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| -rw-r--r-- | HOWTO-RELEASE | 17 |
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diff --git a/HOWTO-RELEASE b/HOWTO-RELEASE index 997d82f3..06519c27 100644 --- a/HOWTO-RELEASE +++ b/HOWTO-RELEASE @@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ Notes on releasing. of the distribution (like the html file in step 2), to TIFFFILES in Makefile.in -5. Increment version in file "VERSION" +5. Increment version in file "VERSION". Put Alpha or Beta after the version + with a space, if applicable. -6. Update the date in libtiff/tiffvers.h. + eg. + 3.5.7 + or + 3.5.8 Beta -7. sh configure; make; make install (to test). +6. sh configure; make; make install (to test). -8. make release -- this will update "RELEASE-DATE" in the top level dir, - and create the .tar.gz and .zip archives one directory above. +7. make release -- this will update "RELEASE-DATE" in the top level dir, + libtiff/tiffvers.h and create the .tar.gz and .zip archives one directory + above. + +8. Please verify that the version info in libtiff/tiffvers.h is right. 9. make distclean |