Make sure all changes are committed to brave/brave-core-crx-packager which updates to the version of go-ipfs we want to use.
Run the Jenkins job brave-core-ext-ipfs-component-publish-dev
Send a message to #ipfs-internal, something like this:
go-ipfs is ready for testing. When it goes to the prod server it will be 1.0.4. On the dev server it is 1.0.5. Information about IPFS updates can be found here: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/IPFS-Component-updates
Also cross post to `#protocol-labs-shared' for them to test.
It's a good idea to check the version number before and after you start QA'ing to make sure the new one is available. Please note that the automatic version of extensions generated on the development server is different from the production server.
To QA new releases use the development component updater with a fresh profile.
To do this you can use the command line argument --use-dev-goupdater-url.
You can use a clean profile without clearing with this as well: --user-data-dir=.
If you're using a development build, you can set the dev server via this npmrc environment in ~/.npmrc:
updater_dev_endpoint=https://go-updater-dev.bravesoftware.com/extensions
You can test a new profile using the dev component with something like this: open -a Brave\ Browser\ Beta.app --args --use-dev-goupdater-url --user-data-dir=$(mktemp -d)
After QA gives sign off in Slack on #releases
Run the brave-core-ext-ipfs-component-publish Jenkins job.