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authorWerner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>2022-01-27 08:32:42 +0100
committerWerner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>2022-01-27 08:32:42 +0100
commit9476cb7eb3b025c70445c85277b5bad96e434bd4 (patch)
treecf1168d1f0d70c3b1e4eae2c9bb296cd843716d8
parent837f0345a9a6f3f64c94a41d944b097ffa359e5a (diff)
downloadfreetype2-9476cb7eb3b025c70445c85277b5bad96e434bd4.tar.gz
docs/release: Updated.
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@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ How to prepare a new release
make distclean; make devel CC=g++; make multi CC=g++
sh autogen.sh
- make distclean; ./configure; make
make distclean; ./configure CC=g++; make
in the cloned repository to test compilation with both gcc and g++.
+ Note that it is normally not necessary to test standard C
+ compilation with the `configure`, `meson`, and `cmake` build tools
+ since this is done by the CI process of 'gitlab.freetype.org' for
+ every commit.
+
. Test C++ compilation for 'freetype-demos' too (using `git clone` as
above).
@@ -177,7 +181,11 @@ How to prepare a new release
'freetype-web' repository.
. Announce new release on 'freetype-announce@nongnu.org' and to
- relevant newsgroups.
+ relevant newsgroups. The text should include
+
+ - SHA256 checksums of all files,
+ - instructions how to verify the bundles using the `.sig` file data,
+ - the PGP public key used to sign the archives.
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