• check if https://github.com/Whonix/whonix-base-files/blob/master/etc/whonix_version ^[archive] needs update
• package timesanitycheck: ./usr/share/timesanitycheck/date-minimum-file-create
• Dev/Maintenance

Clean source code

• ^[1]
• ^[2]
• You can get a list of unwanted files with git clean -dfxn and remove them with git clean -dfx.

• Update Whonix ™ debian package repository.

• add your own default-key to your own /home/user/.gnupg/gpg.conf.

• Check that all packages point to a signed git commit and signed git tag.

~/Whonix/packages/whonix-developer-meta-files/debug-steps/packaging-helper-script pkg_verify_signed_commit_and_tag

• push the source code to github

git push origin master

• Check, that the current git commit is a signed. ^[3]

git log --show-signature HEAD^..HEAD

Or use the generic makefile as a shortcut.

make git-commit-verify

• Create an OpenPGP signed git tag. This will also be used as Whonix ™ version number.

git tag -s version

• Make sure the current git head is a signed git commit and signed git tag.

To simplify this, you could use the generic makefile.

make git-verify

• Push the OpenPGP signed git tag to github.

git push origin version

• Enable Whonix ™ stable repository by default.

export DERIVATIVE_APT_REPOSITORY_OPTS='--enable --repository stable'

• And use sudo -E so above environment is kept.

• Dev/APT Repository

• OpenPGP sign the images.

~/Whonix/packages/whonix-developer-meta-files/release/prepare_release --flavor whonix-workstation --target virtualbox --build

Only required if you want to redistribute (official) Whonix ™ builds.

• Check, if Tor Browser/Manual Download is still up to date.
• Update Download Table.
• See if the download table works in Tor Browser using New Identity.
• Update Known Issues.
• See if Documentation still makes sense.
• Search the wiki for Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stable and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Testing and act accordingly.
• Update links on the Dev/Build Documentation page.
• Update Features.
• Update Template:VersionNew.
• Update Template:VersionShort.
• Incorporate new documentation which has been prepared on the page: Next.
• Template:Stable_project_version_based_on_Debian_codename
• Template:Stable_project_version_based_on_Debian_version_short
• Template:Debian_Codename_Testing
• Copy/move contents from Testers Release to Release Notes.
• Instructions containing backports.

• See https://github.com/Whonix?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=deprecated&type=&language= ^[archive] for deprecated repositories to be deleted.
• https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-versions/#templatevms ^[archive]
• ask for an announcement on https://www.qubes-os.org/news/ ^[archive]
  • (similar to https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/08/07/whonix-14-has-been-released/ ^[archive])
  • (similar to https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-posts/blob/master/2018-08-07-whonix-14-has-been-released.md ^[archive])
  • (similar to https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4193 ^[archive])

Contents

• introduction (what is Whonix ™) (The release announcement may be the first thing that new people who learn about Whonix ™ see.)
• similar to https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-14-has-been-released ^[archive]
• deprecation notice of old Whonix ™ version with date of deprecation

Where

• Finally announce: Post a news. (Not nagging external lists. Common sense. Mostly only final releases.)
  • In Whonix ™ Important and Feature Blog.
  • http://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/ ^[archive]
    • debian-derivatives@lists.debian.org
  • https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/ ^[archive]
    • tor-talk@lists.torproject.org
  • https://whonix.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/whonix-devel ^[archive]
    • whonix-devel@whonix.org
  • https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure ^[archive]
    • fulldisclosure@seclists.org
  • https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech ^[archive]
    • liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu
  • Also this will do the job as well:
    • Whonix ™ Forums Profiles