make check syntax-check distcheck
-* To (i) set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta]
- on line 3 of NEWS, (ii) commit that, and (iii) tag the release, run
+* To (i) set the date, version number, and release TYPE on line 3 of
+ NEWS, (ii) commit that, and (iii) tag the release, run
- make release-commit RELEASE='X.Y stable'
+ # "TYPE" must be stable, beta or alpha
+ make release-commit RELEASE='X.Y TYPE'
* Run the following to create release tarballs. Your choice selects the
corresponding upload-to destination in the emitted gnupload command.
The different destinations are specified in cfg.mk. See the definitions
of gnu_ftp_host-{alpha,beta,stable}.
- # "TYPE" must be stable, beta or alpha
- make TYPE
+ make release RELEASE='X.Y TYPE'
* Test the tarball. Copy it to a few odd-ball systems and ensure that
it builds and passes all tests.
Once all the builds and tests have passed,
-* Run the gnupload command that was suggested by your "make TYPE" run above.
+* Run the gnupload command that was suggested by your "make release"
+ run above, or run
+
+ make upload RELEASE='X.Y TYPE'
* Wait a few minutes (maybe up to 30?) and then use the release URLs to
download all tarball/signature pairs and use gpg --verify to ensure