Tactiliest/Documentation/releasing.md
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Merge develop into main (#327)
## New features
- Implemented support for app packaging in firmware and `tactility.py`: load `.app` files instead of `.elf` files. Install apps remotely or via `FileBrowser`.
- Ensure headless mode works: all services that require LVGL can deal with the absence of a display
- Service `onStart()` is now allowed to fail (return `bool` result)
- Added and improved various file-related helper functions

## Improvements
- Completely revamped the SystemInfo app UI
- Improved Calculator UI of internal and external variant
- Fix Chat UI and removed the emoji buttons for now
- Fix for toolbar bottom padding issue in all apps

## Fixes
- Fix for allowing recursive locking for certain SPI SD cards
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# Releasing Tactility
1. Test the latest SDK build from GitHub with the CDN as a SNAPSHOT version:
1. Download it from the [main branch](https://github.com/ByteWelder/Tactility/actions/workflows/build-sdk.yml)
2. Upload it to the [CDN](https://dash.cloudflare.com)
3. Update `sdk.json` from [TactilityTool](https://github.com/ByteWelder/TactilityTool) and upload it to [CDN](https://dash.cloudflare.com)
4. Test it with `ExternalApps/HelloWorld` (clear all its cache and update the SDK version)
2. Build the SDK locally and test it with `ExternalApps/HelloWorld`
3. Download the latest firmwares [main branch](https://github.com/ByteWelder/Tactility/actions/workflows/build-firmware.yml)
4. Test the latest version of Tactility on several devices
5. Prepare a new version of [TactilityWebInstaller](https://github.com/ByteWelder/TactilityWebInstaller) locally:
1. Copy the GitHub firmwares into `scripts/` in the `TactilityWebInstaller` project
2. Run `python release-all.py`
3. Copy the unpacked files to `/rom/(device)/(version)/` and copy in `manifest.json` from existing release
1. **WARNING** If the partitions have changed, update the json!
4. Update the version in `manifest.json`
5. Update `version.json` for the device
6. Test the firmwares on all devices with the local web installer
7. If all went well: release the web installer
8. Test web installer in production (use popular devices)
9. Make a new version of the docs available at [TactilityDocs](https://github.com/ByteWelder/TactilityDocs)
10. Make a new [GitHub release](https://github.com/ByteWelder/Tactility/releases/new)
### Post-release
1. Mention on Discord
2. Consider notifying vendors/stakeholders
3. Update SDK updates to CDN at [TactilityTool](https://github.com/ByteWelder/TactilityTool) and upload it to [CDN](https://dash.cloudflare.com)