From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:49:35 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: clarify README-release X-Git-Tag: v0.1~1203 X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0eab6e2c9ef1e852ec8a880e2e134670f3ceb5c2 doc: clarify README-release * top/README-release: Clarify: you should make a point to have the latest stable versions of build tools in your PATH, and the reference to buildreq is solely for its list of tool names, not for its minimal-functional version numbers. Prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas and Gary V. Vaughan. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d37f933c3..e3781117c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2012-01-28 Jim Meyering + doc: clarify README-release + * top/README-release: Clarify: you should make a point to have + the latest stable versions of build tools in your PATH, and the + reference to buildreq is solely for its list of tool names, not + for its minimal-functional version numbers. + Prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas and Gary V. Vaughan. + maint.mk: use more readable (yet functionally equivalent) quoting It is common to quote a single quote in a single quoted string like this: '...'\''...'. Unless you know the idiom, that looks like diff --git a/top/README-release b/top/README-release index 00208854d..d6e032a96 100644 --- a/top/README-release +++ b/top/README-release @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release. git checkout master git pull origin master -* Ensure that the desired versions of autoconf, automake, etc. +* Ensure that the latest stable versions of autoconf, automake, etc. are in your PATH. See the buildreq list in bootstrap.conf for - the complete list. + the complete list of tools. * Ensure that you're on "master" with no uncommitted diffs. This should produce no output: git checkout master; git diff