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| author | Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com> | 2005-11-26 00:04:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com> | 2005-11-26 00:04:38 +0000 |
| commit | d92d9b4aea3837ed1611cfc98bb82cb75a25e48f (patch) | |
| tree | 358e98f5e71d7105d9c3667d274f4434d01ccc2f /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 7f764bd6606692c624476d0c53924c1ab51ff162 (diff) | |
| download | gdb-d92d9b4aea3837ed1611cfc98bb82cb75a25e48f.tar.gz | |
* gdbint.texinfo (Start of New Year Procedure): New chapter.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo | 35 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 0fa926f9351..3f070f3f5a1 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-11-25 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> + + * gdbint.texinfo (Start of New Year Procedure): New chapter. + 2005-11-21 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Tracepoint Packets): Document restrictions on diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index b9d62e84fe1..44606ea0e93 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Free Documentation License''. @page @tex \def\$#1${{#1}} % Kluge: collect RCS revision info without $...$ -\xdef\manvers{\$Revision: 1.230 $} % For use in headers, footers too +\xdef\manvers{\$Revision: 1.231 $} % For use in headers, footers too {\parskip=0pt \hfill Cygnus Solutions\par \hfill \manvers\par @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ as the mechanisms that adapt @value{GDBN} to specific hosts and targets. * Coding:: * Porting GDB:: * Versions and Branches:: +* Start of New Year Procedure:: * Releasing GDB:: * Testsuite:: * Hints:: @@ -5598,6 +5599,38 @@ merge. For further information on @sc{cvs}, see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/cvs/, Concurrent Versions System}. +@node Start of New Year Procedure +@chapter Start of New Year Procedure +@cindex new year procedure + +At the start of each new year, the following actions should be performed: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Rotate the ChangeLog file + +The current @file{ChangeLog} file should be renamed into +@file{ChangeLog-YYYY} where YYYY is the year that has just passed. +A new @file{ChangeLog} file should be created, and its contents should +contain a reference to the previous ChangeLog. The following should +also be preserved at the end of the new ChangeLog, in order to provide +the appropriate settings when editing this file with Emacs: +@smallexample +Local Variables: +mode: change-log +left-margin: 8 +fill-column: 74 +version-control: never +End: +@end smallexample + +@item +Update the copyright year in the startup message + +Update the copyright year in file @file{top.c}, function +@code{print_gdb_version}. +@end itemize + @node Releasing GDB @chapter Releasing @value{GDBN} |