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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2013-03-09 18:14:29 -0800 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2013-03-09 18:14:29 -0800 |
| commit | 9e4a1ee063273a17fff2efacf4620986e2410562 (patch) | |
| tree | f36f64ba56fc7ab6b481361af64472c8352f3579 /admin/make-tarball.txt | |
| parent | f6817529b479b942dc3a30cf091de9d0ca4c58a2 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9e4a1ee063273a17fff2efacf4620986e2410562.tar.gz | |
Add note about release candidate
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diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt index cfae61e092f..85cd505a28d 100644 --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt @@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ General steps (for each step, check for possible errors): For a pretest, start at version .90. After .99, use .990 (so that it sorts). + The final pretest should be a release candidate. Set the version + number to that of the actual release. Pick a date about a week + from now when you intend to make the release. Use M-x add-release-logs + to add the ChangeLog entries for that date to the tar file (but + not yet to the repository). Name the tar file as + emacs-XX-Y-rc1.tar. If all goes well in the following week, you + can simply rename the file and use it for the actual release. + 5. autoreconf -i -I m4 --force make bootstrap |