal

Drupal

An open-source content management system that is used on this site and is taking over the world. CVS and the new tag has been designated.
3. Now to add the release that was uploaded to CVS earlier. Go to your project page on DO. Click Add new release for your project. Select the appropriate CVS identifier (it's usually preselected). The next screen is fairly self-explanatory. Click Submit.

An official release will generally be available within five minutes of being committed.

Release Notes

You've seen that little linkThe technique which points to another page, anywhere on the Internet, from the current page. next to the release identifier; well you get to maintain that now. Click on that linkThe technique which points to another page, anywhere on the Internet, from the current page., or the "Edit" next to it, and, strangely enough, you will see an "Edit" tab. You know what to do.