Release 0.6

[byorgey]

It's been a while, we should definitely do a new release!

Please comment if you have something you would like to get in this release.

Things to merge/solve before release:

• Refactor CESK machine to track environments through new Suspended state #1928
• Update the Copyright in LICENSE #1945
• Poor type error message for Int used in function context #1888
• Update editor language modes for uppercase types #1883
• Add Windows build to CI #1622 ?
• Add hie.yaml to gitignore #1975
• Customizable keybindings #1979
• Standardize on place for Swarm hangout/chat #2009
• Notification popups #2027

Release tasks:

• Update release action #1970 Update GitHub release action #2039
• bump version
• make sure installation & contributing instructions are up to date
• make sure community information is up to date (e.g. in light of Standardize on place for Swarm hangout/chat #2009)
• Play through tutorials to make sure we haven't accidentally introduced any regressions that new players might run into
• look into building OSX or Windows binaries?
• Quickly skim through commits since 0.5 release (Nov 2023) to see if there are any that ought to be labeled CHANGELOG but are not
• add entry to CHANGELOG
  • query to get CHANGELOG PRs:
    https://github.com/swarm-game/swarm/pulls?q=is%3Apr+closed%3A%3E2023-11-01+label%3ACHANGELOG
  • On cmdline: gh pr list -s closed -S 'closed:>2023-11-01 label:CHANGELOG' | tr '\t' ',' > 0.6-changes.txt
• regenerate wiki cheatsheets
• tag Swarm version
• VSCode plugin release to go with swarm 0.6 #2053
• write blog post on Swarm website
• publicize blog post

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Release PRs:

• 0.6 release #1980
• 0.6 release swarm-game.github.io#6

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Previous release Issues:

• Release 0.5 #1543
• 0.4 release! #1316
• Release 0.3 #1012
• Create Alpha release #666

[nitinprakash96]

look into building OSX or Windows binaries?

Regarding OSX, do you mean to provide swarm executable as a homebrew formula? Or provide a binary via Github assets?

[byorgey]

I don't use OSX, so I don't even know what the options are. Whatever would be an easy way for someone on OSX to be able to install some kind of pre-built version of Swarm.

[nitinprakash96]

I think we can do it in CI itself. Let me test out the theory. But in short, my idea was to build an executable using cabal on macos runner (macos-latest) in CI and then upload it to github assets.

[xsebek]

@nitinprakash96 I can help with Mac and Windows, as I have both.

@byorgey I would like to try to get the keybindings ready before release, but if it takes too long it can wait for the next release.

[byorgey]

But in short, my idea was to build an executable using cabal on macos runner (macos-latest) in CI and then upload it to github assets.

Uploading an executable every single time we run CI seems wasteful (?). But we have an existing release action where I think it would make sense to add this: https://github.com/swarm-game/swarm/blob/main/.github/workflows/haskell-release.yml (I think it needs to be updated anyway).

[byorgey]

I would like to try to get the keybindings ready before release

@xsebek great! Add it to the list in the description.

[nitinprakash96]

I managed to make an example CI workflow for mac releases https://github.com/nitinprakash96/HIsForHaskell/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml which adds an executable for mac in the releases section.

And this is close to the release CI job for swarm. Haven't tested windows though.