From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:46:20 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Adapt reminder-for-release-blocking-bugs
X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.1.90~172
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=da4840af12;p=emacs.git

Adapt reminder-for-release-blocking-bugs

* admin/admin.el (reminder-for-release-blocking-bugs):
Require `debbugs-gnu' also in `interactive' form.

* admin/release-process: Rename RELEASE-CRITICAL to RELEASE-BLOCKING.
Adapt Emacs version.  Describe `reminder-for-release-blocking-bugs'.
---

diff --git a/admin/admin.el b/admin/admin.el
index 728aab8b1ae..93dc1f48f12 100644
--- a/admin/admin.el
+++ b/admin/admin.el
@@ -928,13 +928,15 @@ changes (in a non-trivial way).  This function does not check for that."
 (defun reminder-for-release-blocking-bugs (version)
   "Submit a reminder message for release-blocking bugs of Emacs VERSION."
   (interactive
-    (list (completing-read
-	   "Emacs release: "
-	   (mapcar #'identity debbugs-gnu-emacs-blocking-reports)
-	   nil t debbugs-gnu-emacs-current-release)))
+   (list (progn
+           (require 'debbugs-gnu)
+           (completing-read
+	    "Emacs release: "
+	    (mapcar #'identity debbugs-gnu-emacs-blocking-reports)
+	    nil t debbugs-gnu-emacs-current-release))))
 
-  (require 'reporter)
   (require 'debbugs-gnu)
+  (require 'reporter)
 
   (when-let ((id (alist-get version debbugs-gnu-emacs-blocking-reports
                             nil nil #'string-equal))
diff --git a/admin/release-process b/admin/release-process
index b3dfad58729..c3728b582f1 100644
--- a/admin/release-process
+++ b/admin/release-process
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ released in the next release cycle.  From time to time, the master
 branches merges bugfix commits from the "emacs-NN" branch.
 See admin/gitmerge.el.
 
-* RELEASE-CRITICAL BUGS
+* RELEASE-BLOCKING BUGS
 
 Emacs uses the "blocking" feature of Debbugs for bugs that need to be
 addressed in the next release.
 
-Currently, bug#39200 is the tracking bug for release of 27.1 and
+Currently, bug#43018 is the tracking bug for release of 27.2 and
 bug#39202 is the tracking bug for release 28.1.  Say bug#123 needs
-to be fixed for Emacs 27.1.  Send a message to control@debbugs.gnu.org
+to be fixed for Emacs 27.2.  Send a message to control@debbugs.gnu.org
 that says:
 
-   block 39200 by 123
+  block 43018 by 123
 
 Change "block" to "unblock" to remove a bug from the list.  Closed
 bugs are not listed as blockers, so you do not need to explicitly
@@ -59,9 +59,17 @@ unblock one that has been closed.  You may need to force an update of
 the tracking bug with ctrl-f5/shift-reload to see the latest version.
 
 If you use the debbugs package from GNU ELPA, you can apply the
-following form to see all bugs which block a given release:
+following command to see all bugs which block a given release:
 
-  (debbugs-gnu-emacs-release-blocking-reports "27.1")
+  (debbugs-gnu-emacs-release-blocking-reports "27.2")
+
+The following command from admin/admin.el sends a reminder message
+about release-blocking bugs to the <emacs-devel@gnu.org> mailing list:
+
+  (reminder-for-release-blocking-bugs "27.2")
+
+It is recommended to send this reminder message once a month.  Once the
+pretest has started, a reminder message once a week is appropriate.
 
 * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE