11. Send an announcement to: emacs-devel, and bcc: info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
For a pretest, also bcc: platform-testers@gnu.org.
+ For a release, also bcc: info-gnu@gnu.org.
(The reason for using bcc: is to make it less likely that people
will followup on the wrong list.)
See the info-gnu-emacs mailing list archives for the form
of past announcements. The first pretest announcement, and the
release announcement, should have more detail.
-12. For a release, update the Emacs homepage in the web repository.
- Also update history.html, and add the new NEWS file as NEWS.xx.y.
+12. For a release, update the Emacs homepage emacs.html in the web repository.
+ Also update history.html, and add the new NEWS file as news/NEWS.xx.y.
Regenerate the html manuals (use make-manuals from admin.el).
If there are new manuals, add appropriate index pages.
+ Delete any old manual pages that are no longer present.