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diff --git a/admin/release-process b/admin/release-process index a9f4419e594..f378662adc0 100644 --- a/admin/release-process +++ b/admin/release-process @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Each release cycle will be split into two periods. ** Phase one: development The first phase of the release schedule is the "heads-down" working -period for new features, on the `master' branch and several feature +period for new features, on the 'master' branch and several feature branches. ** Phase two: fixing and stabilizing the release branch @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ new features. At the beginning of this phase, a release branch called "emacs-NN" ("NN" represents the major version number of the new Emacs release) -will be cut from `master'. When that happens, the version number on -`master' should be incremented; use admin/admin.el's `set-version' +will be cut from 'master'. When that happens, the version number on +'master' should be incremented; use admin/admin.el's 'set-version' command to do that, then commit the changes it made and push to -`master'. For major releases, also update the value of -`customize-changed-options-previous-release'. +'master'. For major releases, also update the value of +'customize-changed-options-previous-release'. The 2 main manuals, the User Manual and the Emacs Lisp Manual, need to be proofread, preferably by at least 2 different persons, and any @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ uncovered problems fixed. This is a lot of work, so it is advisable to divide the job between several people (see the checklist near the end of this file). -In parallel to this phase, `master' can receive new features, to be +In parallel to this phase, 'master' can receive new features, to be released in the next release cycle. From time to time, the master branches merges bugfix commits from the "emacs-NN" branch. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Change "block" to "unblock" to unblock the bug. * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE ** Make sure the Copyright date reflects the current year in the source -files. See `admin/notes/years' for information about maintaining +files. See 'admin/notes/years' for information about maintaining copyright years for GNU Emacs. ** Make sure the necessary sources and scripts for any generated files @@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ windows.texi * OTHER INFORMATION -For Emacs's versioning scheme, see `admin/notes/versioning'. +For Emacs's versioning scheme, see 'admin/notes/versioning'. For instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, announcements, -etc., see `admin/make-tarball.txt'. +etc., see 'admin/make-tarball.txt'. Local variables: |