From 83e9a85bc8371b92a74dee8f6ede0cbbc89499dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 07:26:44 -0600 Subject: maint: release no longer creates a diff file Ever since commit f1cf390 (1.4.14 release), we no longer create diff files as part of the release process. These days, it is assumed that it is easier to download a fresh tarball rather than to try and use a diff file to patch an older tarball. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake (cherry picked from commit c8a4b7c32db3a6d8d5dc7a9997df2c80ac95b030) --- HACKING | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 08a949a8..83990e14 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ yyyy-mm-dd Name of Author (tiny change) * Make sure you have rsync installed. -* Make sure you have a copy of the previous release tarball in the build - directory. - * Make sure you have GNU make installed. * Make sure you have an up-to-date version of help2man installed. @@ -317,9 +314,8 @@ yyyy-mm-dd Name of Author (tiny change) * Run `make distcheck'. If there are any problems, fix them, then run `git tag -d v' and start again from the `git commit' step. -* Run `make ', with target set to `stable, `alpha', or `beta' as - appropriate. This will run various additional checks and create diff - files from the previous version. +* Run `make ', with target set to `stable', `alpha', or `beta' + as appropriate. This will run various additional checks. * Run './build-aux/gnupload --to [dest].gnu.org:m4 [files]' to create detached gpg signature and clear signed directive files, and upload -- cgit v1.2.1