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How do I manage my software releases on the OATS site?

I would like to manage the releases of my software using the OATS site - including version management and project planning.

The OATS Forge offers a powerful release management system - where you can plan and release software seamlessly. Feel free to use the OATS system as your primary download page, or as a mirror site.

The release section is structured as follows:

Release Folder - called 'releases' it lives under your project and contains all the releaseses.

Release - an object that holds information about a particular release version - including things like the Change Log.

Downloadable file - your program
External file - a link to a direct download to your program

To use the OATS site to project manage your project:

Switch to the developer view
Choose 'add software release'

Accept the default name for the folder and description

You have now created the downloads folder

Choose 'add software release'

Fill in all the fields for your software release...
Choose 'Save'

You have now created a release

Choose 'add item'

Choose either

downloadable file or
externally hosted file

Upload the file or fill in the URL

You have now added your software release to the site.
Don't forget - you will need to 'submit' the software release and file for them to be fully published.

Other Management Tools

To obtain a subversion code store for your project, contact us.
A bugtracker is avaliable - from the project page choose 'add' then 'bugtracker'
You can also add a roadmap section to the project page to allow you to plan new releases