Release HeuristicLab 3.3.14

[ascheibe]

Codename:

• Denver

New Features:

• BinPacking
• Probabilistic TSP
• Multi-objective Testfunctions
• Elastic-net, nonlinear regression, gradient boosted regression
• Gradient charts
• Bugfixes

Release Steps:

Stable Branch:

1. Increment plugin and application versions
2. Update versions in plugin dependencies
3. Increment assembly file versions
4. Increment installer versions
5. Check and if necessary update year of copyrights
6. Check and if necessary update build configurations and project dependencies
7. Check if all unit tests are passed
8. Update samples
9. Create release tag
10. Merge commits back into trunk

Release tag:

1. Build configuration Release Any CPU
2. Check if it compiles with mono
3. Remove unnecessary files from build output (*.vshost.exe, *.vshost.exe.config, *.vshost.exe.manifest, *.pdb, *.dll.config (do not remove DotNetScilab-1.0.dll.config, that's a plugin dependency), app.config)
4. Hide HeuristicLab 3.3.exe.config
5. Create zip file

Trac:

1. Attach zip file to Download wiki page
2. Update wiki pages Download, ChangeLog, ChangeLogPending, etc. (download button for current version is always called HL-Download.png)
3. Create new milestone for the next release
4. Change description of the current milestone into changelog style
5. Update ChangeLogPending to display tickets of the next release milestone
6. Complete current milestone and retarget all its remaining open tickets
7. Update default version in the trac Admin module

Documentation:

1. Update tutorial slides (latest version, number of plugins, algorithms and problems, features)

Marketing and PR:

1. Post info about new release on HEAL homepage, ​HeuristicLab Facebook fan page and LinkedIn
2. Write a release announcement for the Blog and send a mail to our mailing list
3. Update Wikipedia page
4. Push to github
5. Update Features page
6. Inform everybody else who might be interested

[ascheibe]

r13499: removed SharpDX from Mono builds as it does not work on Linux

[gkronber]

Thanks!

[ascheibe]

r13509 fixed post build events in Hive slave project

[gkronber]

r13644: fixed a typo in the name & description of a benchmark problem

[jkarder]

r14143: updated hl download images

[swagner]

r14171: Updated year of copyrights

[swagner]

r14183: Updated year of copyrights on stable

[swagner]

r14185: Updated year of copyrights in license headers

[swagner]

r14186: Updated year of copyrights in license headers on stable

[swagner]

r14187: Updated year of copyrights in license headers

[swagner]

r14188: Updated year of copyrights in license headers on stable

[swagner]

r14190: Updated versions

[jkarder]

r14191: fixed build configurations

[jkarder]

r14192: merged r14191 into stable

[jkarder]

r14193: merged r13499, r13509 and r13644 into stable

[swagner]

r14195: Merged r14190 from stable back into trunk

[swagner]

r14203: Updated samples

[swagner]

r14204: Updated samples

[abeham]

r14206: updated robocode sample and unit test to create a valid sample even if jdk was not installed

[swagner]

r14207: Corrected post build events and config merging

[swagner]

r14208: Updated svn ignores

[abeham]

r14209: manually excluded SimpleSymbol from the types checked for deep clonability (it's a non-discoverable type)

[swagner]

r14211: Merged r14203, r14204, r14206, r14207, r14209 into stable

[swagner]

r14212: Fixed projects in solution file on stable because merge of r14201 missed to remove GE 3.3 correctly

[swagner]

r14213: Updated svn ignores on stable

[swagner]

r14214: Created HL 3.3.14 release tag

[swagner]

r14215: Updated tutorial slides