From: Francesco Potortì Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:02:12 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Release instructions added. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~10840 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=41a3c7b0279b3708a1cbd10803d94fa1d39bb972;p=emacs.git Release instructions added. --- diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt index d1189cf18ad..a9753f3fc49 100644 --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt @@ -40,18 +40,22 @@ For each step, check for possible errors. 10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used - to make deltas with respect to NEW. *release instructions missing* + to make deltas with respect to NEW. Anouncements for pretests need + to be crafted by hand. Use an older announcement to start with. 11. For a pretest, do: rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \ emacs-NEW.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/. - *release instructions missing* - -12. Verify that after five minutes at most the files appear on - ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/. - *release instructions missing* - -13. Let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and tell him to - announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind him to set - a Reply-to header to . - *release instructions missing* + For a release, do: + rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta \ + alpha.gnu.org:/home/ftp/gnu/emacs/. + +12. Verify that the files are visible at + ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release. + +13. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and + tell him to announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind + him to set a Reply-to header to . + For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself, + possibly starting from a previous announcment.