From: Reuben Thomas Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:16:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: README-release: make it easier to execute commands X-Git-Tag: v0.1~1151 X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7e367a35af609f4602e5f2c84caa9a9b2919876c README-release: make it easier to execute commands * top/README-release: break commands out on to separate lines. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 49c12ad23..fa5e46452 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-02-18 Reuben Thomas + + README-release: make it easier to execute commands + * top/README-release: break commands out on to separate lines. + 2012-02-16 Stefano Lattarini GNUmakefile: simplify detection of unconfigured trees diff --git a/top/README-release b/top/README-release index 626777ec5..680547bd5 100644 --- a/top/README-release +++ b/top/README-release @@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release. git checkout master; git diff * Ensure that you've pushed all changes that belong in the release: - "git push origin master". + + git push origin master * Check that the NixOS/Hydra autobuilder is reporting all is well: http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/@PACKAGE@-master -* Run "./bootstrap && ./configure". This downloads any new translations. +* Run the following command to download any new translations: + + ./bootstrap && ./configure + +* Pre-release testing: ensure that the following command succeeds: -* Pre-release testing: ensure that "make check syntax-check distcheck" - succeeds. + make check syntax-check distcheck * Set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta] on line 3 of NEWS, commit that, and tag the release by running e.g.,